Rejection can be harsh, but understanding why nobody wants to jump on your ICO is the first step in transforming your luck Initial Coin Offerings, aka the not so humble ICO, are big business. In 2016, more than US$200 million…
Chinese Capital Controls? The year 2017 saw Beijing simultaneously tightening and ‘relaxing’ its outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) protocols. In a somewhat confusing move, following a strew of disastrous Chinese investment decisions, and set against a background of politicking among…
The AI market in the Middle East is expected to reach values of $114 million by 2021, but in the race to adapt, clear winners are already emerging. Here are three sectors currently being transformed by robotics and AI If…
While the world debates the virtues of private vs public healthcare, the GCC is busy pioneering medtech advances that transform lives. The healthcare industry in the GCC can be difficult to understand. On the one hand, the GCC is a…
A high-level delegation from business facilitation company Naseba invited for the Annual Investor Meeting of E-fung Capital, supporting deals in pharmaceuticals and portfolio companies DUBAI – With ambitions to boost private equity and venture capital investment in China, a high-level…
Jan Wendenburg, CEO of Certgate explains why smart isn’t the same as AI and consumer device security is no match for professional protection. What made you leap into the mobile security industry? Tell us more about your background. After various sales and…
A quick reference guide to Saudi Arabia’s National Transformation Program (NTP) investment plans across health, IT, education, finance and the economy and the tech needed to power them More than simply an opportunity for national transformation, each investment in Saudi…
Has your company stopped delivering on its sales and profit targets? Is everyone knee-deep digging the numbers and crunching the data to figure out why? More often than not, the answer does not lie in metrics, systems and processes. It…
Saudi Arabia’s National Digitization Unit (NDU) may be driving some of the most advanced technology in the world, but the mandate remains “citizen first” Saudi Arabia’s digital ambitions are bold. Encompassing physical infrastructure and national culture in equal measure, they…
Saudi Arabia’s ICT spending is expected to exceed $39 billion by 2019 and that doesn’t account for the corporate and foreign investments the Kingdom’s digital revolution attracts. As the regional leader in the development of next generation solutions, it’s all…
Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for ICT speaks at a stakeholders meeting in Nairobi. Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of ICT Mr. Joseph Mucheru met with senior government officials from the Kenyan Government to discuss the government’s cyber security efforts and the preparatory plans…
Once the stuff of sci-fi, today Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere from our mobile phones to our household appliances and cars. In a nutshell, AI is the simulation of human intelligence in machines, achieved through machine learning, Natural Language Processing…
As connectivity continues to enable and improve people’s lives around the world, we are seeing some incredibly transformative impacts across all aspects of human life. Just take a minute to think about the way you currently communicate, access information, consume…
This year, the World Economic Forum was dominated with talk of healthcare’s high-tech revolution, from lab bench to bedside… and not a “robot” in sight. The digital revolution is commonly associated with communications and information, characterised by the internet, digital…
With reform at the top of the agenda, Saudi Arabia is building the ultimate investor’s playground¸ creating opportunities as well as the financial instruments and incubators necessary to realise them. In the modern economy, efficiency is everything and its impact…