Wamda

Regional

Lending in the era of open banking

Abdulla Almoayed is the founder and CEO of Tarabut Optimism about improving the ease and speed of approving retail lending abounds...

Open banking lending

Regional

Navigating scale: challenges and strategies for tech startups in Mena

Rashit Makhat, is the director and co-founder, Scalo Technologies, the tech venture company based in Dubai In the world of startups, the...

Scalo Technologies Scaling

Regional

Do you need to work on your personal leadership?

David Godfrey is a mentor at Peak Performance and co-founder of Chase Life Consulting Effective leadership is something many...

Leadership mental health

Global

Transforming access to finance in agriculture

Simon Sharp and Said Murad are partners at Global Ventures In the Middle East and Africa (MEA), agriculture is a social and economic...

Tarfin Fintech agritech

Global

The illusion of inclusion: the landscape of digital banking in Africa

Khadija Ba is an MIT Legatum Fellow Africa’s financial landscape is undergoing a seismic shift driven by the rapid ascent of...

africa Digital banking

Global

How to select the right co-founder

Hassan Jaffar and Marwan Chaar are the co-founders of Carzaty, which was acquired in 2022 by Mexico’s Kavak, a used car platform last...

co-founder

Global

Weighing the pros and cons of outsourcing, freelancers, agencies, and in-house roles

Anastasiya Golovatenko is a director at Sherpa Communications As we advise numerous startups on scaling strategies during our mentorship...

talent

Regional

The case for universities as a pathway to entrepreneurship

Professor Fiona Robson is the head of School of Social Sciences and Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University...

Education

Regional

How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare

Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution...

AlTibbi healthtech

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Zest secondary market

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