World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa

6–7 April 2019 Dead Sea, Jordan

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Meet the 100 Arab Start-ups

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Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation of Egypt

Rania Al-Mashat

Chief Executive Officer, Mumtalakat

Khalid Al Rumaihi

Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates

Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

Director, Responsible Technology, Omidyar Network

Wafa Ben-Hassine

Chair of the Board of Trustees, ODI Global

Sumantra Chakrabarti

President, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

UN Middle East Envoy/Senior Humanitarian & Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, United Nations

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Alain Bejjani 04 Apr 2019

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Ariel Kastner 05 Apr 2019

Five ways to increase gender parity in the MENA region

Pamela Thomson-Hall 05 Apr 2019

5 ways cities can use emerging technologies to fight climate change

Mounir Kabbara 05 Apr 2019

A new generation of women leaders is making waves in the Arab world

Rana Zakarneh 05 Apr 2019

MENA’s start-up scene is taking off. Here’s how investors can join in

Omar El Hamamsy, Ahmad Alkasmi, Luay Khoury, and Abdur-Rahim Syed 02 Apr 2019

10 start-ups that are helping to change the Arab world

Douglas Broom 05 Apr 2019

How to create more jobs in a fast-changing Middle East

Omar Fahoum 02 Apr 2019