In this exclusive interview, Marwa Abbas, General Manager and Technology Leader at IBM Egypt, shares her insights on innovation, leadership and the evolving role of technology in shaping business and society in Egypt and the region. Abbas offers a powerful perspective on what it takes to lead at the forefront of change.
The old proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child,” but what does it take to raise an idea from the ground up? Ideas are valuable, but only when they leave the confines of the mind and are executed. Bringing an idea to life is no easy feat; it requires time, effort, and
Viridi is a green tech start-up specialized in electric vehicles (EV) charging solutions and is one of the participants in AUC Venture Lab Spring 2024 Cohort. In this interview, Abdallah Kamel, co-founder of Viridi discusses the innovations, challenges and opportunities of running this eco-friendly start-up in the Egyptian market.
In this insightful interview, Moataz Darwish, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Management, discusses how students can prepare for the impact of AI on the job market and security, the importance of adapting to AI without over-reliance, and the business sectors that will benefit the most from AI advancements while highlighting the essential
Family businesses are a driving force of many economies around the world. Some of these businesses have a rich, multi-generational legacy that comes with their names. However, the histories of family businesses is a topic left largely unexplored by both academic circles and business communities, which is why the collaboration between Tharawat Family Business Forum,
“Once you leave the office, you disconnect so you don’t bring business to home. We’ve learned to separate between work and family life when we sit together as family every week,” says Mohamed El Nasharty, export manager of Al Manar Group, a well-endowed family-run business that has worked in the manufacturing and bottling of automotive
Of all models of business organizations, family businesses remain an emblematic example, insofar that their sustainability is unguaranteed. Business history is full of abundant epic stories of the rise and fall of many successful businesses that had been founded by family members. From internal conflicts, clash of egos, hidden agendas to centralized and/or hierarchal management
On my way to an industrial area in Western Germany namely Munich, I had this conversation with the managing director of an old German company founded in 1921. He had been appointed to this job subsequent to the acquisition of a private equity firm to an old adhesive company which was once a family business.
How could the economic boom of Asian businesses be explained? Is there a special mantra which makes profitability on their side, no matter what? And could their rocking success be prescribed so that it would be adopted by their non-Asian counterparts? What puzzles business experts about Asian companies is their innovation. As part of the
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On December 14, three experts from Egypt and abroad came together at Business Forward’s annual event –the first ever to be held online- to discuss how Egypt’s SMEs community rode through the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Offering a macroeconomic picture was Mohamed Youssef, chairman and chief executive officer of Dcode Economic and Financial Consulting (Dcode
In November 2020, Business Forward made a call for submissions from entrepreneurs and business leaders to tell us their stories of how they survived –and perhaps even thrived- through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked our audience to vote for the stories they found the most compelling to be guests of honor at
On the sidelines of the AUC Business Forum, hosted by the AUC School of Business between February 9 and 11, Utkrarsh Amitabh, founder of Network Capital and senior business development manager at #Microsoft, spoke exclusively to Business Forward about how innovation and creativity can still be fostered in the resource-challenged education systems of developing and
