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Bill Gates is not wearing a seatbelt. I worry about his safety as we speed along the cleared roads of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, flanked by military outriders, but his aides either don’t notice or know not to mention it, so I decide I shouldn’t wear one either. The goats have been…
While catering to the Middle East’s conservative culture and insatiable appetite for marriage, startup dating app Harmonica wants to revolutionise dating in the Arab world. It’s crazy that just a few years ago, Internet dating meant tethering yourself to your computer, but thanks to the…
The award-laden Emirati entrepreneur and deputy chairman of the Bin Ham Group has quietly pledged at least half his fortune to humanitarian causes, ensuring his generosity endures well beyond his own lifetime.
It’s a feel-good story with lots of happy endings. Toters has gone from startup app to thriving business in a couple of years, and it’s a stellar example of how hard work and great tech are more important than an original idea. Everyone has a great idea at some point or another in…
If there was ever a watershed moment for the tech industry in the Middle East, it’s now. Following Souq.com’s acquisition by Amazon last March for 580 million USD and Uber’s acquisition of Careem in June for a cool 3.1 billion USD, all eyes are on a new breed of startups. But don’t take…
With male fertility reportedly halved over the past forty years, Legacy founder Khaled Kteily is building a sperm bank startup that brings discreet, modern reproductive health within reach of men everywhere.
How do you change the mindset and allow entrepreneurship to flourish in the Middle East? Amir Hegazi, a former director at Souq.com and the founder of intoMENA, thinks he has the answer. “I think what’s fundamentally missing is a more entrepreneur-centric ecosystem, where the entreprene…
The Middle East may have been late to join the e-commerce party but as Souq.com and Noon.com compete for domination, the growth of online retail is also challenging the long-held reign of the shopping mall in the region. To put e-commerce in historical context, you might think of it as …
With his infectious enthusiasm and meticulous approach to creative solutions, Crescent Enterprises’ CEO Badr Jafar, makes changing the world look easy as pie. Envision the archetypal modern-day social entrepreneur: you’re likely conjuring a kind of capitalist Robin Hood, someone looking…
Augustinus Bader is the latest miracle product to hit skincare shelves. The age-defying formula is being pegged as a game changer by a bevy of celebrities but is it also a case study in stellar marketing? Hollywood’s latest hit is not a movie. That’s the slogan being splashed across gia…
Lettuce is hard to grow in the desert, so Emirates Flight Catering is countering with vertical farming. California's Crop One is building the world's largest such facility in a forty-million-dollar joint venture.
As the Caribbean's most glamorous regatta returns for its tenth edition, the CEO of Richard Mille EMEA reflects on title sponsorship, racing aboard Sorcha and why watchmaking and sailing share a relentless pursuit of performance.