US president-elect Donald Trump’s approval of Russian president Vladimir Putin is creating unease in the region, says Mazdak Rafaty.

Facebook's 'Free Basics' programme, which is intended to provide free internet access to developing countries, may be stuttering but the need for web access in the poorest areas of Africa remains urgent.

The Brexit vote may seem remote from the Middle East, but the UK's historic links to the region and globalisation mean there will be a ripple effect.

Iran is reconnecting to the world via the air, joining the other Gulf countries that invest heavily in the aerospace and defence sector.

While the West fights to contain the Middle East, the East is gradually implementing what Forbes says “could be the largest economic scheme on the face of the earth”. 

Tourism is one of the sectors Middle Eastern and African governments are looking to to diversify their economies in the wake of the huge drop in oil prices. However, overcoming the region's global reputation for instability and crime is a challenge for many countries.

Millennials are considered key to future innovation and growth, but just as important are the decisions being made by those, typically older generations, in political power. 

Will Iran be able to put the ‘free’ in free-trade zones.

Business process outsourcing is fundamentally changing, and Middle Eastern and African countries are falling behind.