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... Thought Leadership • 11 October, 2020 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... Thought Leadership • 08 October, 2020 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... Thought Leadership • 04 October, 2020 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... Thought Leadership • 01 October, 2020 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),... Thought Leadership • 22 September, 2020 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... Thought Leadership • 17 September, 2020 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... Thought Leadership • 08 September, 2020 in5 Dubai
Pakistan Trukkin: Why we expanded to Pakistan during lockdown Trukkin is a Dubai-based trucks aggregator, connecting shippers, transporters, brokers and drivers. The startup has raised $3.5... Thought Leadership • 02 September, 2020 Trukkin Logistics
U.A.E Bayut's weigh-in on the importance of adapting and learning quickly Bayut is one of the region's largest real-estate portals. In this thought leadership piece, the team at the company outline the lessons... Thought Leadership • 24 August, 2020 Bayut.com
Global Migrant labour and the true price of remittances Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive of Ding The GCC is a part of the world that commands sheer amazement at the pace with... Thought Leadership • 19 August, 2020 Fintech remittances
Regional Accelerators 2.0: The post-pandemic version Yousra Diab is the head of programmes at Dubai-based social impact accelerator C3 As the world came to a standstill with the outbreak of... Thought Leadership • 18 August, 2020 C3 Accelerators
Regional Creating a comprehensive model for e-commerce success Darren Hodgkin, CEO of Digital&Code E-commerce has made massive gains during the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumers were forced to... Thought Leadership • 03 August, 2020 E-commerce
Regional The audiobook opportunity in education UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti's founder... Thought Leadership • 30 July, 2020 Kitab Sawti Audiobooks Education
Regional elGrocer: The lessons we learned in the era of Covid-19 Nader Amiri is the founder of UAE-based e-grocery startup elGrocer E-commerce is on everyone’s mind. There’s a lot being... Thought Leadership • 23 July, 2020 e-grocery elGrocer covid-19
Bahrain E-sports and gaming: Mena's new global frontier Yousef Buhazza is the founder of Unreal Bahrain and vice chairman of the Bahrain Internet Society Growth in Crisis All manner of... Thought Leadership • 20 July, 2020 Gaming E-sports
Regional Adopting emerging technologies in a post-Covid-19 world By Jad Hajj, partner, Imad Atwi, Jean Salamat, principals, and Riazul Raquib, senior associate, with Strategy& Middle East, part of the... Thought Leadership • 14 July, 2020 digital transformation
Regional Will cash on delivery return post Covid-19? By Faris Fallouh, Senior Global Express Services at Aramex During this pandemic, consumers globally and in the Middle East and North... Thought Leadership • 28 June, 2020 CoD cash-on-delivery
Global Fintech has come into its own Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ireland-based Ding, a mobile top-up transfer company As we adjust to a new-normal -... Thought Leadership • 16 June, 2020 Fintech remittance
Regional From the valley of death to the oasis wadi It has become evident that the Covid-19 crisis is like no other. While its persistence and long-term impact on society as a whole remain... Fadi Ghandour • 14 June, 2020 SME support sme
Regional What is the most important lesson we can learn from this pandemic? Students of history will be familiar with the term “superpower”, countries that wield global influence by means of economic,... Triska Hamid • 09 June, 2020 Opinion covid-19
Global A public relations strategy is critical now more than ever Sean Pattwell is the founder and chief executive officer at CW8 Communications The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken international commerce... Thought Leadership • 25 May, 2020 public relations PR strategy
Regional How AI can help governments in a post Covid-19 world Jad Hajj, partner, and Wissam Abdel Samad, principal, Christian Stechel, senior manager, Gustave Cordahi, senior associate, with... Thought Leadership • 17 May, 2020 Artificial intelligence
Regional The future of SMEs after Covid-19 Rafael Lemaitre is a partner at consultancy SIA Partners and Maria Garrido is the manager of growth and innovation During... Thought Leadership • 14 May, 2020 sme covid-19
Regional How can we encourage more women to pursue entrepreneurship? Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, Sana Afouaiz, founder of Womenpreneur, an organisation established to support women entrepreneurs, toured... Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2020 Women Women entrepreneurship