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The future of work is changing, and the global pandemic has only accelerated the process. As more workforces switched to remote setups in 2020, digital platforms such as Zoom, Google Hangouts, and GoToMeeting quickly saw their user numbers soar. With the imminent arrival of COVID-19 vaccine, there is hope our world might be returning to some semblance of normality in the near future, but the trend of remote working looks set to continue well into the next decade.
The New York Times, Google revealed it wouldn’t be sending employees back to the office until September 2021, three months later than they first anticipated. Even then, the company will be offering employees a “flexible work week,” with the expectation of people being in the office a minimum of three days a week, and the rest of the time wo
December 27, 2020 4 min read
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2020 has been a difficult year for Lebanon- and it wasn’t just the COVID-19 crisis that got the country and its residents reeling this year. From the economic crisis that threatened to envelop the nation, to the devastating Beirut port explosion that ravaged the city, Lebanon is today a country whose future is one that is hard to be hopeful about at this point in time. And yet, we look away from the establishment running the country, and instead turn our attention to the enterprising people that belong to it, then there are almost certainly positive prospects that one can expect from Lebanon all the same. As an example, take a look at Toters co-founder and CEO Tamim Khalfa, who runs one of the most prominent startups in Lebanon at the moment.
December 24, 2020 7 min read Opinions expressed by
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“I wanted everyone to enjoy traveling like me, without any barriers.” That’s the reason why Baba Aghayev, back in 2014, decided to found Pickvisa, a web platform that helps in easing the visa application process for travelers across the globe. We are here with Pickvisa to remove at least one of the obstacles– visa processing hustle.’’ It was while planning for a trip to South Africa in 2014 that Aghayev realized just how much of a hassle it can be to find details relating to applying for a visa to visit a country. Soon after, he decided to create a user-friendly platform that helps minimize an applicant’s involvement in the processing of travel, study, and business visas to any country.
December 23, 2020 4 min read
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Saudi Arabia-based Telfaz11 has long been regarded as one of the leading players on the MENA region’s digital media scene, and anyone who has seen its growth since its launch in 2011 would have, at the start of this year, certainly only expected the enterprise to continue to bolster its offering (and its appeal) in 2020.
And, as it turns out, that’s just what Telfaz11 has managed to accomplish this year- but perhaps not in the way most of us- or even its co-founder and CEO Alaa Fadan- expected the year to unfold for it. Indeed, 2020 has been a year in which Telfaz11 (whose creative content had garnered it more than 2.3 billion views and 24.8 million subscribers) has had to pull the shutters down on some of its productions owing to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis- but it’s also been a year where it inked a multi-picture de
December 22, 2020 3 min read
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As the founder of the MENA’s first (and largest) regulated open banking platform, Tarabut Gateway CEO Abdulla Almoayed has been eyeing the digital strides made by the region in this year as a harbinger of better things to come.
His Bahrain-headquartered enterprise, which connects a regional network of banks and fintech companies via a universal application programming interface, aims to enable financial institutions “to build a new world of financial services in the MENA.” Having opened offices in the UK and recently in the UAE as well, Tarabut Gateway looks to be well on its way to helping the region tap into the open banking industry, which is set to reach a global market size of US$43 billion over the next five years.