Get All Access for $5/mo

Webinar Invite | Paradigm Shift: Developing The MENA Region's Gig Economy | August 17, 2021 With the interest in micro-entrepreneurship surging post the global COVID-19 pandemic, this Entrepreneur Middle East Live webinar will look into how this can be further facilitated and grown in the MENA region, as well as the opportunities and challenges inherent in doing so.

You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media.

Shutterstock.com

On Wednesday, August 17, 2021 at 3pm (UAE), key stakeholders from the MENA entrepreneurial ecosystem will come together for an Entrepreneur Middle East Live webinar that will delve into the topic, "Paradigm Shift: Developing The MENA Region's Gig Economy."

With the interest in micro-entrepreneurship surging post the global COVID-19 pandemic, this Entrepreneur Middle East Live webinar will delve into how the gig economy can be further facilitated and grown in the MENA region, as well as the opportunities and challenges inherent in doing so.

With speakers like Leena Khalil, co-founder and Partner, Mumzworld.com, Natalia Sycheva, Senior Manager - Special Projects and Entrepreneurship, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Zaheer Merchant, Director of Corporate Affairs, QI Group, Abdelhameed Sharara, founder and CEO, RiseUp Egypt, and Maria Paula Oliveira, MENA Innovation Leader, Ernst & Young, the webinar is open to the public and can be attended by registering for it here.

Moderated by MediaPix Limited Director Aly Ramji, this online discussion will see the speakers comment on the current state of the region's gig economy, as well as the steps that need to be taken in order to bolster it in the long term.

Join this enterprising discussion on August 17, 2021 at 3pm (UAE) by registering for it here.

Side Hustle

'Hustling Every Day': These Friends Started a Side Hustle With $2,500 Each — It 'Snowballed' to Over $500,000 and Became a Multimillion-Dollar Brand

Paris Emily Nicholson and Saskia Teje Jenkins had a 2020 brainstorm session that led to a lucrative business.

Women Entrepreneur®

Follow The Leader: Charlotte Borghesi, Co-Founder And Managing Director, Kidzink

"I believe that a company at the leading edge globally for school design and school furniture design should be based in the UAE."

News and Trends

International Fashion Brand Maison D'AngelAnn Secures US$2 Million Investment From A Private Family Office In The UAE

The newest round of funds follows Maison D'AngelAnn's $7 million investment in November 2020 from The Gate Business Services, a UAE-based investment and real estate consultancy, which also saw it also acquire a majority stake in the business.

Business News

'I'm Not Trying to Land on Mars': Mark Cuban Takes Dig at Elon Musk to Explain Why His Online Pharmacy Isn't Trying to Make More Money

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. is an online pharmacy co-founded by Cuban and radiologist Alex Oshmyansky.

Leadership

2022, The Year That Was: Rami Shaar, Co-Founder And CEO, Washmen

According to Shaar, 2022 will be classified -in his company's books at least- as "the year of wins," given that his enterprise was able to celebrate three key accomplishments over the course of the last 12 months.

Business News

Donald Trump Hires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to Bring 'Drastic Change' to the U.S. Government — And Gives Them a 2 Year Deadline

Musk and Ramaswamy have to find ways to cut down on government spending and overall bureaucracy.