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Dubai Chamber President and CEO H.E. Hamad Buamim highlights that the steady growth in Dubai Chamber membership reflects growing confidence in Dubai as a preferred hub for African companies.

"We built up a good momentum during 2021, and we are now gearing up to end the year with great offers and new launches," says Irfan Tansel, CEO of Al Masaood Automobiles.

The Executive Director of Al-Bahar Advocates and Legal Consultants is following the Dubai model of success as he charts his enterprise's growth.

"There clearly is disparity between the support for men in tech and women in tech, and some of my experiences and discussions certainly highlight the need for women to become more involved in tech."

With its mission being to help tech companies around the world to find highly qualified IT specialists, GITEX 2021 is an obvious and must-attend event for the Polish enterprise and its founder.

"I've learnt that being consistent, trusting myself and doing what I believe in, even without those often repeated '10 years of experience,' is the only way to achieve everything I want to with Dude Just Dude, and any other ventures that begin along the way."

As a speaker at GITEX 2021, Mutaka will be sharing her experiences as an entrepreneur in Kenya's tech ecosystem, with her noting that one of the key challenges she faced was in terms of people's false suppositions of what AI actually entails.

In her current role at V-Origin Technology, Lin is figuring out how AI can be used to transform traditional industries like agriculture and manufacturing.

"Women's ideas and opinions must be heard, but they should be implemented on a competitive basis, so that eventually the quality of a technical solution and business success won't depend on gender differences."

The app has a waitlist of over 10,000 users from across the Middle East, which was opened last March to test the region's appetite for the commission- free online trading app sector.

"I do everything with passion; I would never succeed in anything I wasn't passionate about."

As a female entrepreneur, Al Madani believes her strong convictions and beliefs in her work and ideas have protected her from any gender-based setbacks in the industry.

Businesses from Africa are increasingly looking at Dubai as a gateway for them to expand into markets across the GCC, Asia, and Europe.

Envisioned as an innovation hub that will support Jordanian startups, SMEs, and entrepreneurial individuals in the tourism and hospitality sectors, Nazzal hopes to attain two primary goals with Landmark 2.0

"The best part of being an entrepreneur is getting to meet so many talented entrepreneurs, changemakers, and passionate people, but the experience of being a woman in the tech field is indeed challenging."

The future of payments is not near- it's already here, says Elgibali as he leads Mastercard's endeavor as Expo 2020 Dubai's Official Payment Technology Partner.

"I built a business for a reason. I wanted to help event organizers to host amazing, successful events. Joining Bevy will help us continue our vision, and scale this even bigger."

British-Palestinian filmmaker and human rights advocate Farah Nabulsi on dreaming big.

"Gender diversity clearly continues to represent not only a key challenge, but also a significant opportunity for the future of our industry."

"I constantly strive to understand the market challenges, and facilitate milestones that can help businesses and entrepreneurs leap over the hurdles they face, as well as any discrepancies that may follow along their track to creating scalable businesses."

It's no secret that companies in the UAE have had to deal with a plethora of legal challenges as they made their way through the course of the COVID-19 crisis- now they must find ways to navigate through the aftermath.

Nearly 90 nationalities have been served, and about 80% of items which people sell on their platform are bought back by them- showing how cost-effective and frictionless the service is.

Founded in 2018, Boksha has 800 boutiques and more than 15,000 products, such as abayas, kaftans, travel wear, and dresses, listed on its platform.

From robotics kits she was gifted at the age of seven, to watching sci-fi movies, shows, and documentaries on technology and innovation, Al Kaabi has spent years exploring various ideas and possibilities.

This entrepreneur, philanthropist, and politician is on a mission to help transform Egypt.

The CEO of The Futurist Company is building a business that aims to solve humanity's future problems.

The strong personal brand of Joelle Mardinian serves as a platform for her varied talents, and here is how.

Caroline Fattal Fakhoury on women's economic empowerment in Lebanon and beyond.

Silvena Rowe is a chef, television personality, and author who runs the restaurants Nassau and Al Botanica at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, UAE.

The CEO of Bank al Etihad, who was recently elected to be the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors at Endeavor Jordan, is eager to help boost her country's startup ecosystem.