Wamda

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

talent

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....

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

palestine Impact

Thought Leadership

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