Ashraf Abu Issa was thrust to the helm of Abu Issa Holding in his late teens, and in the 25 years since, the companys chairman and chief executive officer has steered the firm to much success, this being in turn recognised by his peers when Abu Issa was chosen for the Ernst & Young Qatar [...]
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Ahmed Al-Hammadi of CarSemsar Website speaks to TheEDGE
What is the nature of the business? CarSemsar.com is an online portal for autos. We list cars for agents as well as individuals. Where did the idea derive from? The founders all had extensive exposure to the United States where such website have greatly proliferated the market and provide a great service for both buyers [...]
read moreExclusive Interview with Aysha Fakhroo and Maha Al Essa of +974 Design
What is the nature of the business? Were a Design Agency Located in Qatar. Passionate about encouraging creativity by offering a wide range of design services such as Ad Campaigns, Corporate identities, brochures, Website designs and many more. As designers we believe in flexibility, we enjoy working in an inspirational environment that triggers our creativity. [...]
read moreExclusive Interview with Stefan Lindberg-Jones of Think Big Qatar
What is the nature of the business? We are primarily a video / photography / animation production company registered as Ginger Camel. Under Ginger Camel we have set-up a business website called www.thinkbigqatar.com which helps businesses of all sizes promote their products / services / company to other companies and clients using video advertising/promotion on [...]
read moreTheEDGE speaks with Mohammed Farid of The Youth Company
What is the nature of the business? The Youth Company (TYC) is the first Youth Social Enterprise in Qatar. The Youth Company strives to promote, establish, and operate sustainable services and facilities, which integrate environmental, social and economic factors. Moreover, TYC aims to provide a worldwide platform for youth development and to supply the community [...]
read moreInterview with Aziz Sharif of Mannzili.com
What is the nature of the business? Mannzili.com is a property search engine specialising on Qatar. Where did the idea derive from? The idea arose through the difficulty we experienced when searching for properties in Qatar for ourselves. There were limited online resources and the popular classified sites provided little to no usability and information. [...]
read moreInterview with Executive Director of Injaz Qatar, Aysha Al Mudehki
Aysha Al Mudehki: Injaz Qatar is a member of junior achievement worldwide and we also are an affiliate of Junior Achievement Worldwide. Junior achievement has existed since 1912 and we are in 123 countries, we are also in 14 Arab countries so Injaz Al Arab is in 14 Arab countries and Qatar is the member [...]
read moreTheEDGE speaks with Roudha
What is the nature of the business? Shareefa Fadhel: The centre has different categories that it supports woman in so its either workshops or trainings so they learn more about the businesses or it is coaching and mentoring. What we have found is that a lot of women do have the ideas and are trying [...]
read moreNews: ictQATARs Al Khulaifi on QITCOMs SME Ambition
Among the key sectors popular in entrepreneurship in Qatar, information and communications technology (ICT) is prominent. This, says Ali Al Khulaifi, ictQatars ICT market development manager, is a reflection of Qatars aspirations to be a hub in this sector as well as in ICT Qatars entrepreneurial programmes. ictQatar is currently hosting its second annual ICT [...]
read moreQatar SME Online Exclusive: Khalid Al Jaber
In the March edition of TheEDGE our cover story Small Roots, Big Dreams: Discovering Qatars Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, we look at the SME sector in the country, and profile a number of young start-ups in the country. Unfortunately we did not have room in the magazine for all the interviews of whom we spoke to in [...]
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