‘What’s Next?’: my panel from The Shift 2026 (from e& and The Narrative Summit)

I recently moderated a panel about how AI is being applied across different sectors like media and finance, how investors are looking at AI companies and the role of telecom in enabling AI adoption. My panelists was made up of a number of the show's alumni including Ahmed Alfi (Chairman, Sawari Ventures), Amy Mowafi (Co-founder & CEO, MO4 Network), Mounir Neamatalla (Founder & CEO, MNT Halan) and Karima El-Hakim (Partner for Africa, Plug and Play Tech Center), and Head of Cloud Software and Services for Ericsson North Middle East, Amer Sakkijha.This panel was part of our partnership with The Shift by e&, powered by The Narrative Summit. The event was a prelude to the annual Narrative Summit's gathering in Soma Bay in October.    Chapters:0:06 Summit AI Introduction3:30 Ahmed Alfi on investment criteria 7:40 Mounir Neamatalla Fintech meets AI12:58 Amy Mowafi on creativity in the age of AI22:55 Amer Sakkijha on the role of telecom in AI adoption27:00 Karim El-Hakim on private sector successMusic ID: 5ROQ12DERYHSUUVQ