Regional How will life change after the vaccine? When the pandemic first began to take hold, the development of a vaccination against the coronavirus wasn’t just a way to prevent its... Wamda • 24 December, 2020 Dubai Future Foundation
Global How did a high school dropout become a billionaire? The school dropout who becomes a successful entrepreneur seems like a typical Silicon Valley success story, but where the likes of Bill... Wamda • 22 November, 2020 NikhilKamath Zerodha
Regional How do you seize a market opportunity? Disaster for many evokes a sense of fear and danger and a desire to seek out safety and stability. But there are those who manage to seek... Wamda • 18 October, 2020 podcast
Regional What's next for traveltech? The travel sector was the worst-hit during the lockdown and it will likely take years before numbers reach pre-Covid levels. Yet... Wamda • 17 September, 2020 Travel traveltech podcast
U.A.E Why are there so few Emirati entrepreneurs? Earlier this year Wamda published a report on the state of pre-seed startups in the Middle East and North Africa. What emerged from our... Wamda • 11 August, 2020 emiratis uae
Global How do you build a company to last? Mudassir Sheikha and Magnus Olsson founded Careem in 2012 initially as a transportation service for the corporate world. It soon became the... Wamda • 07 July, 2020 careem Mudassir Sheikha
Regional What happens when things don't go to plan? At the start of this year, Wamda launched the second cohort of its fellowship programme, Wamda X. The 13 startups selected embarked on a... Wamda • 07 June, 2020 wamda x
Regional How do you maintain the relevance of a brand? Jones the Grocer is one of the UAE's longest standing restaurants, but few are aware of the legal and financial difficulties faced by... Wamda • 07 May, 2020 jones the grocer
Regional Is the world going into hibernation? The Covid-19 pandemic has caused an economic slowdown, one that risks a global recession. For many who have been sent to work from home, it... Wamda • 02 April, 2020 podcast coronavirus covid-19
Bahrain How did Bahrain become a fintech hub? Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a... Wamda • 27 February, 2020 Fintech Bahrain Fintech Bay
Regional How do we create AI in Arabic? For millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, interacting with a digital voice assistant like Apple’s Siri or... Wamda • 27 January, 2020 Mawdoo3 Artificial intelligence Siri
Global Can footsteps power our world? Sustainability has dominated economic and political agendas across the world this past year. Governments have recognised the need for clean... Wamda • 23 December, 2019 Sustainability Climate change Green Energy
U.A.E Pivots and Failures with Repeat's Omer Aslan Gurel Omer Aslan Gurel could have easily followed the path that was laid out for him – go to university and eventually join his family... Wamda • 20 November, 2019 food tech Entrepreneur podcast
Global Will travelling at speeds of 1000km/h change society? The hyperloop is a new form of transport that, in theory, can travel at speeds of about 1000 kilometres per hour. Spearheading the design... Wamda • 16 October, 2019 Hyperloop One Hyperloop Transport
Global Can artificial intelligence eradicate death? Ben Goertzel is one of the most prominent artificial intelligence (AI) architects in the world. He is the founder of SingularityNET and the... Triska Hamid • 08 September, 2019 Artificial intelligence AI robot
U.A.E The bakery that finds clients on Instagram The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well.... Triska Hamid • 18 August, 2019 Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media