KUWAIT: Many Kuwaiti youths have become less dependent on government jobs and turned their passions and dreams from a mere idea to a success story, launching from Kuwait and then expanding regionally and internationally. Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) interviewed ambitious young entrepreneurs in Kuwait who built local businesses, then expanded globally, establishing their brand in the Arab and Gulf regions, and occasionally in European countries.

Co-founder and CEO of Floward Abdulaziz Al-Loughani told KUNA that his company operates in 40 cities across the Gulf and the Middle East, pointing out that his company consists of 1,000 employees. Founded in 2017, the biggest hurdle the company faces is possessing the right technical skills in line with the company’s growth, as well as gaining customer trust with the idea of ordering flowers online, he added.

The company did not only emulate global business models of viewing products online; rather, it innovated a special way of providing customers with available goods coinciding with local demand. (See Page 3)

To enhance the user experience, the business has innovated with artificial intelligence, using it to add high-quality descriptions to products as well as provide the user with curated arrangements that suit the customer’s taste, he stated.- (See Page 3)