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Carlota Rebelo

Business

Time to deliver

Careem began in mobility before expanding into deliveries, payments and more. The firm prides itself on improving the lives of users and employees, becoming a true Middle East success story.

  • The Entrepreneurs #7
  • 5 min read
Time to deliver
Business

Firm Favourites

Business in the UAE is booming beyond oil and aviation. We profile a breadth of start-ups and smart ideas, from AI and app development to design and film production.

  • The Entrepreneurs #7
  • 20 min read
Firm Favourites
Hospitality

Inner space

From a picture-perfect beach club on the Atlantic coast to a series of discreet holiday villas, a sense of intimacy is at the heart of three new Portuguese openings that have caught our eye.

  • Issue #167
  • 10 min read
Modern living room with exposed wooden beams, terracotta tiles, neutral furniture and large arched doorway
Business

Best in stores

Who has that special touch when it comes to service, atmosphere and products? We pick the winning stores and shopkeepers around the world.

  • Issue #167
  • 35 min read
Best in stores
Urbanism

Prime movers

The idea of changing a city for the better might be daunting but individuals with vision and initiative can make a meaningful difference.

  • Issue #165
  • 10 min read
Bushra Afreen stands against large tree roots in pink patterned outfit in urban park setting
Urbanism

Urbanism

A new design school in South Africa and trainers designed for the London Underground.

  • Issue #162
  • 4 min read
Exterior side view of The Hasso Plattner D-School Afrika
Diplomacy

The peacemaker

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has become the face of diplomacy against a country seemingly hell-bent on ignoring common sense.

  • Issue #159
  • 10 min read
Dmytro Kuleba wearing glasses and a grey cardigan over a white shirt, sitting in his office
Entrepreneurialism

Business

A South African surfing start-up, food for thought from Cop27 and 25hours Hotels co-founder Christoph Hoffmann on the future of the hotel industry.

  • Issue #159
  • 6 min read
Rural farming scene with cattle grazing and people working in agricultural fields
Diplomacy

Affairs

The soft power of Cuban doctors, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s in-tray and the mayor of Freetown’s game-changing plan.

  • Issue #159
  • 5 min read
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr speaking at climate conference

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