Innovation
189 articles
Rising star of the cashless economy
Since Abdullah Al-Othman launched Geidea in 2008, the fast-growing fintech has helped provide Saudi banks and merchants with the technology they need to make digital payments a part of everyday life.
Dust off your dancing shoes
Ibiza has been built on a love of music and parties. We've been dancing to a rhythm since humans were born. What happens to the island when dancing is ‘forbidden’?
One man, two pandemics
Dr. Bonaventura Clotet has devoted his life to fighting infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS and Covid-19. When the Covid-19 virus first reached Barcelona in early 2020, Dr. Bonaventura Clotet was more prepared than anyone
Miracle meals
Miracles are happening in modern food technology. Crops are being grown in the desert using saltwater, meat is being conjured out of thin air, and precious wasabi is being cultivated not just in Japan, but in the U.K.
The food-tech revolution
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of all areas of the economy and all segments of society. Thanks to the creativity of entrepreneurs such as Ahmad Al Zaini new technologies and new thinking…
Saudi small businesses unleashed
Mohammed Aldossary, co-founder and CEO of digital marketplace Sary, is one of the leading young Saudi entrepreneurs changing the face of the economy and launching a new era of opportunity for small companies and startups.
A passion for technology
Four days after graduating college in Saudi Arabia, serial entrepreneur Albara Hakami founded his first business. Seven years and several companies later and he’s just sold his latest software startup to one of the world’s largest providers of business payments.
Capital vision for the Middle East
As the pandemic transforms the daily life of billions of people around the world, the fast-growing Saudi capital of Riyadh is preparing to lead a new era in urban living.
Ithra points way to future of creativity
It is a question that is on the minds of everyone who works in arts and culture today. What will happen when the pandemic ends and museums, galleries and cultural centres lift their restrictions? Will visitors return or will the…
IVECO and NIKOLA to lead truck race to hydrogen era
When two of the most influential men in global trucking sat down to talk in Phoenix, Arizona last spring, they discovered they shared the same passion for full industry transformations, and for outpacing and outthinking sluggish incumbent players. They quickly…