Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Saudi Arabia’s Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha’at) will organize the Innovation Week 2026 from 19 to 26 April, as part of the ‘Business Weeks’ series designed to empower SMEs and entrepreneurs and connect them with investment opportunities in promising sectors.

The event will bring together 40 public and private entities, notably the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture, the Saudi Authority for Data and AI (SDAIA), and the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON), the authority announced in a statement today.

The Innovation Week will be held in Monsha’at SME support centers in Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah, and Al Khobar to reach a wider segment of entrepreneurs and SME owners across the Kingodm.

The event also offers advisory services, mentorship sessions, and consultations to support the integration of SMEs into the innovation landscape and showcase available investment opportunities in this field. Key speakers include Munir Eldesouki, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Abdulaziz Alswailem, CEO of the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP), and other senior officials and experts.

Organizing the Innovation Week underscores the authority’s efforts to maximize the benefit of SMEs and entrepreneurs from investment opportunities in the innovation sector.