Aalia Mehreen Ahmed: Page 8

Features Editor, Entrepreneur Middle East

Aalia Mehreen Ahmed is the Features Editor at Entrepreneur Middle East.

She is an MBA (Finance) graduate with past experience in the corporate sector, and was also co-founder of CyberSWIFTT- an anti-cyberbullying campaign that ran from 2017-2018 as part of the e7: Daughters of the Emirates program.

Ahmed is particularly keen on writing stories involving people-centric leadership, female-owned startups, and entrepreneurs who've beaten significant odds to realize their goals.

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Growth Strategies

Saleh Al-Afaliq's Team-Centric Leadership Takes Saudi Arabia-Based Tamweel Aloula To Greater Heights

"We will continue in the digital path and develop more digital products and services as we aspire to be our customers first choice."

Entrepreneurs

Straight From The Source: Entrepreneurs, Here's How Investors At LEAP 2023 Suggest You Should Pitch To Them

From ensuring that your conversation is to the point, to doing your homework on the investors you're interested in approaching, here's what five investors attending LEAP 2023 had to share.

Leadership

Weaving Sustainability Into Healthcare: Naam Jamshed, Head of Government Affairs and Policy EMEA - Emerging Markets, Johnson and Johnson

Jamshed believes the adoption of value-based healthcare services will benefit the sustainability of multiple healthcare ecosystem stakeholders.

Entrepreneurs

"We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Baraka's US$20 Million Series A Round Marks Peter Thiel-Backed Valar Ventures' First Middle East Investment

In addition to introducing features such as dividend reinvestment plans and extended hours trading, Baraka will also use the new capital to create access to local stock exchanges.

Growth Strategies

With An Initial Investment of US$5 Million, Dubai-Based Knuru Capital Commits $30 Million In Funds For Dubai-Based Healthcare Fintech Startup Klaim

With hopes to scale its services across the UAE and introduce new features, Klaim is also looking to move into the B2C market.

Starting a Business

UAE-Based Tech Startup Alfii Launches With A Private Beta Program Aimed At Solving HR Issues For Small Businesses

By adopting a human approach to its operations, Alfii is on a mission to negate the many mundane and repetitive tasks that largely contribute to the inefficiencies of HR teams across the region.