COVID-19

Businesses need to establish a stable, recognizable brand with a sharp and clearly communicated vision, while constantly being challenged to adapt to rapidly-changing circumstances, technologies, and market conditions.

After an incredibly damaging year for so many reasons, silver linings within the telemedicine branch of healthcare include gaining access to various medical services on demand.

If there's one thing we need to champion in 2021, it's these "faceless" and often forgotten contributors- men and women who've done the job without the glory.

Dubai Startup Hub had successful collaborations with entrepreneurship ecosystem partners that enabled the initiative to serve a wider network of startups and entrepreneurs in 2020.

"I wanted everyone to enjoy traveling like me, without any barriers. We are here with Pickvisa to remove at least one of the obstacles– visa processing hustle.''

Fadan says he and his team at Telfaz11 are grateful for the silver linings that have come out for the enterprise in 2020, all of which have only served to reinforce their goals for the company in the long term.

Given his enterprise's focus, Almoayed likens the accelerated digital adoption the region saw in 2020 as having been a wake-up call for businesses and industries that had ignored this shift in the past.

Let's go into 2021 with the knowledge that we've made the best out of the cards we were dealt with- and that if we need to do, we'll do so again.

Held under the theme #BeTheHero, this year's Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival will feature ten panel discussions, five workshops, and nine keynote sessions.

There is one industry that has seen an upswing during all of this chaos: technology.

Starting a business is difficult under normal circumstances-Miko Su, founder of Abu Dhabi-based Twiink Studio, is fighting the odds to get their businesses to survive the economic downturn caused by the crisis.

"I think we need to start getting a lot more comfortable with saying 'I don't know,' and not seeing it as a personal failure, and instead looking at it as being true to who we are, and what we know, in our current circumstances."

The latest edition of the Entrepreneur Middle East Round Table presented by du emphasized the importance of pivoting business models through the course of the COVID-19 crisis.

If we go by the principle that one's actions today are a signifier of things to come, then Accor seems to be on the right track for a world after the coronavirus pandemic, given what Willis says the company has been doing through the course of this crisis.

As the global business environment looms into uncertainty, changing the way you approach customers can be your key to survival.

If you were thinking of making changes and introducing radical ideas, this is your window of opportunity. Because everyone, everywhere is open to it.

In a world where all Africans have access to quality education and health service, this young continent will keep beating with endless opportunities building on a rich heritage, a vibrant culture, and a young population dreaming of the future.

The initiative will enable startups, entrepreneurs, boutique studios, and large-scale companies to restart their services and scale up locally and regionally.

Let's resolve to do what we can to ensure that our "next normal" is far better than the previous one.

Catalyzed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, something more radical than even the unprecedented consumer uptake of financial technologies is taking place in the GCC fintech space.

The latest edition of Dubai Chamber's Ask The Expert will feature Natalia Sycheva, Manager - Entrepreneurship, Dubai Chamber of Commerce.