SME Awards 2022Ascentia Services’ growth story in two years, through the power of one team having a single dream. As a UAE-headquartered provider of consulting services and delivery solutions, our offering to businesses carried heavy responsibilities. Promising that our solutions would bring success to any business is no simple promise. But at Ascentia it was […]
Kokila Alagh, Founder, KARM Legal Consultants The COVID-19 pandemic has irrevocably disrupted our lives and the economy, thrusting entrepreneurs and the business community into the daunting realms of uncertainty, risk and volatility. The quarantine related restrictions and measures have put businesses to test and entrepreneurs are still reeling from its impact and the […]
MEED chats with Gaurang Shah, Senior Vice President, Digital Payments & Labs, Middle East and Africa, Mastercard on his views on the region’s booming startup sector and how Mastercard aims to support this growth. KPMG’s recently launched study, The Pulse of Fintech,[1] reports that the fintech market in the Middle East and North Africa […]
Position your company through and post crisis Excerpts from the panel discussion ‘Key steps to make your company investment ready’ as part of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Summit with industry thought leaders from Gulf Capital, DTEC, Dubai Media City, and The Benton Group. 12 ways to make your business more attractive to investors […]
Position your company through and post crisis Excerpts from the fifth webinar of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Live Series discussing how SMEs can reposition their brand through and post-crisis to combat the unprecedented economic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic; with industry thought leaders from Gulf Capital, C2 Communications, and APCO Worldwide. The […]
Pivot with Technology Excerpts from the fourth webinar of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Live Series discussing how SMEs will perceive technologies post the pandemic with industry thought leaders from Gulf Capital, StartAd, and SAP. Big corporate entities today are investing heavily in their digital transformation. But a technology strategy is not something that […]
Access to Finance Excerpts from the third webinar of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Live Series discussing strategies and actions that can help SMEs access finance. with industry thought leaders from Gulf Capital, Beehive, and The Fund, Dubai SME. Finance is always a challenge for small businesses. With limited capital reserves and revenue streams, […]
Legal perspectives: Making SMEs pandemic-proof Excerpts from the second webinar of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Live Series on combatting the legal challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic with industry thought leaders from Gulf Capital, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, and Lex Consortia. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be alert to unknown business risks from […]
Surviving COVID-19 – The way forward for SMEs Excerpts from the first webinar of the Gulf Capital SME Insights Live Series on how to grow your business despite COVID-19 with industry leaders from Gulf Capital, The Camel Soap Factory and Hub71 and IBM. “Every business, no matter how small, has a really important role to […]
Female Leader of the Year – Dr. Hibah Shata MEED Awards 2018 Winner Dr. Hibah Shata with her daughter, Sara Founder & Owner Maharat Learning Center Maharat Learning Centre supports hundreds of special children in mainstream education While some entrepreneurs are stirred to action by an idea, a passion, or clever market analysis, others are […]
Customer Focus of the Year 2019 Winner Leela’s Lunches wins Customer Focus of the Year in Gulf Capital SME Awards 2019 “Mums are expected to work as though they have no children and, in the new age of helicopter parenting, raise children as though they have no jobs.” This astute observation by former finance professional, […]
Abu Dhabi’s Unique Global Tech Ecosystem Nader Museitif, Head of BD & Partnerships If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught businesses anything, it is to be agile and flexible. Corporations that quickly adopt new technologies and cloud services will be the ones that survive economic headwinds that may go on indefinitely […]
Winner of the People and Culture Award 2019 Founders of Ecocoast Through the Gulf Capital SME Insights hub, we look for and highlight the success stories of GCC based SMEs that have achieved sustained growth and continue to set new standards that can help inspire other entrepreneurs and SME business owners to […]
Gulf Capital SME Insights Strategic Partner The Beehive Management Team Through the Gulf Capital SME Insights hub, we look for and highlight the success stories of GCC based SMEs that have achieved sustained growth and continue to set new standards that can help inspire other entrepreneurs and SME business owners to chart their […]
B2B Small Business of the Year 2019 Winner Stevi Lowmass, CEO, Camel Soap Factory The Camel Soap Factory wins B2C Small Business of the Year award, 2019 When Stevi saw a gap in the gift market for unique, locally-made goods, she came up with the idea to produce natural soaps in her kitchen in Dubai […]