Regional

Trends to expect in 2021

Last year we outlined several trends we expected would take place in 2020 – rise in foodtech, growth of e-commerce and the year that...

Wamda • 03 January, 2021

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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

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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

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Regional

Covid-19: Ushering in a new era for healthtech

In the wake of the Covid-19 crisis and resulting lockdown, it is not just the global economy and healthcare systems that are suffering...

Dunya Hassanein • 27 April, 2020

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Regional

Fintech boom threatened by slowing economy

As retail businesses scramble to get online and banks and exchange houses shutter their doors for the foreseeable future, the one solution...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 20 April, 2020

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Regional

Eventtus secures investment to launch a virtual events platform

UAE-based Eventtus, has secured an investment round to launch a new digital events platform in response to the Covid-19 impact on the...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 14 April, 2020

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Global

Balancing short-term survival with long-term stability

Scott Cairns is the managing director at Creation Business Consultants, a structuring and advisory services firm based in the...

Thought Leadership • 12 April, 2020

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Global

We are now in the age of triage

As the Coronavirus outbreak brings the world's economy to a halt, many businesses in the region are beginning to feel the effects. Fadi...

Fadi Ghandour • 07 April, 2020

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Bahrain

Startups supporting Bahrain’s self-isolation

Pakiza Abdulrahman is the head of startups at the Bahrain Economic Development Board At a time when many businesses cannot serve...

Thought Leadership • 05 April, 2020

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Regional

Is the world going into hibernation?

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic slowdown, one that risks a global recession. For many who have been sent to work from home, it...

Wamda • 02 April, 2020

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Regional

Navigating the risks and opportunities during a pandemic

Loulwa Bakr and Khalid Suleimani are both senior partners at Chrome Advisory, a Saudi Arabia-based consultancy As the global...

Thought Leadership • 22 March, 2020

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Regional

COVID-19 and startups: Is now the time to panic?

Following the global recession of 2008, globalisation and development expert Ian Goldin, author of The Butterfly Defect, predicted that the...

Shaimaa El Nazer • 17 March, 2020

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