Saudi Arabia is no stranger to cyber-attacks. In 2012, the Shamoon virus devastated Saudi Aramco in what Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta described as “the most destructive cyberattack on a private business”. Within hours, 35,000 computers were either partially wiped or totally destroyed – the company had no email, no phones and employees scrambled…
Sophie Le Ray, Naseba CEO and WIL Economic Forum Founder takes a look back at the WIL Economic Forum, its community and the region’s D&I achievements over the last 10 years – and all that remains to be done. This article was originally published on LinkedIn by Sophie on October, 25, 2017. Since the inaugural…
Since the launch of the National Strategy for Innovation, the UAE has become a hotbed for advancement across multiple fields, from space travel to sustainability. However, since the UAE cabinet allocated AED2 billion to the Mohammed bin Rashid Innovation Fund, one sector has seen the level of innovation reach a fever pitch – the finance sector. Uniting fintech’s…
Photo credit: From left to right: Ivo Detelinov, Vice President & Head of PE Fund, Riyadh Taqnia Fund, Hasan Haider, Partner, 500 startups, Joe Peterson , CEO of Sure Inc, Promoth Manghat, CEO, UAE Exchange, Nicholas Watson, Managing Director, Naseba Economically speaking, 2017 has been a rollercoaster year. From political fallout in the currency markets, to…
Saudi Arabia’s high dependence on hydrocarbon revenues needs no introduction. However, in a quest to divorce from its traditional sources of income, the Kingdom is investing heavily in strategic sectors, including R&D, education, medicine and emerging technologies, while privatising many state owned assets, including Saudi Aramco. To put Saudi Arabia’s diversification into context, the new…
Saudi Arabia’s IT sector has always had high aspirations, whether in attracting the best talent and software provision or securing its place on the global stage through such programs as Vision 2030. The desire to compete has been heavily backed by the Saudi Government, but this year looks to be the true beginning of a…
Kathryn Robinson is founder of Rainbows4Children, an independent foundation that provides education for children in Ethiopia, primarily children of adults with disabilities. Naseba will be working with the organisation in the year ahead to provide on the ground training to students and teachers. What is Rainbows4Children and how did it come to be established? Rainbows4Children…
Gearing up for the 11th CFO Strategies Forum MENA, MAP shared with us how they used their platform Qlik to increase Amadeus’ performance incredibly. “We can now see, in near real-time, sales figures and profit and loss analysis by customer, country and region instead of waiting for out-of-date static monthly reports that often did not…
Dr. Linzi Kemp, Associate Professor at American University of Sharjah’s School of Business Administration, participated in a key panel at the Women in Leadership Economic Forum which took place in Dubai on the 25th – 26thOctober, 2017. In the lead up to the Forum, Linzi took some time to discuss the main obstacles to women’sprogression…
Dr. Jeannette Vinke, Chief Operating Officer at American University of Sharjah, discusses how high levels of female university attainment can be translated into better workforce participation rates for women. Dr. Vinke’s career spans a long corporate tenure at Deutsche Bank, along with time as an academic and university administrator. She is therefore well placed to…