U.A.E What I know about running a profitable company: NOW Money’s Ian Dillon Ian Dillon and Katherine Budd were university mates before cofounding NOW Money, a fintech platform that delivers banking services to the... Archana Menon • 27 September, 2017 uae Fintech WIK
Global What I Know about hotels’ online reputation: PwC’s Martin Berlin Online payments are playing an increasingly more paramount role in the hotels and hospitality industry. Increasing online bookings are... Rana Freifer • 02 October, 2017 WIK PwC Hotels
Saudi Arabia What I know about developing games as a freelancer: Tariq Mokhtar Tariq Mokhtar, a Saudi freelance developer, started learning game developing through Unity, a platform he used to design his own project.... Salman Muteb • 26 June, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa WIK
U.A.E What I know about AI: Damu Winston Ever since he first saw Star Trek as a child Damu Winston has had a lifelong fascination with futuristic technology. The founder and... Elias Jabbe • 03 July, 2017 What I Know AI WIK
Saudi Arabia What I know about building a happy company: Alper Celen You cannot spread happiness without being happy yourself. This tenet is the driving force behind Alper Celen’s aim to build the... Elias Jabbe • 29 May, 2017 Joi What I Know Employment
Regional What I know about building communities: David Spinks After years of working as a community manager for different companies, David Spinks noticed a trend. He realized that businesses... Aline Mayard • 19 June, 2017 What I Know WIK Community
Global What I know about the future of high-speed transport: Colin Rhys In late 2016, the UAE’s first-mover deal with high-speed transport system Hyperloop promised commuters to travel from “Dubai to... Vanessa Khalil • 15 May, 2017 Hyperloop One What I Know WIK
U.A.E What I know about starting up too soon: Loulou Khazen Baz When Loulou Khazen Baz launched Nabbesh in 2012, she found herself introducing a strange concept to the Middle East and North Africa. In... Archana Menon • 20 March, 2017 What I Know WIK nabbesh
Regional What I know about hiring: Claudia Gross This is the first of two articles on recruitment and HR. The first is on the theoretical side of getting people into your business and... Rachel Williamson • 06 March, 2017 recruitment Programme human resources
U.A.E What I know about data science in the UAE: Baghdad Gherras Data science in the UAE is just beginning to the scratch the surface of what’s possible. That’s one of the key points... Elias Jabbe • 13 March, 2017 What I Know WIK data science
U.A.E What I know about building a sharing economy business: Debbie Wosskow Debbie Wosskow comes from a family of entrepreneurs, particularly female entrepreneurs. She launched her first business at 25 followed by... Archana Menon • 28 November, 2016 What I Know WIK debbie wosskow
Saudi Arabia What I know about social entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Bakri Entrepreneurship is now a top destination for youth and governments. It can provide jobs, diversify the economy and encourage its... Abdulghani Kataya • 21 November, 2016 YIG Saudi Arabia Social Entrepreneurship
Global What I know about cyber security and humans: Matt Suiche The user is not the weakest link, says hacker and entrepreneur ‘msuiche’. If you’re not down with the hackers and... Lucy Knight • 31 October, 2016 cyber security Cyber crime GITEX
Egypt What I know about Egypt's sluggish investment: Wael Amin It might be normal for a country of more than 90 million to have a ton of entrepreneurs planning events around promoting even more ideas,... Eman Mostafa • 05 September, 2016 Sawari Ventures Wael Amin Egypt
Lebanon What I know about lying: Jonathan Choufany Lies fascinate us. Children experiment with them, white lies are essential for smoothing the bumps of everyday life (your grandmother... Rachel Williamson • 29 August, 2016 lebanon lie detection What I Know
Regional What I know about investing in content: Turi Munthe A little over two years ago, the MENA region witnessed the first big acquisition of a media company. Diwanee, a Dubai-based digital... Maya Rahal • 15 August, 2016 digital content demotix WIK
Regional What I know about investing in robotics: Jose Berengueres To obtain his PhD in bio-inspired robotics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dr. Jose Berengueres studied the movement of a gecko in... Archana Menon • 20 June, 2016 Adasi pal robotics robotics
Saudi Arabia What I know about doing good: Shahd Al Shehail Saudi native Shahd Al Shehail cofounded Project Just during her time in India as an Acumen Global Fellow. Project Just, an online... Archana Menon • 06 June, 2016 Project Just sustainable fashion WIK
Regional What I know about game publishing: Joseph Shomali The profits to be made in gaming are not to be sniffed at. But that's generally for countries outside of the Middle East. In 2014... Lucy Knight • 23 May, 2016 games xp babil games Joseph Shomali
Maghreb What I know about virtual reality: Walid Sultan Midani VR is fun but you've got to be careful, says Walid. (Image via Digital Mania) The attraction between virtual reality (VR) developers and... Lucy Knight • 09 May, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Global What I know about building an IoT device: Shaun Moore A stint at Merrill Lynch in Chicago, experience developing mobile apps, and a constant affiliation with technology is what led Dallas-based... Archana Menon • 25 April, 2016 MEMakersGE WIK What I Know
Global What I know about space: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom Emeline Paat was in Beirut in March experimenting with plastic bag-based insulation systems for refugee tents. (Image via Rachel... Rachel Williamson • 11 April, 2016 Virgin Galactic XCOR Space Adventures
Qatar What I know about digital Arabic content: Nawaf Felemban In 2015 Wamda produced a report that showed 60 percent of Arabs wanted to read online content in Arabic. That would be great... Lucy Knight • 28 March, 2016 Kooora Kasra WIK
Lebanon What I know about running a hackerspace: Bassam Jalgha Bassam Jalgha tuning his guitar using Roadie Tuner. (Image via Make Magazine) Despite the launch of several hackerspaces in the... Reine Farhat • 29 February, 2016 Lamba Labs WIK What I Know
