- Podcast
OPEN London CIC Board Member Arif Zaman hosts the Business Show, a weekly podcast available on Spotify on Bloomsbury Radio from Bloomsbury Institute London, where he often features people from the OPEN community. Shows involving OPEN London and with Ambereen Mirza, the first woman to be OPEN Global President (2022-2023) are below.
BBC Asian Network: The Everyday Hustle – The Age of AI Show
Zahra Shah (OPEN London CIC Chair & President & Award-Winning AI & Frontier Tech Expert) was interviewed by BBC Asian Network for the Everyday Hustle – The Age of AI show covering the good and bad aspects of AI and the potential of AI for employability and business growth for the benefit of the British public.
Zahra Shah speaks to Ben Kentish at LBC on AI safety
Following the US AI safety boss’s resignation and ‘world in peril’ warning. She highlighted that the UK must leverage its considerable assets in this area by introducing responsible, enforceable regulation to protect people from AI misuse.
Zahra Shah speaks to James Hanson
At LBC on the harmful impact of Grok AI and intimate deepfakes as well as the key role of Ofcom’s Online Safety Act in protecting the digital identity of people from being misused, particularly women and children in the UK.
Zahra Shah speaks to Tom Slater at LBC on AI
Deepfakes & Copyright Law, particularly in the light of the recent political deepfakes and how best to balance freedom of speech with respect for an individual’s right to their image, voice and movements.
Zahra Shah speaks to Nick Abbot at LBC on AI and Creative Industries
Particularly the impact of the proposed changes to Copyright Law.
Zahra Shah speaks to Shelagh Fogarty at LBC on AI and Young People.
Particularly the impact of the proposed changes to Copyright Law.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show - AI Edition
Arif Zaman in conversation with Zahra Shah (award winning Responsible AI & Frontier Tech Expert), Radika Kumar (AI Expert, Commonwealth Secretariat) and Reedah El Saie (Founder & CEO, Brainsparkgames).
Business Show under London Tech Week
Arif Zaman speaks to Zahra Shah (OPEN London CIC Chair & President), Marc Ortmans (UK MD, Global Entrepreneurship Network) and Zubair Junjunia (Founder & CEO, ZNotes & OPEN London CIC Youth Ambassador).
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show with Zafar Masud
Arif Zaman in conversation with Zafar Masud, a development and social impact focused banker, entrepreneur, public sector expert and an author with over 30 years of proven exceptional success stories in development finance, energy, corporate governance and management.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: A Transatlantic Dialogue to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week with women from OPEN Global.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Commonwealth Roundtables on an Innovation and Investment Ecosystem and Diaspora Entrepreneurship for Economic Resilience
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Entrepreneur Ecosystems in London and Boston – Diaspora Perspectives from OPEN Global.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Women Entrepreneurs including BBC Dragons Den winner, Reedah El Saie.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Pakistan EdTech Sector – Strategic Lessons in Digital Development.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Higher Education/ Youth in London and Lahore with OPEN Global and UMT.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Global Entrepreneurship Pakistan – Conversations with Entrepreneurs, Part 2 of 2.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Global Entrepreneurship Pakistan – Conversations with Entrepreneurs, Part 1 of 2.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Commonwealth Innovation Week 2025
Commonwealth Innovation Week & Global Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Commonwealth Startup Fellowship.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show under Muslim Tech Fest 2025
Arif Zaman in conversation with Arfah Farooq (Founder, Muslim Tech Fest).
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show with Beena Sarwar
Arif Zaman in conversation with Beena Sarwar, journalist, filmmaker and activist.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on SOAS Gallery Exhibition on Unlayering the future of South Asia: Young Artists' Voices
Arif Zaman in conversation with Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K Walia, curators of a major groundbreaking exhibition next door to Bloomsbury Institute London at the SOAS Gallery.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
GEW 2024 Pakistan: Karachi and Islamabad.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
GEW 2024: Farzana Rahman, MD, The Desi Doll Company.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
GEW 2024: Pakistan, Malta and SriLanka.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
GEW 2024: Pakistan – PACE College of Advance Studies and Arfa Karim Technology Incubator.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show on Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024
GEW 2024: Pakistan Focus – Tech Destination of the Year Award Winner.
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show – AI Edition
Arif Zaman speaks to Zahra Shah (OPEN London CIC Chair & President & AI Advisor to the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network) and Radika Kumar (AI Advisor to Commonwealth) on the key opportunities, challenges & trends in AI, Commonwealth AI Consortium, UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, impact of US Tariff’s on the AI sector amongst other areas.
Awaaz FM: The Community Hour Show
Zahra Shah (OPEN London CIC Chair & President) was interviewed by Awaaz FM for the Community Hour show covering OPEN London CIC, winning the Top 100 Influential People Award 2025, advocating for responsible AI governance, explaining various aspects of AI that impact the British public amongst other areas.
Business Show with Hafiz Haq
Arif Zaman speaks to Hafiz Haq (Chairman and Founder of Professional Education Foundation)
Bloomsbury Radio Business Show – Pakistan Entrepreneur Ecosystem and Youth Migration
A show on the Pakistan Entrepreneur Ecosystem and youth migration intentions which connects up 3 key reports for the first time which collectively provide a fascinating insight into the entrepreneur ecosystem and its related challenges and opportunities in Pakistan – a population of 248 million with a median age of 21.