Regional Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020 digital transformation
Global A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part two] Cloud kitchens are the backend equivalent of the food courts found in malls - several offerings all under one roof. They emerged as a... Triska Hamid • 12 July, 2020 cloud kitchen Food delivery
Regional Top five investment deals in the second quarter of 2020 The top five disclosed venture capital (VC) deals in the second quarter of 2020 amounted to $244.6 million, largely down to the $150... Dunya Hassanein • 09 July, 2020 VC investment
Global How do you build a company to last? Mudassir Sheikha and Magnus Olsson founded Careem in 2012 initially as a transportation service for the corporate world. It soon became the... Wamda • 07 July, 2020 careem Mudassir Sheikha
Regional In a world of remote work, will control replace culture? Marilyn Zakhour, founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs At the height of the pandemic, I started a company... Thought Leadership • 05 July, 2020 company culture remote work
Global Edtech and its roadmap to new realities Wamda hosted an online panel discussion in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers Amman, to address the future of education in the... Wamda • 02 July, 2020 Education EdTech coronavirus
Saudi Arabia Munch:On - Going beyond lunch Most food delivery platforms witnessed a slowdown in business once lockdown came into effect. Working from home gave people enough time to... Shaimaa El Nazer • 30 June, 2020 Lunch:On Munch:On
Regional Will cash on delivery return post Covid-19? By Faris Fallouh, Senior Global Express Services at Aramex During this pandemic, consumers globally and in the Middle East and North... Thought Leadership • 28 June, 2020 CoD cash-on-delivery
Global What is the future of human resources? By Somaya El Sherbini, co-founder and managing partner at RightFoot With global economies facing challenges for the remainder of 2020,... Thought Leadership • 25 June, 2020 human resources HR recruitment
Regional The Middle East's post-pandemic future A new reality is beginning to emerge as lockdown measures begin to ease amid the Covid-19 outbreak, imposing a dramatic restructure to... Shaimaa El Nazer • 23 June, 2020 coronavirus sme economy
U.A.E Raising the bar for women’s healthcare Investment in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) healthcare sector is booming. Over $144 billion will be ploughed into Mena-wide... Alicia Buller • 22 June, 2020 healthtech
Regional Building a super app for the Middle East Before smartphones and mobile app stores, the internet was dominated by a handful of web portals that offered their users several services... Triska Hamid • 18 June, 2020 super app careem Halan
Global Fintech has come into its own Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ireland-based Ding, a mobile top-up transfer company As we adjust to a new-normal -... Thought Leadership • 16 June, 2020 Fintech remittance
Regional From the valley of death to the oasis wadi It has become evident that the Covid-19 crisis is like no other. While its persistence and long-term impact on society as a whole remain... Fadi Ghandour • 14 June, 2020 SME support sme
Regional A deep dive into the GCC’s cloud kitchen sector [part one] When Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick sold most of his shares in the mobility giant to launch CloudKitchens, securing a $400 million cheque... Triska Hamid • 11 June, 2020 cloud kitchen Kitopi ghost kitchen
Regional What is the most important lesson we can learn from this pandemic? Students of history will be familiar with the term “superpower”, countries that wield global influence by means of economic,... Triska Hamid • 09 June, 2020 Opinion covid-19