The Jameel Cast

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , Episode 20 - the last episode in Season 1. The International Energy Agency reports that investment in advanced geothermal technologies is growing sharply, totaling US$ 2.2 billion worldwide in 2025, up 80% year-on-year since 2018.  This investment in the energy sector’s ‘technologies of tomorrow’ is in addition to the US$ 5 billion sourced for conventional geothermal p...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast Episode 19.   While bold government initiatives often grab the climate change headlines, the actions of private sector players are critical in the fight against global warming.   In this episode, your regular AI host, Alex, is joined by guests Jade and Sophie to take a look at how one company, FRV, part of Jameel Energy, is one of those businesses quietly showing the way...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast Episode 18! Quantum sensing, like that other transformative technology, AI, generates a unique sort of excitement – the kind of feeling you get when you know the future is here .  It may operate in the realm of the tiny, but its impacts are destined to be outsized in every sense.  In this Episode, Alex your regular AI host and Sophie our regular AI guest explore how this...

Welcome back to The Jameel Cast and Episode 17! A hike along the Colorado river, stretching some 2,000 km from the Rocky Mountains in the USA to the Gulf of California in Mexico, offers numerous rewards for those whose spirits are stirred by wilderness.  It is a journey through almost two billion years of the Earth’s history, boasting crystalline metamorphic rocks, volcanic basalt flows, precipito...

Welcome to Episode 16 of The Jameel Cast ! Alex, your AI Host is joined by AI co-host, Omar and guest Sophie, to delve into South Africa's progress towards the Electric Vehicle (EV) revolution, initially considering barriers like its vast geography, affordability, and inconsistent power supply.  But then revealing a positive turning point, driven by substantial sales growth, crucial infrastru...

Welcome to Episode 15 of The Jameel Cast ! The Polish auto industry is enjoying a phase of lightning growth, cruising into the lead over its larger European rivals with record new vehicle sales. In 2025 battery electric vehicle sales across Europe have hit a 20.2% market share after 27% growth, while plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have passed 10% of the market following a 59% rise. Poland, encouragingly,...

Welcome to Episode 14 of The Jameel Cast ! Artificial Intelligence, we're told, is the secret weapon that could save us from a climate timebomb. It could potentially enable cleaner ways of living, reduce needless carbon emissions, and devise new ways of restoring our atmosphere to its natural balance. AI itself has a significant carbon impact AI is moving incredibly fast, and its influence is...

Welcome to Episode 13 of The Jameel Cast ! Italy has a rich and celebrated history in the automotive world, homegrown marques like FIAT, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati synonymous with industrial innovation, performance and design.    Although a national preference for greener vehicles is slowly emerging, Italy has, until more recently, appear to have been more resistant to t...

Welcome to Episode 12 of The Jameel Cast ! As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change and rapid urbanization, the need to promote a higher level of wastewater reuse has become increasingly important.  Wastewater, once considered a mere byproduct, now holds immense potential as a valuable resource that can alleviate water stress and contrib...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , episode 11. You might be surprised to find that the combined direct and indirect impact of household consumption accounted for about 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions, often in countries far from where the end-products are actually consumed.  When thinking about the challenges of meeting net zero, we often look at the actions being taken by industries and politici...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , episode 10. Financial exclusion isn’t confined to the world’s poorest people. It is widespread. It is overlooked. And it is a notoriously difficult trap from which to escape.  Altogether, around a quarter of the world’s adult population – an estimated 1.4 billion people – do not have access to a bank account or appropriate alternative such as a building society or cred...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  After years of planning, investment and innovation, the next decade should see urban aerial mobility launching from the drawing board to city skies, flexing its wings on the world stage and truly defying economic gravity.  The world’s leading electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft companies are drawing ever-closer to commercialization. Many already flying ful...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  Did you know that you probably used embedded finance three times today without even thinking about it?  Perhaps you ordered something online, or split a bill with a friend, or even just paid for a ride home? When did finance stop being something you went to and start becoming something that just lives inside everything you do ?  To make sense of that shift, in this ou...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  In this our seventh episode, our regular AI host Alex is joined by AI guest Sophie to explore the challenges and exciting changes in India's mobility market - especially the transformational transition in electric vehciles on four, but more widely two and three wheels. Thank you for joining us—and until next time, stay curious . The Jameel Cast is the official ge...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  In this our sixth episode, our regular AI host Omar is are joined by guests Sophie and Jade to discuss changing workplace dynamics with Gen Z.  Often dubbed the first ‘digital native’ generation, their world has always been dominated by technology – both at home and work - growing up with the internet as an integral part of their way of life. But what do Gen Z employe...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  In this fourth episode, our regular AI host Alex is are joined by guests Sophie and Jade to discuss the issue of growing global issue electronic waste and how we can deal with it more effectively. Thank you for joining us—and until next time, stay curious . The Jameel Cast is the official generative AI podcast of Abdul Latif Jameel, available where you get your podcas...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast .  In this fourth episode, our regular AI hosts Alex and Omar are joined by Jade to discuss the role of small and medium business as the very back bone of economies across the region and a powerful engine for continued growth in the future. Thank you for joining us—and until next time, stay curious . The Jameel Cast is the official generative AI podcast of Abdul Latif Ja...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , the official generative AI podcast of Abdul Latif Jameel.  In this third episode, our regular AI hosts Alex is joined by Sophie to discuss the rise of electric vehicles (EV) and examine their accelerating success in the Middle East in this global context. Thank you for joining us—and until next time, stay curious . The Jameel Cast is the official generative AI podcast...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , the official generative AI podcast of Abdul Latif Jameel.  In this second episode, our regular AI hosts Alex and Omar explore the progress of utility-scale battery energy storage systems in Europe - the quiet heroes of the renewable  energy revolution. For more insights and conversations shaping our world,  follow us wherever you get your podcasts, or visit alj.com to...

Welcome to The Jameel Cast , the official generative AI podcast of Abdul Latif Jameel.  In this episode, our regular AI hosts Alex and Omar explore the ever-strengthing relationship between the Middle- and Far East regions and how this is shaping the future of global trade. For more insights and conversations shaping our world,  follow us wherever you get your podcasts, or visit alj.com to read ou...