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Let's Talk eCommerce

The Middle East & Africa leadership podcast

Deepak Kumar — Executive Producer
Hosted by Dr. Anurag Byala In collaboration with Techies Infotech FZCO
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About the show

Where commerce leaders talk strategy

Let's Talk eCommerce is the region's home for high-level digital commerce strategy. We go past the theory to feature the founders, CXOs and technology leaders building retail and eCommerce across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC — and now Africa. Candid conversations on what it actually takes to launch, scale and stay profitable in these markets.

12K+
YouTube subscribers
86.9%
Middle East & Africa audience
12
Executive guests
13
Full episodes

Audience figures are the show’s own, as published by Let’s Talk eCommerce.

The thesis

Two regions, one conversation

The Middle East and Africa are writing the next chapter of global digital commerce on their own terms. The show maps both — the markets, the models and the operators making it happen.

GCC
Digital speed, regulated scale
  • Vision-led transformation across the UAE and Saudi Arabia
  • Fast AI and cloud adoption under frameworks like the PDPL
  • ZATCA e-invoicing, VAT and cross-border compliance
  • Quick commerce and 15-minute delivery expectations
Africa
Mobile-first, AI-native
  • Mobile money and WhatsApp-led social commerce
  • Leapfrogging straight to AI-first operations
  • Township and cross-border logistics solved at scale
  • A young, fast-growing consumer base coming online
The audience

Concentrated, not just large

Not reach for its own sake — a concentrated, high-intent audience of the people who actually make commerce decisions across the Middle East & Africa.

86.9%
Share of views from the Middle East & Africa
25–44
The decision-making core of the audience
12K+
Channel subscribers and growing

Core listenership is concentrated in Oman and Saudi Arabia, broadening across Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE. (Relative concentration from the show’s media kit — no country-level figures are published.)

My role

Executive Producer of the show

I’m not the host — Dr. Anurag Byala leads the conversations. As Executive Producer, I’m responsible for everything around the microphone:

  • End-to-end production — format, guest pipeline, recording and publishing
  • Marketing, distribution and audience growth across every channel
  • The partnership and sponsorship programme
  • The content calendar and everything that ships around each episode
AB
Dr. Anurag Byala
CEO, Techies Infotech FZCO · Host

A leading voice in the region's commerce ecosystem, Dr. Anurag bridges complex technology and commercial reality. He has spent years advising retailers and platforms across the GCC and now Africa, and brings a rigorous, data-driven line of questioning to every conversation — documenting how the Middle East and Africa are becoming global digital-commerce powerhouses.

Distribution

Every episode, everywhere it matters

A conversation isn’t finished when the recording stops. Each episode is cut, packaged and distributed across the channels where regional decision-makers actually spend their time.

LinkedIn
Professional summaries and decision-maker networking.
WhatsApp
Direct community engagement and instant distribution.
Reels & Shorts
High-energy short-form highlights for discoverability.
Email
Targeted drops to a VIP leadership mailing list.
Episodes

Every full episode

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Get involved

Put your story on the mic

Join a conversation as a guest, sponsor an episode, or partner for a season. If you’re building commerce across the Middle East & Africa, let’s get you in front of the people who matter.

Be a guest
Share your playbook with regional leaders.
Sponsor an episode
Reach a concentrated, high-intent audience.
Partner for a season
Own the association, start to finish.