Regional Just 7% of Middle East companies are tapping into $575 billion market By Xavier Anglada, managing director and Accenture Digital lead in the Middle East In today’s business landscape, innovation is... Thought Leadership • 14 October, 2019 Data Innovation
Regional Beyond the headlines - Careem, regulatory hurdles and Saudisation A closer look at this week's top news stories Careem Earlier this week, Careem announced a line up of managing directors whose... Triska Hamid • 12 September, 2019 careem Uber Saudi Arabia
Regional Challenges facing entrepreneurial leaders Areej Khataybih is the founder of The Spark Back and co-author of A Woman's Work. In the Middle East and North Africa (Mena),... Thought Leadership • 29 August, 2019 entrepreneurship Leadership
Egypt Exits by IPO…healthier for the ecosystem When Egyptian financial technology (fintech) company Fawry went public on 8 August, it was a fantastic moment for the tech ecosystem,... Fadi Ghandour • 05 September, 2019 fawry ipo IPOs
Saudi Arabia Who is spearheading digitisation in Saudi Arabia? Sofana Dahlan is one of the first ten female lawyers authorised to practice law in Saudi Arabia. She is also the president and founder... Thought Leadership • 22 August, 2019 E-government digital adoption
U.A.E The case for accelerators in the UAE Shahzad Bhatti is the founder and owner of the Co-Working PopUp, a community-driven coworking space and incubator for startups and small... Thought Leadership • 15 August, 2019 acceleration Accelerators
Jordan The key to sustainable growth lies in Jordan's SMEs Yara Asad is the project manager at Building Markets in Jordan where she focuses on assessing businesses and their investment... Thought Leadership • 08 August, 2019 sme amman Report
Regional How can consumers take back control of their data? By Ankit Chaudhari, CEO and founder of Aiisma, a data management software and hardware company with headquarters in Las Vegas and an... Thought Leadership • 01 August, 2019 data privacy
Palestine Is the Palestinian diaspora key to enabling local startups? Diyala Abdlrasul and Ghassan Taha Amayra are the co-founders of MENACatalyst The Palestinian plight is not a foreign... Thought Leadership • 18 July, 2019 Palestinian Diaspora palestine
Regional How Middle East startups can win on social Lama Abdelbarr leads on digital communications for Middle East & Africa at Talkwalker, a social media analytics platform uses... Thought Leadership • 11 July, 2019 Social Media Digital Marketing how to
Regional What makes a good entrepreneurship hub? Recently, we published a feature on the battle of the startup hubs in the Middle East. There are several cities across the region,... Thought Leadership • 04 July, 2019 entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Regional Can corporates in Mena change the entrepreneurial landscape? Omar Al Sharif is the director of partner programmes at Wamda Governments across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are eager to... Thought Leadership • 27 June, 2019 intrapreneurship Corporate entrepreneurship corporate venture capital
Global How blockchain can enable economic inclusion of refugees Jessica Camus is Head of Partnerships and Impact at Diginex. Chris Hambarsoomian is Senior Associate, Government Solutions at... Thought Leadership • 20 June, 2019 Refugee Refugee Camps syria
Saudi Arabia Who can prepare Saudi Arabia for the future? Sofana Dahlan is one of the first ten female lawyers authorised to practice law in Saudi Arabia. She is also the president and founder... Thought Leadership • 13 June, 2019 saudi vision 2030 change
Lebanon The challenges facing Lebanon's fashion ecosystem Christina Chehade is the managing director at Endeavor Lebanon Lebanese designers have been rising in the ranks, dominating... Thought Leadership • 30 May, 2019 Fashion fashion supply chain
Regional The challenge of delivering goods on time Faris Fallouh is the Global Express and ground services director at Aramex Peak seasons such as Eid, Christmas and the many popular... Thought Leadership • 06 June, 2019 E-commerce aramex Delivery
Global We are stuck in the middle of a technological cold war As the US government banned China’s Huawei from purchasing US goods and services last week, many were left wondering whether their... Triska Hamid • 23 May, 2019 Huawei US china
Regional The three blind spots of social entrepreneurs Suzan Elsayed is a Google Policy Fellow at Wamda and an independent researcher focusing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and future of... Thought Leadership • 09 May, 2019 social impact Social Entrepreneurship
Global Artificial Intelligence: a blessing or a curse waiting to unfold? The notion that computers could one day “think” or supersede human intelligence is not a new one. It was Ada Lovelace, an... Triska Hamid • 02 May, 2019 Artificial intelligence AI machine learning
Regional Governments across the Arab region must work together to foster digital growth Dr. Simon Galpin is the managing director of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) where he leads in foreign direct investment... Thought Leadership • 25 April, 2019 Bahrain Economic Development Board Bahrain wef
Regional The Middle East’s snail-pace to the Fourth Industrial Revolution Suzan Elsayed is a Google Policy Fellow at Wamda and an independent researcher focusing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and future of... Thought Leadership • 18 April, 2019 Fourth Industrial Revolution wef Education
Regional How investors can support entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa The potential for entrepreneurship in the region is high, based on digital consumption and a startling increase in investment funding for... Thought Leadership • 04 April, 2019 Investment Venture Capital
Regional Careem's sale to Uber and how it affects the Mena startup ecosystem I would have liked Careem to go public and remain independent because that is how you make the biggest statement about the maturity of the... Fadi Ghandour • 27 March, 2019 careem Uber acquisition
Regional The anatomy of an exit in the Middle East Khaled Talhouni is the managing partner at Wamda Capital Anyone active in the startup scene today seems to be pre-occupied with when and... Khaled Talhouni • 21 March, 2019 Venture Capital Exit strategies exiting