Why is succession planning important for your startup?

Warsha Joshi and Evan Le Clus are startup mentors and the co-founders of Dare to Scale, an ecosystem for entrepreneurs scaling their...

Thought Leadership • 08 June, 2021

Scaling

Startup advice: Should you humanise your brand?

Islam Gouda is a marketing professional who is currently working at the federal government in Abu Dhabi  Brands are living beings;...

Thought Leadership • 19 May, 2021

Branding

Can remote working survive?

Marilyn Zakhour is the founder and chief executive officer of UAE-based Cosmic Centaurs, a flexible work consultancy As higher...

Thought Leadership • 17 May, 2021

remote work

What is data democratisation and why is it necessary?

Jadd Elliot Dib is the founder and CEO of UAE-based Pangaea X, an online network and talent acquisition platform for data analysts It is...

Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2021

data democratisation

Mythical to meteoric: The rise of tech unicorns

Ammar Al Malik is the managing director of Dubai Internet City The boom in tech firms either floating on stock markets or achieving...

Thought Leadership • 09 May, 2021

unicorns

The importance, potential and impact of the circular economy

Earlier this year, the UAE established a federal circular economy council to generate new economic opportunities, reduce the use of natural...

Thought Leadership • 02 May, 2021

re-commerce circular economy

The future is in STEM – but only men benefit right now

The KIP Index is the first Middle East and North Africa (Mena) sector-based measure of women-inclusive policies and practices in local...

Thought Leadership • 18 April, 2021

STEM gender gap

Can a startup’s social capital affect investment?

Rami Deeb is an executive at Talkwalker, a "conversational intelligence" company that delivers social media insights to help...

Thought Leadership • 15 April, 2021

Social Media

Chicken nuggets in Mena: A guide to market segmentation

Nafez Dakkak is the managing director and CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development.  On a recent trip to the...

Thought Leadership • 13 April, 2021

Nafez Al Dakkak

How to optimise the value of data management

Cenker Ozhelvaci is vice president of emerging markets, managing director of Iron Mountain UAE and Turkey The outbreak of the Covid-19...

Thought Leadership • 07 April, 2021

data management

The case for hiring Palestinian talent

Anam Raheem is talent matching manager at Gaza Sky Geeks. Imagine a business opportunity that accelerates innovation and profit for a...

Thought Leadership • 05 April, 2021

gaza sky geeks brain drain

Can integrating loyalty with payments win back customers?

Omar Ebeid is the founder and CEO of Egypt-based Zeal App, an online payment and loyalty platform There is a decline in loyalty cards...

Thought Leadership • 28 March, 2021

Zeal Rewards Zeal App loyalty

Why is the UAE issuing new visas and licences?

Governments across the Middle East have been attempting to attract talent and startups to their cities in their quest to establish...

Thought Leadership • 24 March, 2021

talent

Is a university education crucial for founders?

Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg stand out as remarkably successful entrepreneurs who all dropped out of university. To them,...

Thought Leadership • 14 March, 2021

Education

Predicting the future with analytics

Professor Mohamed Salem is the president of the University of Wollongong in Dubai Analytics is one of the most critical tools in...

Thought Leadership • 11 March, 2021

data analytics

Anghami's story is one to celebrate and emulate

Anghami is now the first home grown company to go public on Nasdaq since Aramex 24 years ago. This is a fantastic story that should be...

Fadi Ghandour • 03 March, 2021

anghami Fadi Ghandour

Prepaid is the future of financial inclusion

Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ding, a mobile top up and airtime transfer company based in Ireland Among all the...

Thought Leadership • 28 February, 2021

financial inclusion

Forgetting the M in MVP: Are founders launching in a lean way?

Leen Ashqar is a senior associate at Propeller, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Amman, Jordan As an active pre-seed and...

Thought Leadership • 25 February, 2021

Can Lebanon become the next global outsourcing hub?

This article was written by the team at B.O.T - Bridge. Outsource. Transform All eyes have been on Lebanon over the past year, but...

Thought Leadership • 23 February, 2021

Outsourcing

What can Mena learn from the African experience in fintech?

Mahmood Ahmadu is the chairman of Innovate 1 Pay, a Nigerian financial technology (fintech) company established in 2012, providing online...

Thought Leadership • 21 February, 2021

Fintech financial inclusion africa

The realities of fundraising in Iraq

Ali Al Suhail is the managing director at KAPITA, a development company that invests and incubates startups in Iraq. He is also the...

Thought Leadership • 16 February, 2021

fundraising KAPITA

Will Bitcoin valuations drop this year?

Khurram Shroff is the chairman of UAE-based private equity firm IBC Group which has invested in over 4000 different Blockchain products....

Thought Leadership • 15 February, 2021

Bitcoin

Your next great app idea will be built by software, guided by AI and humans

Sachin Dev Duggal is the co-founder and CEO of Builder.ai, a UK-based human-assisted artificial intelligence (AI) platform to...

Thought Leadership • 14 February, 2021

Software AI machine learning

The basics of intellectual property [part one]

Ludwig Lindermayer is a patent and trademark attorney at PAUSTIAN & PARTNER. In a series of thought leadership pieces, he...

Thought Leadership • 31 January, 2021

Intellectual property Patents