Opinion
60 articles
Trust is the only currency that compounds
Mohamed Alabbar reflects on how reputation, quality and trust shape business decisions, from building homes and cities to navigating an AI-driven future.
22/08/2026
Why I Believe in Syria
Mohamed Alabbar explains why he believes Syria's greatest opportunity lies not in its past, but in its people, and why he is investing now.
13/07/2026
Faster than humanity
Mohamed Alabbar explains how artificial intelligence is transforming the way he works, while arguing that human connection, purpose and community remain the true measures of progress.
31/05/2026
What are you going to do with it?
From dreaming of owning a bicycle as a child to transforming cities worldwide, Alabbar shares how success ultimately became less about profit and more about lasting human impact.
19/05/2026
The 21st century RenAIssance
As the British government convenes a global meeting on AI governance, the voices of those sensationalising the technology risk drowning out those of the academic research community.
08/11/2023
Metaverse myths
Undeniably, the metaverse is the new buzzword of recent years. Yet for all the fascination this word carries, there is a lot of debate over what the metaverse is, how significant it might be, when it will arrive, and how…
18/10/2022
To ski or not to ski
Jeremiah Thoronka, a 17 year old young man from Makawo in Sierra Leone, has launched his own startup, Optim Energy, to power homes via kinetic energy transfer.
18/01/2022
Give a man a fish
Jeremiah Thoronka, a 17 year old young man from Makawo in Sierra Leone, has launched his own startup, Optim Energy, to power homes via kinetic energy transfer.
03/12/2021
Prescient or not
I recently read an article telling the story of Tony Kofi who, at the age of 16 yrs old, had an accident at work. As he fell from a great height he had a vision of himself playing a musical…
01/10/2021
Where there´s a will there´s a way
I recently embarked on a mission to be reunited with my sister and nephews after having been separated by the COVID pandemic for more than eighteen months. Our destination? Gibraltar.
09/09/2021