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Global Tech Pulse Check: Who’s growing and who’s successfully raising – Part 2

June 30, 2020

In part 2 of our podcast mini-series we look at the investor perspective of the current state of the global seed and growth stage investing environment. Our 2 guests today…

Global Tech Pulse Check: Who’s growing and who’s successfully raising – Part 1

June 23, 2020

In part 1 of our 2 part mini-series we dive into 3 different sectors ranging from delivery startups to CRISPR-based diagnostics as well as 3 geographies including Pakistan, Sierra Leone,…

Diving into Kuwait’s startup ecosystem

June 16, 2020

Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani is co-founder & Managing Partner at Faith Capital, a venture capital practice that is focused on the GCC. He is also co-founder & CEO of Floward,…

Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and the Gulf Region’s Startup Ecosystems

June 9, 2020

Omar Christidis is the founder of CEO of ArabNet, a digital media venture with the goal of spearheading the Arab Web and Mobile movement, and encouraging its expansion worldwide, was…

Building the Middle East’s number 1 startup with Joy Ajlouny

June 2, 2020

Joy Ajlouny co-founded Fetchr in 2015 , a Silicon Valley-backed tech company that was created to tackle the Middle East’s “no address” issue, which has been long been a hindrance…

A conversation with Chris Schroeder on emerging market innovation

May 26, 2020

Christopher M. Schroeder is a Washington D.C. and New York City based entrepreneur and venture investor. He co-founded HealthCentral.com, one of the nation’s largest social and content platforms in health…

A quick dive into the Egypt startup ecosystem

May 19, 2020

Mr. Ahmed El Alfi is the Founder and Chairman of Sawari Ventures a Cairo-based venture capital firm. Established in 2010, the goal of Sawari is to help transform Egyptian and…

Bitcoin halving and a pulse check of the global blockchain ecosystem

May 12, 2020

Erick Pinos is Americas Ecosystem Lead at Ontology, a high-performance public blockchain and distributed collaboration platform. In addition to his role at Ontology, Erick is President of the Blockchain Education…

Ecosystem Arabia – Navigating the MENA region’s tech and innovation landscape

May 5, 2020

Amir Hegazi is a lifelong entrepreneur, with over 20 years of startup, tech, e-commerce, and digital media experience. He is the Managing Partner of intoMENA Group, a consulting firm that…

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New Models and Ideas needed to create digital economy jobs in frontier markets

April 28, 2020

Host Andrew Berkowitz shares his thoughts that changes need to be made in how we approach building startup and innovation industries in frontier markets. Some ideas to move us forward…