Global Social impact: The neglected child of crypto Following the collapse of US-based crypto exchange platform FTX, the future and stability of crypto has come into question once again.... Thought Leadership • 17 November, 2022 Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin Sustainability
Regional Middle East investors embrace crypto the traditional way Matthew Clapp is the head of business development and asset management at EQONEX a Nasdaq-listed digital assets financial services... Thought Leadership • 01 November, 2022 cryptocurrency
Palestine Palestinian innovation is going global and its first stop is Dubai Rateb H.Rabi is the managing director of Intersect Innovation Hub, a business incubator serving startups in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus,... Thought Leadership • 27 October, 2022 palestine
Global Startup advice: Creating a brand identity that resonates Lucy Bradley is the founder of Plug Communications There are so many aspects to consider when you are building a business; not... Thought Leadership • 24 October, 2022 Branding
Regional Behind the scenes of the POSRocket acquisition [Part 2] In January 2022, Saudi Arabia-based fintech and foodtech startup Foodics announced it had acquired Jordan-based point of sale provider... Thought Leadership • 20 October, 2022 Foodics posrocket
Global Employee mental healthcare: digital tools or workplace culture? By Professor Paul Hopkinson, head of Edinburgh Business School, and the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University There is no... Thought Leadership • 10 October, 2022 mental health
Regional Can the Mena region be a leader in inclusive capital? Regie Mauricio is the research manager at the Legatum Centre for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Dina H. Sherif is the... Thought Leadership • 05 September, 2022 unicorns Careem Mafia
U.A.E How to address the lack of engineering and tech talent in the UAE Toni Allen is director of international, strategic marketing and engagement at the Institution of Engineering and Technology The... Thought Leadership • 15 August, 2022 talent Skills
Global Community is king in Web3 – here’s what to know before building yours Sean Pattwell is the founder and CEO of CW8 Communications Despite the cryptocurrency market downturn, the general excitement about the... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2022 Web 3.0
Regional What is the state of open banking regulations in Mena today? Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Gateway, an open banking startup headquartered in the UAE The tide of open banking... Thought Leadership • 01 August, 2022 Open banking Tarabut Gateway
Palestine Can Palestine become a birthplace for impact-driven ventures? Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. In a recent... Thought Leadership • 25 July, 2022 palestine Impact
Global Navigating the slippery slopes of uncertainty Rani Salman is the managing partner at Caliber Consulting, a UAE-based boutique consulting firm As the evolutionary biologist Charles... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2022 strategy
Regional A guide to good governance for startups Dr. Mussaad M. Al-Razouki is the chief investment and business development officer of Kuwait Life Sciences Company. He has over 15... Thought Leadership • 27 June, 2022 governance
Regional Why I launched the 2022 Female Angels Movement It was late 2021, and I had just come off a panel at GITEX where we had discussed, at length, the struggles women face when fundraising.... Thought Leadership • 22 June, 2022 Angel Investment 2022 Female Angels
Regional How to create a fintech startup that will thrive Kartik Taneja is the executive vice president, head of payments at Mashreq Bank Fintech startups are becoming increasingly... Thought Leadership • 08 June, 2022 Mashreq Fintech
Regional How to build national tech champions By Wissam Abdel Samad, Tarek El Zein, Ramzi Khoury, and Chady Smayra, partners with Strategy& Middle East, part of the PwC... Thought Leadership • 25 May, 2022 strategy
Global Metaverse: the natural evolution to Web 3.0 Professor Paul Hopkinson is the head of Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University Dubai and academic lead for Heriot-Watt... Thought Leadership • 18 May, 2022 metaverse Web 3.0
U.A.E The controversial and unsustainable nature of food delivery Over the past few weeks, delivery drivers for both Deliveroo and Talabat in Dubai have refused to turn up for their shifts, demanding... Thought Leadership • 13 May, 2022 Food delivery
Global How fintech solutions can bridge the trade financing gap Ankit Goel is the Middle East and North Africa head of MODIFI, a a global fintech company that helps small and medium-sized... Thought Leadership • 05 May, 2022 Fintech
Saudi Arabia How can Saudi Arabia unleash national success in fintech? Abdullah Al Othman is the founder and chairman of Geidea, a Saudi Arabia-based fintech specialised in payments. It works with over 150,000... Thought Leadership • 28 April, 2022 Fintech
U.A.E What are the implications of the UAE's tax reforms? Dr Robert Mogielnicki is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington The Ministry of Finance in the United... Thought Leadership • 06 April, 2022 tax
Global The realty of the metaverse Amash Malik is director of performance marketing at Bayut & dubizzle From the moment Facebook rebranded to Meta, the concept of... Thought Leadership • 04 April, 2022 metaverse
Regional This is the year cryptocurrency will come of age in the Middle East Areije Al Shakar is the senior vice president at Bahrain Development Bank & director at Al Waha Venture Capital Fund of Funds Banks... Thought Leadership • 17 March, 2022 crypto cryptocurrency Al Waha Fund of Funds
Regional Mena’s startup euphoria is more fragile than it looks Tarek Sakr is a former investment banker and CEO of Kuwait’s largest classifieds company – 4Sale Market participants are now... Thought Leadership • 07 March, 2022 valuations