Our Group

One group. Four decades. Built on trust.

A partnership arm, a business-services engine, and an investment practice — bound by forty years of relationships and a single idea: removing barriers, enabling growth.

For forty years, Al Ghafa has grown from a single trading house on the Mutrah Corniche into a group that helps the world's leading organisations enter, build and grow across Oman and the Gulf — and, increasingly, invests and builds alongside them.

The arms of the group

Partnership, Representation & Advisory

The heart of the group — market entry, government relations and growth for international organisations, as their representative and partner on the ground.

Business Services

The delivery engine — government transactions, manpower mobilisation and workforce services at scale, run on GhafaCore for complete transparency.

Investments & Co-Development

Where the opportunity is right, the group invests and co-develops alongside trusted partners — committed to the outcome, not just the introduction.

Our history

Since 1983.

1983

Founded on the Mutrah Corniche

Established by the late H.E. Ambassador Dr. Moosa bin Jaafar bin Hassan — international trading, and the first agencies, from Oman's historic maritime gateway.

1980s

Agencies, and the first government contracts

From computer software to Märklin toys; into construction and maintenance, and direct maintenance contracts with the Ministry of Defence.

1990s–2000s

Engineering & energy partnerships

Al Ghafa becomes the trusted local partner for international engineering and energy firms entering Oman.

2010s

Into Qatar

Expansion into Qatar — a bridge between Oman, Qatar and the UAE.

Recently

GhafaCore

Four decades after first distributing software, the group builds its own AI-powered platform to run a modern services business.

Today

A partner, and an investor

Partner to international leaders in engineering, energy and industry — with our own technology, and an investment practice alongside.

Leadership
Salem Moosa Jaafar Hassan

Salem Moosa Jaafar Hassan

Acting Chairman & Managing Director

A leader in international relations and business development, educated in Paris in international comparative politics, international law and business administration.

Before taking the helm at Al Ghafa, Salem co-chaired the OECD's Task Force on Energy & Infrastructure under the MENA-OECD Investment Programme, chaired a Paris-based business-development consultancy across the energy, oil & gas and construction sectors, and worked alongside Oman's investment-promotion authority. Like his father before him, he was named an Ambassador for Peace.

Fluent in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, he carries his father's belief in dialogue and bridge-building into a new era defined by technology and partnership.

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Removing barriers, enabling growth

One group, beside you.

From first contact to full operation — and, where it's right, in the venture itself.

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