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 worth of cryptocurrency investments were raised though ICOs, rising to $1.5bn in the first half…
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 People’s Party and an ongoing battle against capital flight, Beijing began to scrutinise many…
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 they haven’t already, it’s safe to say everybody will come into contact with such tech…
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 high-income region financed with oil-revenues but on the other, it is still classed as developing…
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 delegation from international business facilitation company Naseba, has attended the annual investor meeting of E-fung…
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 marketing management positions at IBM, I co-founded a Venture Capital company specialising in IT startups…
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 Arabia’s National Transformation Program (NTP) will require a host of next generation technology, including networks…
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 lies in the people. Has anyone paid close attention to the employees working on the…
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 range from the creation of tech hubs such as the $500 billion NEOM, to the…
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 systems go for investors In 2015, Saudi Arabia’s official ICT spending on projects, infrastructure and…