Wamda

U.A.E

How to address the lack of engineering and tech talent in the UAE

Toni Allen is director of international, strategic marketing and engagement at the Institution of Engineering and Technology The...

talent Skills

Global

Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours

Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the...

Web 3.0

Regional

What is the state of open banking regulations in Mena today?

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway, an open banking startup headquartered in the UAE The tide of open banking...

Open banking Tarabut Gateway

Palestine

Can Palestine become a birthplace for impact-driven ventures?

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In a recent...

palestine Impact

Global

Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty

Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles...

strategy

Regional

A guide to good governance for startups

Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15...

governance

Regional

Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement

It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising....

Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels

Regional

How to create a fintech startup that will thrive

Kartik Taneja is the executive vice president, head of payments at Mashreq Bank Fintech startups are becoming increasingly...

Mashreq Fintech

Regional

How to build national tech champions

By Wissam Abdel Samad, Tarek El Zein, Ramzi Khoury, and Chady Smayra, partners with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC...

strategy

Global

Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0

Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt...

metaverse Web 3.0

U.A.E

The controversial and unsustainable nature of food delivery

Over the past few weeks, delivery drivers for both Deliveroo and Talabat in Dubai have refused to turn up for their shifts, demanding...

Food delivery

Global

How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap

Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized...

Fintech

Saudi Arabia

How can Saudi Arabia unleash national success in fintech?

Abdullah Al Othman is the founder and chairman of Geidea, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech specialised in payments. It works with over 150,000...

Fintech

U.A.E

What are the implications of the UAE's tax reforms?

Dr Robert Mogielnicki is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington The Ministry of Finance in the United...

tax

Global

The realty of the metaverse

Amash Malik is director of performance marketing at Bayut & dubizzle From the moment Facebook rebranded to Meta, the concept of...

metaverse

Regional

This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East

Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks...

crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds

Regional

Mena’s startup euphoria is more fragile than it looks

Tarek Sakr is a former investment banker and CEO of Kuwait’s largest classifieds company – 4Sale Market participants are now...

valuations

Iraq

An investor's outlook on Iraq in 2022

Pat Cline is an investment advisor at Five One Invest in Iraq Although the past two years have been tumultuous economically, the Iraqi...

Kurdistan Region Iraq Five One Labs

Regional

How can the GCC countries become digital leaders?

Tarek El Zein is a partner with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC network The digital economies of GCC countries have...

GCC Innovation

U.A.E

Startups and SMEs can only grow with access to funding

Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi is the chief executive officer of Emirates Development Bank The UAE government is steadfast in its commitment...

funding gap

Palestine

Fintech: A force for financial inclusion in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. This year has...

Fintech financial inclusion

Egypt

Has the Egyptian startup ecosystem “made it”?

Michel Assaad is a startup mentor and the vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank.The views expressed below...

fawry Swvl Vezeeta

Regional

How open banking is changing the payments landscape in Mena

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway, which recently closed a $12 million pre-Series A round...

Open banking Tarabut Gateway

Palestine

Family businesses need to support startups in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In recent...

family businesses

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