Gulf Photo Plus & Seeing Things: Mohamed Somji
Just as the smartphone was revolutionizing the camera industry post-2007, a young expat was leaving behind his career as a brand marketer to become a photojournalist. Pull up a
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Mohamad Ballout on how to capitalize on being a first mover & positioning cloud kitchen pioneer Kitopi as a global brand
We’re joined by serial entrepreneur Mohamad Ballout, Founder of Dubai-based foodtech pioneer Kitopi, currently the world’s leading managed cloud kitchen platform. Founded in January 2018, Kitopi has
Boom & Mellow: Sima Barazi Haroun
Understanding how to scale your business—whether adding employees, opening a new branch, or even looking at funding—is really hard to do day-to-day. And when you'
Isobel Abulhoul on building book centric businesses & instilling reading habits in children
This week, we’re joined by the CEO of the LitFest Foundation, Isobel Abulhoul, who is at the the center of the UAE & the region’s literary fraternity. Since
MX-Academy: Mohammed Al Balooshi
Nearly two decades ago, jumping on a dirt bike led a young man down the path to become the UAE’s athlete of the year in 2018 & set up
Orit Mohammed on launching Boon Coffee & breaking the stereotypes around Ethiopian women and female entrepreneurship
This week, we're talking coffee with Orit Mohammed, founder of Boon Coffee. Orit hails from Ethiopia and decided to reconnect with the coffee culture she grew up with
The dirty side of dry cleaning, with Elham AlQasm
Happy New Year everyone! We're back this week with the inspiring Elham AlQasm, the first Arab woman to ski to the North Pole in 2010. As she was
Patrick Rogers on how startup founders can avoid common pitfalls
This week, we're talking to Patrick Rogers whose latest venture, Clara, attempts to solve entrepreneurship legal pain-points by combining human expertise with techonology. And as someone who
Conquering the North Pole, with Elham Al Qasim
The Way We Live: Elham Al Qasim 0:00 /0:00 1× On this episode, I talk with the inspiring Elham Al Qasim, the first Arab woman and first Emirati
Engaging women for a better future, with Assia Riccio
Assia Riccio is the founder of Evolvin Women, an organization that provides a platform to prepare unemployed women from less privileged backgrounds in Africa. In just 3 years, Evolvin Women
The business of philanthropy, with Yann Bordstedt
This week, we're talking to Yann Borgstedt, a Swiss entrepreneur turned philanthropist who started the Womanity Foundation in 2005 with a focus on empowering women in countries such
The region’s telecom man, Osman Sultan
Osman was the founding CEO of Mobinil, and then became the founding CEO of Du in 2007.