Web Summit returned for its second year in Doha, Qatar on 23 February, welcoming over 25,000 attendees and a large roster of speakers to discuss the next steps, ambitions and challenges surrounding the fintech and wider technology spheres.
Opening the doors to the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC), Web Summit Qatar 2025 welcomed not only thousands of attendees but also a host of big names from the tech world.
With a huge amount of hype and excitement about the growing technology potential in the Middle East, we set out to speak to some of the individuals driving change to find out exactly what the future might hold.
Interviews at Web Summit Qatar 2025
At this year’s event, Mark Walker, editorial director at The Fintech Times, sat down with industry experts to explore the latest fintech trends occurring in and around the Middle East.
We caught up with J.K. Khalil, the division president of East Arabia at Mastercard, having caught up before the event about the payment giant’s role in shaping Qatar’s fintech and payment ecosystem. At the latest Web Summit, Walker and Khalil discuss the impact of such events, delve into Mastercard’s EEMEA Academy in depth, and deliver an important warning about investment in AI.
Said Murad, senior partner at Global Ventures
Mohammed Al-Delaimi, co-founder and CEO at PayLater
Mohammed Al Issa and Rami Hachicho, both assistant vice presidents of strategy development at QNB Group
Julián Núñez, co-founder and COO at Yuno
