For industrial operators across the MENAregion, compliance isn’t just a checkbox—it’s a survival mechanism. Betweentight timelines, shifting regulations, and the sheer scale of developmentunderway, the burden of proving that every worker is qualified, cleared, andtrained can be overwhelming.
Yet, in 2025, too many projects are stillmanaging identity and compliance with manual processes.
In a recent conversation with aconstruction firm in Saudi Arabia, the challenge came into sharp focus. Theirteam was juggling spreadsheets, paper certificates, and phone-basedverifications for hundreds of subcontracted workers.
The result?
- Delays at entry gates
- Increased safety incidents
- Stress across operations and compliance teams
And critically—a fragile system vulnerableto oversight or fraud.
This isn’t just a Saudi problem. AcrossOman, the UAE, and other fast-moving markets in the region, projects arescaling faster than the systems meant to manage them.
And in sectors like construction, oil &gas, and manufacturing, even a single unverified worker can lead to:
- Regulatory penalties
- Work stoppages
- On-site incidents
These are environments where compliance isnot optional—it’s the foundation of trust, safety, and continuity.
As governments introduce tighter labor andsafety regulations—and projects expand in complexity—the traditional methods ofverification simply can’t keep up.
What’s needed is a shift in infrastructure:from reactive documentation to real-time, secure credentialing.
That’s the principle behind how we builtNashid.
Instead of relying on paperwork orcentralized databases, Nashid offers a blockchain-based verification systemthat ensures every worker arrives on site with:
- Valid, tamper-proof credentials
- Instant verifiability—on or offline
- Ownership of their own identity data
Project owners and regulators gain a live,immutable view of compliance—without chasing files or phone calls.
We’ve seen this model reduce onboardingtimes from days to minutes.
Even more critically, it preventscompliance failures before they happen.
Fewer incidents.
Faster access.
Clear accountability.
As major infrastructure programs moveforward—from NEOM to Duqm to ADNOC expansions—digital identity is shifting frominnovation to necessity.
You can’t scale industrial projects withmanual systems.
You can’t build trust with incomplete records.
And you can’t protect your workforce with aprocess that falls apart under pressure.
The opportunity is here: to build smarter,safer, and more scalable ecosystems—starting with how we verify the people onthe ground.
