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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
How to provide a voice for refugees in the Middle East and North Africa
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Host Mustafa Alrawi hears New York hedge fund manager Khaled Beydoun’s story of what he and his family experienced when visiting a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. Omer Elnaiem of the United Nations refugee agency describes what day 1 and year 6 are like for a refugee. Mastercard’s Paul Musser explains how it has been able to support humanitarian initiatives.
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
It’s been a big year for business across the UAE and the wider region and the past 12 months have sprung some surprises and ushered in some major changes. From technology spectaculars like Apple’s launch of the iPhone X, through the country gearing up for the introduction of VAT on January 1, stabilising oil prices, the resurgence of the local and regional IPO sector, to a surprisingly upbeat Dubai Airshow, 2017 gave us plenty to discuss and much to consider. Host Chris Nelson talks to The National’s business journalists John Everington, Deputy Business Editor; Dania Saadi, Assistant Business Editor; Jennifer Gnana, Energy Reporter; Sarmad Khan, Companies and Markets Editor; and Sarah Townsend, Senior Business Correspondent, about the stories that caused a stir this year.
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Everything we know about VAT - part 2. The final chapter and verse
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
This week, host Mustafa Alrawi and expert David Daly conclude their discussion about value added tax and what it means for the UAE. We look at how value added tax could impact the economy once it is implemented on January 1. Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai on the Indian experience when a country-wide goods and sales tax was introduced in July.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Brave new world of financial technology takes root in the UAE
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Assistant Business Editor Chris Nelson talks to Craig Moore, the founder and chief executive of the UAE peer-to-peer lending platform Beehive.ae, about the rise and rapid evolution of financial technology in this region. While well established in the US and UK, fintech, as it is called, has only really taken off here in the past two or three years. With the Government keen to push the growth of a knowledge-based economy and encourage the growth of the small and medium-sized business sector, how does fintech fit in with the UAE’s development plans?