Until a few years ago, digital transformation was not high on the agenda of most finance executives.

Leena Al Olaimy is the founder of Public Planet Partnerships, a non-profit that trains businesses in how to use nature to operate more efficiently and boost their bottom line.

Largely formed out of a common need for addressing issues pertaining to their future such as unemployment and gender discrimination as well as broader issues, the initiative aims to bring about much-needed reform – all in the background of a traditional setting.

Digital revolution has enabled various forms of innovation. We all agree that Africa is witnessing a major technology shift and the pace of change in Africa is becoming exponential.

We are currently living in a period unprecedented in both our personal and professional lives. The coronavirus pandemic is having an era-defining impact on how organisations and their employees operate and, importantly, collaborate.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate 2020, accessing accurate and timely information is extremely vital. Enter a multilingual website that includes Arabic as part of its offering.

The increasing pace and proliferation of data across the business landscape are changing the nature of finance.

When discussing healthy eating patterns and holistic wellbeing, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is not the first region that comes to mind. But many young Arab entrepreneurs are starting to change that. And Karma Bdeir, a Jordanian-Syrian who grew up in Saudi Arabia, is one of them.

CFOs and senior finance professionals in the Middle East recognise that the world is changing, with a perfect storm of technological and social forces transforming the rules of business.

Across the Middle East and elsewhere, social enterprises have been the first to respond to the significant challenges posed by COVID-19. For example, in Tunisia, the Banque Alimentaire Durable dispensed food aid to needy families during the month of Ramadan and beyond, while in Lebanon, the NGO Abaad fielded nearly twice as many calls from domestic abuse victims on its helpline in the first four months of this year (including over the lockdown) than it did over the whole of 2019.

Youngsters take to the stage as drama and song strengthen community ties in Lebanon and Jordan.

We live in a world where screens and gadgets are an integral part of our day-to-day life. All aspects of our lives are touched by technology, from the moment we rise in the morning till the time we sleep ― we are constantly interacting with our gadgets.