Wamda

Palestine

Does Palestine have investment-ready startups?

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

palestine

Egypt

What can open banking do for Egypt?

Akram Abdou is the founder of Egypt-based Underlie, an open banking platform offering application programming interfaces (APIs) to...

Open banking

Saudi Arabia

Why Mumzworld is a unique story for the Arab region

The Mumzworld story is a triumph for e-commerce startups and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Arab region. The journey of the two...

Mumzworld

Global

Tips to bear in mind if you’re expanding to the Middle East

Firas Marafie is the senior partnerships lead at what3words The Middle East: the quick buck, the pot of gold, or is it? With venture...

what3words MENA

Regional

Teachers, technology and tortoises

Nafez Dakkak is the managing director and CEO of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development. It all seems so...

EdTech Nafez Al Dakkak

Regional

Startup advice: Building an efficient sales engine for a growth-stage startup

Sakshi Tulsian is the co-founder and chief revenue officer (CRO) at India-based POSist Technologies, which offers cloud-based restaurant...

POSist

Regional

An evolving landscape: The state of open banking regulations in Mena

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway. Here, he discusses how government regulations are shaping...

Fintech Open banking Regulations

Global

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...

Scaling

Global

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;...

Branding

Global

Can remote working survive?

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

remote work

Global

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...

data democratisation

U.A.E

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...

unicorns

Regional

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...

re-commerce circular economy

Regional

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...

STEM gender gap

Global

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...

Social Media

Regional

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...

Nafez Al Dakkak

Global

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...

data management

Palestine

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...

gaza sky geeks brain drain

Regional

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...

Zeal Rewards Zeal App loyalty

Regional

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...

talent

Global

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,...

Education

Global

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...

data analytics

Global

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...

anghami Fadi Ghandour

Global

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...

financial inclusion

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