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The best companies solve the biggest problems – the really hard ones that few people even know about, much less know how to tackle. They do it through ingenuity, perseverance, commitment, and hard work. And they overcome technological, structural, or political obstacles in the process. Big problems are really just big opportunities, and the best companies seize the biggest opportunities.

The Arab world – with its wealth of big opportunities – is ready for some (more) great companies. A range of challenges, each with a deep structural basis, have inhibited growth and social and economic development in the region. The energy, capital access, transportation, and healthcare sectors in every country in the Middle East could stand to be reimagined, if not entirely restructured. And each of them faces not just one, but many difficult problems – but there are many opportunities for those who decide to tackle them. With any luck, we’ll see a few big ideas in 2015 in the following sectors.