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Inside the UAE job market: What you need to know about hiring in 2026

In this live Q&A session, Business Extra host Salim Essaid explores what the UAE Salary Guide 2026 reveals about the job market. He is joined by Viacheslav Shakhov, managing partner at Cooper Fitch, to discuss hiring trends across key sectors, how employers are responding to slow ... Show More

41m 57s

Jan 26

How Adnoc Distribution is scaling profits and sustainability

This episode was produced in partnership with Adnoc Group In this special episode of Business Extra, host Khaled Abuljebain speaks to Ali Siddiqi, chief financial officer of Adnoc Distribution. Mr Siddiqi shares how the company is growing its national footprint while cutting cost ... Show More

6m 54s

Dec 24

How Adnoc Gas is expanding its network to meet AI data centre demands

From powering AI data centres to ensuring long-term energy security, Adnoc Gas is shaping what reliable, sustainable and scalable energy looks like in the modern era. Adnoc Gas is expanding its network of more than 3,500 kilometres of pipelines, reaching new AI data centres in Ab ... Show More

8m 15s

Jul 2021

E22: Noor Sweid on Venture Capital and Startups Exits in MENA

We talk to Noor Sweid, the General Partner at Global Ventures about building a top tier Venture Capital firm in the Middle East & North Africa region. We cover her recent startup exits with e-commerce startup Mumzworld that has undergone an M&A transaction and Kitopi, a cloud kit ... Show More

38m 15s

Mar 2023

#20 - Imad Ghandour (Co-Founder of Cedar Bridge Capital) on being an optimist while also adapting

Imad Ghandour is Co-Founder & CEO of Cedar Bridge Capital, a boutique private equity firm that's been investing across MENA and Europe since 2011. Imad and his team have deployed capital across industries and navigated several challenging political and economic times in MENA to r ... Show More

49m 21s

Jun 2022

20VC: The Memo: Bill Gurley, Doug Leone, Keith Rabois; Investing Lessons from Prior Busts, How Their Investor Psychology Changed, What Can Be Applied To Today's Market

<a href="https://twitter.com/bgurley">Bill Gurley</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "http://www.benchmark.com/">Benchmark Capital</a>, Bill, is widely recognized as one of the greats of our time having worked with the likes of GrubHub, NextDoor, ... Show More

26m 32s

Sep 2022

Is the startup party over in India?

India’s startup ecosystem is among the largest in the world, and it has grown exponentially in the last six years. Government data puts the number of recognised startups in the country at more than 70,000 this year – from less than 500 in 2016. But now funding is drying up, and i ... Show More

26m 29s

Aug 2022

20VC: 13 of the Great Investing Minds on When to Pay Up vs When To Remain Disciplined and Walk Because the Price is too High: The Ultimate Guide to Price Sensitivity

<a href= "https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/marcelo-claure/">Marcelo Claure</a> is an entrepreneur and investor who has founded and led some of the world's most iconic businesses. He is currently the Chairman & CEO of Claure Capital, a newly founde ... Show More

28m 3s

Sep 2022

20VC: Why 95% of Venture Capital is Not Really "Venture Capital" | The Five Core Levers Needed To Assess Risk and Price a Startup | The Future of Venture; Who Wins, Who Loses, What Happens to the Crossover Funds with Will Quist, Partner @ Slow Ventures

<a href="https://twitter.com/wquist">Will Quist</a> is a Partner @ <a href="https://slow-prod.herokuapp.com/">Slow Ventures</a>. Over the last decade, the team at Slow Ventures have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies including Ro ... Show More

45m 53s

Noor Sweid on how to pitch start-up inve...