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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.
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
For any tech start-up the aim is reaching a $1 billion valuation - but how do you get there and how hard is the path to unicorn status? We find out from someone who has done it.
Hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by Ankur Shah, who was formerly the chief financial officer of ride-sharing company Careem and departed this year once the $3.1 billion sale of the company to Uber had been completed.
In this episode:
Ankur Shah on Careem (0m 35s)
What can start-ups do today? (14m 09s)
Headlines (26m 45s)
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Hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by Ankur Shah, who was formerly the chief financial officer of ride-sharing company Careem and departed this year once the $3.1 billion sale of the company to Uber had been completed.
In this episode:
Ankur Shah on Careem (0m 35s)
What can start-ups do today? (14m 09s)
Headlines (26m 45s)
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Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
The future of work, trade and commerce is in sharp focus as the implications of the global effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus shows how we are falling short of being digitally equipped enough to keep regular levels of activity going through crises – health or otherwise - which we should expect to happen regularly in a more interconnected world. We should potentially expect a surge in investment in digital capabilities and technologies that will make every company resilient and nimble enough to shrug off the next outbreak.
Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, is joined by Leon Smith, founder of crypto asset exchange DEX.
In this episode:
Are we digitally capable enough for a crisis? (0m 47s)
Leon Smith on Cryptocurrency and DEX (10m 28s)
Headlines (18m 33s)
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Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, is joined by Leon Smith, founder of crypto asset exchange DEX.
In this episode:
Are we digitally capable enough for a crisis? (0m 47s)
Leon Smith on Cryptocurrency and DEX (10m 28s)
Headlines (18m 33s)
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Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Tuesday Feb 25, 2020
Host Kelsey Warner, future editor at The National talks to Dr Rakesh Suri, chief executive of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi about the future of medicine, robotics and open-heart surgery. Later on, they talk about the global response to the Coronavirus and why there is no reason for paranoia.
In this episode:
Open-heart surgery and robotics (0m 37s)
The impact of 5G in hospitals (5m 59s)
The Coronavirus scare (11m 26s)
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In this episode:
Open-heart surgery and robotics (0m 37s)
The impact of 5G in hospitals (5m 59s)
The Coronavirus scare (11m 26s)
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Parent company Port and Free Zone World has offered to acquire the 19.55 per cent of DP World's shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai, returning the company to private ownership. It is going to give shareholders an almost 30 per cent premium on the share price before the announcement as a sweetener.
This week, Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, talk about DP World's decision to delist and Jeff Bezos's $ 10 billion Earth Fund.
In this episode:
DP World (0m 32s)
Earth Fund (13m 28s)
Headlines (18m 00s)
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This week, Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, talk about DP World's decision to delist and Jeff Bezos's $ 10 billion Earth Fund.
In this episode:
DP World (0m 32s)
Earth Fund (13m 28s)
Headlines (18m 00s)
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Bill and Melinda Gates have spent tens of billions of dollars over two decades to support efforts to improve global health, education, gender equality and fight climate change. They say the experience has made them optimists.
This week, host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief at The National, and Kelsey Warner, future editor, are at the Milken Institute Middle East and Africa Summit. We also hear from Nora Super, senior director of the Milken Institute Centre, who talks to us about the future of aging.
In this episode:
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (0m 48s)
Nora Super at the Milken Institute Summit (6m 44s)
Headlines (15m 03s)
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
A new source of energy discovered in the UAE on 5,000 square kilometres of land on the border between Dubai and Abu Dhabi will support the country's aim to be totally self-sufficient and also provide additional power capacity to boost broader economic diversification efforts.
This week, host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and Kelsey Warner, future editor of The National, talk to energy correspondent Jennifer Gnana about the new discovery and the factors weighing on oil prices. Joining them in studio is cofounder and principal at Changeosity, Suzanne Gandy, and an expert in culture and leadership transformation, social behaviour and the future of work.
The panel discuss energy markets as oil prices faced further losses, with Brent trading at its lowest in more than a year as fears over the economic impact of the coronavirus rattles markets.
In this episode:
UAE's new energy source (0m 52s)
Coronavirus shocks the market (7m 24s)
New social behaviours at work (13m 42s)
Headlines (17m 35s)
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UAE's new energy source (0m 52s)
Coronavirus shocks the market (7m 24s)
New social behaviours at work (13m 42s)
Headlines (17m 35s)
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Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
We are at peak hysteria over the coronavirus outbreak in China with equity and commodity markets reacting to fears it could impact economic growth in the world’s second largest economy.
This week from The National’s newsroom in Abu Dhabi host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief, and future editor, Kelsey Warner are joined by Phil Bahoshy, chief executive of Magnitt, which describes itself as MENA's most powerful start-up platform.
In this episode:
The Coronavirus effect (0m 29s)
Sharjah taps into gas (7m 33s)
What is Magnitt? (9m 00s)
Headlines (21m 56s)
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In this episode:
The Coronavirus effect (0m 29s)
Sharjah taps into gas (7m 33s)
What is Magnitt? (9m 00s)
Headlines (21m 56s)
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
The World Economic Forum's 50th Annual Meeting is underway in the Swiss ski resort of Davos-Klosters in the Alps. This year's theme: 'Stakeholders for a sustainable and cohesive world'.
Kelsey Warner, future editor and assistant editor-in-chief Mustafa Alrawi discuss US president Donald Trump's speech on the opening day, the meaning of this year's theme and who the most talked-about guests are, as well as what to expect from the rest of the week ahead.
In this episode:
The Trump Speech (0m 39s)
What's the theme? (7m 25s)
Davos atmosphere (14m 15s)
Headlines (20m 06s)
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In this episode:
The Trump Speech (0m 39s)
What's the theme? (7m 25s)
Davos atmosphere (14m 15s)
Headlines (20m 06s)
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Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week kicks off and it has been a pretty big week for the champions of sustainability as investors and companies show they are becoming more climate conscious. A very public mea culpa from Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser in an exclusive interview with The National’s energy correspondent Jennifer Gnana. Siemens' involvement in an Australian coal mining project involving India's Adani Group was a "mistake", but the company needs to complete the work to fulfil its contractual obligations, its chief executive Joe Kaeser said.
Host Mustafa Alrawi assistant editor in chief and Kelsey Warner future editor discuss the changing strategy of climate activists and the attitudes towards climate responsibility in the business world. Kelsey also interviews Dr Mark Esposito at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week about the fears and potential of AI.
In this episode:
Siemens and Adani (0m 30s)
Kaeser under fire (4m 36s)
Sustainability in US (10m 37s)
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (13m 47s)
Dr Mark Esposito (16m 11s)
Headlines (21m 27s)
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In this episode:
Siemens and Adani (0m 30s)
Kaeser under fire (4m 36s)
Sustainability in US (10m 37s)
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (13m 47s)
Dr Mark Esposito (16m 11s)
Headlines (21m 27s)
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Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Wednesday Jan 08, 2020
Uncertainty over US-Iran tensions have led investors to take - at least for the moment - a risk-off stance. Stock markets are volatile and gold is at a six-year high while US treasury yields are rising. Meanwhile, oil prices have spiked amid concerns over the potential disruption to Middle East supply. All in all, it is a delicate time for local, regional and global economies.
Host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor-in-chief, and Kelsey Warner, future editor of The National, talk to Robin Mills, chief executive of Qamar Energy and columnist, about the energy landscape and dig into the risks to economic growth in the region. Jennifer Gnana, The National's energy correspondent, also talks to Randy Bell, director of the global energy centre at the Atlantic Council ahead of the Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi.
In this episode:
Supply disruption and Chevron, Erbil (0m 43s)
What about China? (11m 02s)
Saudi Aramco and diversification (13m 00s)
Sustainability and the future of US energy policy (20m 12s)
Headlines (27m 29s)
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Supply disruption and Chevron, Erbil (0m 43s)
What about China? (11m 02s)
Saudi Aramco and diversification (13m 00s)
Sustainability and the future of US energy policy (20m 12s)
Headlines (27m 29s)
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