In its pursuit of a strong knowledge-based economy, Saudi Arabia is transforming its sovereign investment strategy. Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that the government will transfer its ownership of Saudi Aramco to the…
The business case for connecting OT and IT Critical Infrastructure companies and organizations have usually two separate and fundamentally different networks: on one hand their regular corporate IT enabling all their support functions such as payroll, HR, procurement, etc., and…
Earlier this month, representatives from 90 Chinese companies attended a seminar promoting investment in Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique and Ethiopia. Chinese investors gained awareness of the opportunities available in these four African countries, and joined discussions on potential investment projects. Senior…
Chinese capital is increasingly finding its way to opportunities in North Africa. In the Egyptian market alone, investments by Chinese entities reached over 5 billion USD last year, with trade between China and Egypt reaching 12.9 billion USD, a 10…
Last year, a total of 267 billion USD was invested in renewable energy – and Chinese investors were responsible for a whopping 103 billion USD of this total. Excluding large-scale hydropower, investment into renewable energy made by developing countries reached…
Linda Wong, CEO of China based Yihai Group, recently announced a 113 million USD initial investment in a European healthcare project that will provide both European and Chinese medicine and healthcare. The announcement was part of President Xi Jinping’s visit…
Chinese companies have been investing heavily in the Indian tech sector – particularly startups in the web and mobile spheres. Earlier this year, Chinese online travel company Ctrip joined the trend with a 180 million USD investment in the Indian…
Interest from Chinese investors in the European tech sector has accelerated over the past year, according to analysts and commentators including Mattias Ljungman, a partner at venture capital firm Atomico. “There’s an increasing appetite by the Chinese to look at…
Cyber security has become a key priority for organisations in the Middle East lately following rising geopolitical tensions and a series of recent attacks against regional financial institutions. This is driving the growth of the regional cyber security market, which…
Cyber security is not a field where trends happen easily, but the few that do appear tend to spread at wildfire speed. The newest innovation sweeping the regional cyber security sphere is “threat hunting”. Cyber security has graduated from threat…
Written By Nic Watson – Managing Director, Naseba The world’s largest cyber security market is, surprisingly, not a country: it’s the US Federal government.Every year, the US Federal government spends more on cyber security than is spent by the total…
In 2016, buyers and purchasing decision makers worldwide will spend a total of $3.49 trillion on IT, according to figures provided by Gartner, Inc. This is no surprise: innovative, functional IT is in demand around the world, and is shaping…
US investors are caught between a rock and a hard place. After years of stop-start recovery in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, high net worth individuals in the US are faced with an unfamiliar economic reality –…
Employee engagement is a vast construct that touches almost all facets of human resource management. Over the years companies in the Middle East have been progressively appreciative of having effective employee engagement in place with positive outcomes on how happy…
“When you’re passionate about what you do, it comes across naturally and doesn’t feel like work.” — Yvonne Agyei, VP, People Operations, Google (UK) Passionpreneur Moustafa Hamwi sits with VP of People Operations at Google (UK) to talk about the…