Wamda

U.A.E

How can we stay productive in a hybrid world?

Mohammed Arif is the business group director of modern workplace and security at Microsoft UAE As the pandemic has spread around the...

Workflow microsoft

Egypt

Egyptian fintech in 2021: The journey ahead [Part Two]

In the second part series, Michel Assaad, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank, outlines the trends...

Fintech

Egypt

Egyptian fintech in 2020: A tale of crosswinds and tailwinds [Part One]

In this two part series, Michel Assaad, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa strategy at Citi Bank, outlines the trends...

Fintech

Regional

Women entrepreneurs can boost Middle East economies

Last week, TiE held its Women Global Competition in person in the UAE. The global initiative is dedicated to empower women...

Women entrepreneurship TiE

Saudi Arabia

Businesses in Saudi Arabia are showing signs of recovery, with some big winners

By Khalid Suleimani and Loulwa Bakr, senior partners at Chrome Advisory Some of the most optimistic people did not expect to...

sme Retail

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...

coronavirus Trends

Regional

What 2020 has taught us about digital transformation

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and South Africa at GoDaddy The year 2020 has...

digital transformation

Global

What are the four phases of leadership?

Sri Shivananda is the senior vice-president and chief technology officer at PayPal SVP I have benefitted significantly in my career...

Leadership

Regional

From pearl trade to e-wallets: The rise of digital payments in the GCC

Dalal Buhejji is the director of business development, financial services at the Bahrain Economic Development Board At the turn of...

banking digital wallet

U.A.E

Is open banking the answer to boosting the UAE property market?

Michael Hunter is the co-founder of Holo Open banking is a term we have been hearing a lot over the past three years, since the...

Fintech Open banking

U.A.E

A cashless society in the UAE cannot happen without financial inclusion

Anouar Bourakkadi Idrissi is the CEO of Edenred UAE At the onset of 2020, implementation of the wide-scale lockdown and social...

Fintech financial inclusion cashless

Regional

Where will the next wave of innovation come from?

Dr Vikas Nand Kumar Batheja is the co-founder and director of Capital College in Dubai The global pandemic has created panic,...

Innovation

U.A.E

Outlining Sharjah's approach to entrepreneurship

Najla Al-Midfa is the CEO of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) Entrepreneurship is essential to building a strong...

sharjah Sheraa

U.A.E

Why successful companies view learning as a boardroom priority

Anthony Tattersall is the vice president of Europe Middle East and Africa at Coursera Business in the UAE has traditionally been...

online learning

Lebanon

Online education in Lebanon: Cementing existing inequalities

Laura Jardine Paterson is the head of communications at Codi in Lebanon The challenges faced by Lebanon in the past year have been...

Codi EdTech remote working

U.A.E

Car rental during Covid: Calculating the minutes between expansion and survival

Hasib Khan is the founder and CEO of Udrive, a UAE-based on-demand mobility startup that is now looking to raise investment...

mobility udrive car rental

Global

Should you hire a freelance workforce?

Marwan Abdelaziz is the chief executive officer of Ureed.com Dell. Amazon. Xerox. SAP. What do these companies have in...

freelance Ureed

Bahrain

Small business will be the engine of the Gulf’s post-lockdown recovery

Pakiza Abdulrahman is the manager of Startup Business Development, Bahrain Economic Development Board Across the Gulf Cooperation...

Bahrain Economic Development Board

Global

You are going to fail and that's OK

Tarek Ghobar, founder of PointCheckout shares his experience of failing The startup world is like dancing around a huge minefield with...

Failure

Regional

Why we need website builders in Arabic

Selina Bieber is the senior regional director for Mena and Turkey at GoDaddy Although digital transformation has been a crucial...

GoDaddy Arabic digital content

U.A.E

Adopting a blended learning approach for the future

Jamal Al Jassmi is the general manager at Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS) As the world resets to...

EdTech

Saudi Arabia

Igniting innovation to spur Saudi Arabia’s economic growth

BIAC, a subsidiary of the Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company (TAQNIA), wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF),...

BIAC accelerator

Egypt

Contributing to Egypt's growth journey

Dina H. Sherif, Mohamed Okasha and Malek Sultan are managing partners at Egypt-based VC firm Disruptech. This article was originally...

Disruptech fawry Fintech

U.A.E

Navigating Dubai’s next chapter of growth

Majed Al Suwaidi is the managing director of Dubai Media City and lead of in5 Startups have always played a crucial role in the social...

in5 Dubai

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