In today’s classrooms, attention has become the new currency – and students are its toughest investors. They’ve grown up in a world of instant storytelling, where YouTube, Netflix, and TikTok shape how they learn and make sense of the world. Yet much of education still relies on static slides, memorisation, and disconnected facts. What if […]
Do you have credits to refresh my ad? This was a constant question by agents in the early days of digital advertising in Dubai. But I digress, let’s rewind to 2006, the dawn of the real estate industry in Dubai, when the first 6 towers were launched in Dubai Marina and the world got a […]
The first time it really clicked for me was during an app-onboarding sprint: half the “users” weren’t employees. We had contractors, service accounts, APIs calling other APIs, and data living across SaaS and GCP. A network firewall didn’t help much there. What actually decided whether something was safe (or scary) was identity, who or what […]
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end of B2B procurement, you know the drill: a Google search to find potential suppliers, then a tedious back-and-forth to see if they meet your needs, only to be hit with an Excel sheet bloated with tens of thousands of SKUs—most of which don’t even apply. From there, […]
Generative AI is no longer a novelty — it’s a production-ready toolset that helps brands in the UAE and Saudi Arabia move faster, test more, and spend smarter when creating design and video. By Ilya Zmienko, Founder, Svyazi. Communications Agency Why this matters now Generative AI has leaped far beyond early demos. Today, text‑to‑image and […]
Tell us about yourself and your background. I started my career in business and finance in the Philippines, including early roles at institutions like HSBC, where I was exposed to large-scale operations and complex decision-making environments. While I have a formal background in management—I hold a Master of Science in Management from the University of […]
In today’s rapidly changing business world, industries that until recently operated in complete isolation are discovering powerful opportunities at their intersections — between the worlds of beauty and cutting-edge technology, particularly in the field of conscious artificial intelligence (AI). This is much more than a fleeting trend. It is a fundamental change in the way […]
Tell us about yourselves We’re Mikail Ismail and Anwar Rizk, rising seniors at the American School of Dubai and co-founders of FunFi — the flagship app of our financial literacy platform, Fundamental Finance. I’m Pakistani by heritage but born and raised in Dubai, where my family has been based for over 50 years. Anwar is […]
From sand dunes to skyline, Dubai’s transformation over a few decades has been extraordinary. Now, the city is entering a new phase, a tech-dominant, AI-led paradigm where business processes scale faster, leaner, and more instantly accessible. AI integration spans both private-sector operations and government platforms, increasingly shaping enterprise-level decision-making, especially for business owners. However, many […]
Tell us about yourself and your career journey I began my professional journey in the fields of Legal, Compliance, and Human Resources. My academic background is rooted in law, which I pursued as my initial field of study. Over the years, I complemented this foundation with several master’s degrees—one in Banking and Finance, another in Management, […]
