Kuwait Lessons learned from building a tech startup in Kuwait Tarek Sakr is the founder and CEO of Kuwait-based e-commerce startup, 4Sale Building a tech startup in Kuwait is no easy task for an... Thought Leadership • 24 August, 2023 4Sale kuwait
Regional The one mistake that costs Mena startups funding and 10 ways to fix it Olena Petrosyuk and Igor Shaversky are co-founders of Waveup, an advisory firm for startups The second quarter of 2023 was probably the... Thought Leadership • 21 August, 2023 pitch deck
Global What should you look for in a mentor? Nader Sabry is strategist, innovator and entrepreneur in NASA space tech, government, and health/wellness. He is also the author... Thought Leadership • 14 August, 2023 Mentorship Mentor
Global The key ingredient for successful impact startups Medea Nocentini is a senior partner at Global Ventures, Maria Najjar is the content manager at Global Ventures and Lana Azhari is the... Thought Leadership • 07 August, 2023 ESG impact entrepreneurship
Regional Is the slowdown in investment a good thing for Mena? Issa Aghabi is the co-founder and managing partner of UAE-based VC, Access Bridge Ventures Things over the past six to nine months have... Thought Leadership • 17 July, 2023 Access Bridge Ventures Investment
Regional Advice for investors: what to bear in mind when looking at AI startups Ayman Alashkar, is the founder of UAE-based proptech startup OVERWRITE.ai There are those who are calling AI a bubble.... Thought Leadership • 13 July, 2023 overwrite.ai generative AI AI
Regional Unlocking the potential of ESOP Rawan Baddour and Zuhair Shamma are the co-founders of UAE-based Zest, an equity management platform Despite the region making... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2023 Zest ESOP
Global The financial rollercoaster has investors reeling: is the “great rebalancing” here? Abhishek Datta is the associate vice president at the Continental Group, an insurance intermediary and financial services solution provider... Thought Leadership • 19 June, 2023 oped
Saudi Arabia How to pioneer innovation and economic transformation in Saudi Arabia Dr. Samer Abdallah is the head of ICT Sector at KPMG in Saudi Arabia Governments worldwide are actively embracing innovation to stay... Thought Leadership • 01 June, 2023 Innovation
Palestine Regional collaboration is the lifeline for Palestine’s entrepreneurs Rateb H.Rabi is the CEO of Intersect Innovation Hub, a business incubator serving startups in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron and soon... Thought Leadership • 22 May, 2023 palestine
Regional The urgent need to support agritech startups Aamer Sheikh is the chief executive officer of the Middle East Business at PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food and beverage... Thought Leadership • 11 May, 2023 agritech
Palestine How the right type of education can drive down unemployment in Palestine Khadija Abass is the communications manager at Dutch-Palestinian social impact edtech, the Talent Acceleration Platform Education is the... Thought Leadership • 24 April, 2023 EdTech TAP
Regional An entrepreneurial perspective on untapped opportunities and lingering barriers for women Madiha Bee is the founder and CEO of Awakened Woman, a coaching and education platform for Arab women to step into greater service and... Thought Leadership • 20 April, 2023 Women empowerment
Regional How to generate value with generative AI Abed Kasaji is the co-founder of US-based Anecdote, an AI-driven customer insights tool. Kasaji was previously the senior product manager... Thought Leadership • 10 April, 2023 Anecdote Artificial intelligence
U.A.E Secondaries and liquidity: The investor’s access and the founder’s dream Zuhair Shamma is the co-founder of UAE-based Zest, an equity management platform Have you ever wondered why we were able to... Thought Leadership • 03 April, 2023 Zest secondary market
U.A.E Making a case for Abu Dhabi Ryaan Sharif is the general manager at Flat6Labs UAE “The backbone of the world economy.” Read any article about startups... Thought Leadership • 23 March, 2023 Flat6Labs abu dhabi
Tunisia Is Tunisia poised to become a leading deeptech hub in Africa and the Middle East? Rym Baouendi is a senior advisor at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Tunisia, a small country located in... Thought Leadership • 13 March, 2023 deeptech
Regional Mena: A fertile ground for tech IPOs Sandeep Ganediwalla is a partner at Redseer Strategy Consultants looking at the Middle East and Africa The Middle East and North Africa... Thought Leadership • 09 March, 2023 ipo
Saudi Arabia Open banking in Mena: Shifting gears and making strides Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of open banking platform Tarabut Gateway The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is now... Thought Leadership • 27 February, 2023 Open banking Fintech
Egypt Can Mena adopt AI at the same speed and scale it is recommended to? Aliah Yacoub is an AI philosopher and Farah Ghazal is an AI social scientist at Egypt-based techQualia Emerging technologies... Thought Leadership • 20 February, 2023 ChatGPT AI
Global How influence is increasingly breeding entrepreneurship Baha Hamadi,is a board member of the Public Relations & Communications Association You may have noticed a new breed of... Thought Leadership • 23 January, 2023 influpreneur
Regional How is fintech evolving beyond digital payments? Armin Moradi, is the co-founder and CEO at Qashio, a UAE-based spend management platform Numerous challenges faced by businesses... Thought Leadership • 19 January, 2023 Qashio
Regional How can the Middle East become a better hub for tech startups? Raviteja Dodda is the founder and CEO of US-based MoEngage, a customer engagement platform. Kunal Badiani, is the Middle East,... Thought Leadership • 11 January, 2023 Opinion
Regional Why hypergrowth is killing the talent pool Reem M. Osman is the chief people officer at UAE-based nybl, an artificial intelligence startup Over the past couple of weeks, the tech... Thought Leadership • 24 November, 2022 talent