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Interview with Alexis Lecanuet, Accenture Middle East: Creating Value Through Continuous Transformation
How has your professional journey qualified and prepared you for being the Middle East Region MD for Accenture? As a true veteran at Accenture, starting my journey with the company back in 1996 – I am proud to champion large-scale
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Geidea Fuelling Growth for SMEs while Expanding Across MENA — and Beyond
Geidea is a fully licensed payment-service provider of digital banking technology, point-of-sale terminals, and business management solutions for financial institutions and SMEs. Founded in Saudi Arabia in 2008 by entrepreneur Abdullah Faisal Al-Othman, Geidea’s mission is to empower merchants of
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No Relation, but Shared Values: The ‘Other’ CFI with the Goal of Becoming ‘The’ Investing Brand
The CFI Financial Group — no relation to CFI.co — has been a leading trading provider for the past two decades, operating around the world from bases in London, Larnaca, Beirut, Amman, Dubai, and Port Louis. CFI Financial Group (CFIFG,
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Book Review – Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras – The X factor: What Makes Some Businesses Excel…?
Visionary companies need a strong ideology and big, hairy audacious goals. Naomi Snelling looks back at a 1994 book that celebrates them… How strong are your core values, and your core ideology? If you want to build a business or
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Deloitte: Constructing a Sustainable Future in the Middle East
Towards the end of 2019, at the United Nations Climate Change (COP25) conference, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that a “point of no-return” on climate change is “in sight and hurtling toward us.” Against this warning, the World Economic
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TANQIA: Blueprint for Sustainable Treatment is Blazing Trails in Water-Strapped Region
TANQIA – the first privately held wastewater collection and treatment Utility in the UAE, and across the wider Middle East Region – is a company that doesn’t lack vision. Executive chairman of the board Ibrahim Elwan says the firm is
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Linklease: Bridging the Funding Gap with Innovation – and a Good Eye for Unnoticed Opportunities
The estimated financing gap in the Middle East for equipment finance is over $40bn. For Linklease, the answer is leasing. Leasing ensures clients can access the equipment they need to develop their businesses, while keeping cash and credit facilities free
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ICBC Middle East: Resilience in Times of Crisis
Founded in 1984, ICBC has grown into the largest commercial bank with an extensive global network through 426 institutions covering 49 overseas countries and regions, as well as over 18,000 omnipresent outlets inside China. Since the start of ICBC’s journey
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Access by Name, Access by Nature: Bank Building Bridges and Solid Relationships
The Access Bank UK Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Access Bank Plc, a Nigerian Stock Exchange-listed company, provides trade finance, commercial and private banking, and asset management products and services for customers dealing in OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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Hard-Hit but Striking Back: Dubai Finds Correct Balance
Last year, Dubai registered a sharp decline in its population. Almost eight of every 100 inhabitants left the country as the pandemic and a drop in oil prices unsettled nerves and the economy. Key sectors such as real estate, tourism
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