The Arabian Business Podcast

In this episode of the Arabian Business Podcast, we sit down with Emad Haffar, the META head of presales for cyber security firm Kaspersky, to delve into how organised bands of cyber criminals using concerns about the  ongoing coronavirus pandemic to lure potential victims. He also reveals how the schemes work, who is behind them, and what organisations can do to protect themselves. 

In this episode of the Arabian Business podcast, Saj Ahmad, the chief analyst at London-based StrategicAero Research, delivers a bleak forecast on the impact that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will have on airlines in the Gulf and throughout the world. During the podcast, Ahmad also comments on the impact that Covid-19 will have on the long-running 'Open Skies' debate, the grim 2020 prospects of manufacturers such as Airbus and Boeing, what airlines could have done different and what - if any - long-term changes we will see to air travel as a result of the crisis.  

Arabian Business sits down with futurist, business consultant and author John Sanei to discuss how the ongoing coronavirus epidemic represents the latest 'Black Swan' event to hit global markets and how an age of minimalism and new, innovative companies may emerge as a result of the social and economic disruptions caused by the virus. Additionally, Sanei delves into how business models are changing in the face of emerging technologies, as well as the importance of leadership in time of crisis and the current state of business education and MBA programmes. 

In this edition of the Arabian Business podcast, we interview Dana Salbak, the head of MENA research at real estate invest and advisory firm JLL, to discuss the state of Dubai's real estate sector in 2019 and what to look out for in 2020. During the episode, Salbak explains that the sector is expected to experience a "period of stabilisation" over the coming years, following years of falling rents and sales prices. Additionally, Salbak explains what to expect in various parts of the emirate, the impact of Expo 2020 Dubai, government efforts to control oversupply and whether or not residents should negotiate better deals with their landlords. 

In the inaugural edition of the Arabian Business Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Wael Faroug Mohamed Elamin, a consultant clinical microbiologist and infection specialist at King’s College Hospital in Dubai. 

In this episode, Dr. Elamin explains why coronavirus outbreaks are spreading in diverse parts of the globe, even as new cases and fatalities slow in its epicenter in China, as well as the efficacy of response efforts, whether such outbreaks are inevitable, preventative measures, what else can be done and - importantly - whether the world should be worried or not.