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February – April 2022

by RabihIbrahim

FEBRUARY / APRIL 2022

 

EDITORIAL





LEADERS



Spring actually?

A source of hope found in female business leaders




Virtual lights against a tide of darkness

Leveraging telecom for society’s gain


SPECIAL REPORT TELECOM



Desperate bid for a profitable future
To learn or not to learn from the past abuses of the telecommunications sector






A continuously battered infrastructure
Diving through bottlenecks and unanswered questions






The humbler but vital handset
The cost-conscious hunt for new down-market smartphones






Rebuilding the knowledge economy
The trickled down effect of a strengthened telecommunication sector










World Bank envisions digital miracle for MENA
Breaking down Lebanon’s digital potential




SPECIAL REPORT GENDER EQUITY



Valuing Pandora
Unboxing the economic potential of gender equity






Reaping windfalls of inclusion
Where the moral and the economic right align






Luck (in business) be a lady
Why investing with a gender lense increases chances of higher profit






A man’s world?
Gender equity in family businesses






The feminine solution
Lebanese entrepreneurship with a female lead






Cultivating capacity through greater solidarity
Q&A with Yusra Sabra, President of the Lebanese League of Women in Business




ECONOMICS & POLICY



Sparks of long-term viability and proper enterprise responsibility
Mobilizing climate finance flows to address mitigation or reduction of emissions






Putin’s aggression and its local impacts
The relationships between smaller countries & their belligerent neighbors






To stay and to expand
A discussion about the American University of Beirut




BUSINESS ESSENTIALS