Founder, Chairman & Head of Strategy, T57.ai
Chairman, AMK Holding · Founder & Chairman, Al Mukarramah
Nearly three decades building businesses in finance, food and trade across the Gulf and Asia.
Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb is the Founder, Chairman and Head of Strategy of T57.ai, an AI-native food trade ecosystem. T57 puts farmers, cooperatives, buyers, logistics providers, financiers, governments and regulators on one platform, and operates across Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Malaysia, India and Türkiye.
His work sits where AI, global trade, food security and financial infrastructure meet. He focuses on the practical parts: fair prices for farmers, shorter supply chains, trade finance that settles in days instead of weeks, and Sharia-compliant capital that reaches agri-SMEs.
He has built partnerships with more than 70 governments on food security, policy and sustainable agriculture. At Gulfood 2026 alone, T57 signed 150 MoUs and letters of intent.
He is also Founder and Chairman of Al Mukarramah and Chairman of AMK Holding, The Royal Private Office, a multi-family office in Riyadh. Over nearly three decades he has built ventures across the Gulf, including the Madina Made initiative in Saudi Arabia, which created more than 50,000 SMEs and 3,000 jobs, and Ajwati, a halal food brand built on Madinah's Ajwa date.
Keynotes, panels and fireside conversations for policy, finance, food and technology audiences.
How AI, data and automation change what the world grows, trades and eats.
Sovereign supply routes between producing and importing nations.
Escrow, smart contracts and digital payments that settle in days.
Sharia-compliant capital for farmers and agri-SMEs.
Machines advise; people decide and stay accountable.
Pairing urban technology with human judgement.
Selected keynotes and panels, newest first.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
“Can I Trust You with My Money? The Psychology of Financial AI”
Made the case that AI should inform financial decisions while people keep the final call and the accountability. The remarks were quoted across the event's closing coverage, and he was interviewed by Entrepreneur Middle East.
With Yana Prikhodchenko (Cointelegraph, moderator), Ilya Kravtsov (PILLAR), Yasar Ahmad (OVD Lab)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
“From Smart Cities to Wise Regions: Human Intelligence as the Next Frontier of Urban Tech”
Discussed how cities and regions can pair urban technology with human judgement, and what that means for food, logistics and public services at regional scale.
With Dr. Francesca Arici (Aseer Development Authority), Steve Suarez (HorizonX)
Dubai, UAE
“Break-Through Technologies and AI-Powered Automations: Strategic Value Creators for an Intelligent Food System”
Argued that AI in food must be inclusive, data-driven and human-centred, with trust, governance and real-time intelligence as its pillars. T57 signed 150 MoUs and letters of intent during the show.
With Shail Khiyara (Swarm), Marc Oshima (Oshima Good Food), Dr. Grace S. Thomson (CAIDP), Sepehr Achard (iGrow News)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
“Building Financial Systems That Empower Growth”
Showed how an AI-native, blockchain-enabled trade corridor can help governments cut post-harvest losses, target subsidies with real-time data and extend finance to farmers and agri-SMEs at scale.
Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Spoke at the forum of the International Assembly of Islamic Business on how Islamic finance and banking can build sturdier financial systems for food. The visit led to an MoU between T57 and MAIB on a digital agri-finance alliance.
Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
“Food Security Corridors: China · GCC · OIC · ASEAN”
Keynote to government delegations and agriculture leaders at the Modern Agriculture Matchmaking and Exchange Event. He set out the paradox of trillion in annual food waste alongside widespread hunger, and proposed secure food corridors linking China, the GCC, OIC nations and ASEAN. Interviewed by Chinese broadcast media.
Yinchuan, Ningxia, China
“Built for Tomorrow, Today!”
Keynote at the Silk Road E-Commerce Matchmaking Meeting on the Digital Silk Road: how e-commerce, AI and digital trade infrastructure can connect Chinese and Arab markets.
Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
Spoke on food security and presented the Food Security Eco-System model: Model Support Centres, intra-OIC trade, access to finance and markets, and capacity building for farmers.
With Yerlan Baidaulet, Sultan Asalayev
Ulyanovsk, Russia
“Trade57: Marking a New Era in Trade and Food Security”
Presented Trade57, the platform that became T57, and spoke on Sharia-compliant trade, logistics inefficiencies and food security gaps in OIC trade. Signed an agreement on stage.
Doha, Qatar
Unveiled the IOFS food security ecosystem developed by Al Mukarramah and pre-launched T57 at the Islamic Organization for Food Security's high-level forum.
Cape Town, South Africa
Set out a framework for change in global food security and introduced T57 as the platform built to deliver it.
AI should advise us and provide the right information, but humans should use that information to make wiser decisions. There must be human involvement in evaluating the information, making the final decision and maintaining accountability.Money20/20 Middle East 2026, Riyadh
The talks lead to signed agreements.
| 30 Jan 2026 | Development Bank of Maldives MoU signed with T57 |
| Jan 2026 | Kazakhstan delegation, Dubai Cooperation agreement signed, 26–30 Jan 2026 |
| Jan 2026 | Gulfood 2026, Dubai 150 MoUs and letters of intent |
| Nov 2025 | International Assembly of Islamic Business (MAIB) MoU on a digital agri-finance alliance |
| Sep 2025 | China business delegation Led AMK Holding's delegation with CCIIP and Hampton Group to Hailiang, Huaxin and Tengda; agreement signed |
| Jul 2024 | IIBF 2024, Ulyanovsk Agreement signed on stage at the International Islamic Business Forum |
| 22 Jun 2023 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and IOFS, Astana Joint workshop on sukuk for investments in agriculture |
| Jun 2023 | Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) MoU with Al Mukarramah, signed with Director General Yerlan Baidaulet |
| May 2023 | IsDB Group Annual Meetings, Jeddah Agreement signed by Al Mukarramah, 10–13 May 2023 |
For keynotes, panels, interviews and partnership enquiries, write to Afzal directly or to T57 Corporate Communications.
