Badr Ward, founder and CEO of the world’s first Arabic-language educational app, Lamsa, is the classic example of an entrepreneur who built a business to solve a problem he faced himself. The idea for Lamsa was born when Ward, who has an IT and computer software background, had experienced the Read more…
With the massive economic downturn brought on by the recent pandemic, many US business owners have their hands full securing new lines of investment and diversifying their revenue streams. While the obvious solutions include government assistance and cutting expenditure, many have expanded by considering a move to countries with the Read more…
With the massive economic downturn brought on by the recent pandemic, many British business owners have their hands full securing new lines of investment and diversifying revenue streams as much as possible. While the obvious solutions include government assistance and cutting expenditure, many have expanded by exploring countries with the Read more…
Healthcare Technology is a growing sector, with an annual value expected to reach $11 billion in the Middle East by 2021, according to the Middle East Medical Devices and Diagnostics Trade Association. But with some investors hesitant to part with funding capital in the uncertain new post Covid-19 world, what Read more…
The format of education has changed, possibly forever, due to the ongoing viral pandemic, with UNESCO reporting that more than 60% of the world’s student population have been negatively impacted by the virus and the follow-on school closures. While teachers have had to quickly amend most of their curricula to Read more…
In 2017 the UAE signalled its commitment to technological innovation when it appointed HE Omar Al Olama as the first minister for artificial intelligence of any country in the world. HE Al Olama spoke to Verdict following a government reshuffle in the UAE which saw his brief expanded to include the digital Read more…
Anyone who’s been to the UAE or even seen aerial shots of the country knows how quickly the construction and property markets move there, with high-rise buildings and new developments appearing seemingly overnight. The capital city and largest emirate, Abu Dhabi, is continuing to boom despite Covid-19 putting a halt Read more…
Some 60% of investment funding for startups in the MENA region was given to projects based in the UAE in 2019, according to a report by startup data analysis company Magnitt. Not only is this dominance of the startup capital pot historically the highest in the region, the UAE’s share Read more…
It’s been a tough few months for most companies worldwide unless you’re Amazon, and smaller companies in particular, including startups, have certainly been hit harder than larger corporations with multiple safety nets. Startup Genome, a research and policy organisation, conducted a survey of more than 1,000 startups worldwide and found Read more…
In the Covid-19 era, it’s no secret that many startups around the world have either completely failed or scaled back to a bare minimum working model in the hopes of battening down the hatches and riding out the storm. The big question in the start-up world is, “Can startups survive Read more…