Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of the pandemic state on March 11 2020 number of countries and work leaders have initiated precedential measures, from soft guidelines in UK to country-wide lockdowns and holidays in Middle East (e.g. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan). Days later we get to face some...
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Raising Digital value of the organization on all fronts
Digital is a top priority for CxOs of all calibers across nearly every industry. I can’t think of any executive I came across during the past 5-6 years that didn’t speak or made no effort to unleash digital potential of the organization. What they have in common is an understanding...
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7 ways AI helps fight Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus, it was interesting to observe how has the role of technology has changed and equipped us to fight the pandemic. In this article, I want to focus on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it enabled us to approach the situation differently...
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What 200+ AI use cases of Insurance companies can tell us?
We hear companies announcing success in the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). I took a closer look at the Insurance industry, in particular, to understand what does AI means for them. Upon analysis of over 200+ AI use cases applicable to Insurance companies (all publically available) happy to share some...
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Things to look when investing or acquiring AI startup
Year 2019, yet another success for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) startups. Indeed there is increasing interest in AI acquisitions, and new annual high for money raised by AI startups (estimated at USD 18.5b+, with USD 3.7b being raised in just Q4 2019)… this is despite overall economics hurdle and slow...
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How Digital shapes M&A?
Based on analysis of Thomson Reuters M&A Database, c.20% of the deals appear to be in Digital domain or have digital motive. More interestingly, digital companies are being sold for record high values and continue to get traction. Recent acquisition of Careem (3.1B USD) and Souq.com (0.58B USD) are good...
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Can your Data Analytics program deliver remarkable results in short time?
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence among other digital initiatives often a topic that catches executives’ attention. Many organizations are expecting that something remarkable can happen in very short time and this is typically not the case. Here is why.
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The rise of startups in UAE, fundraising options and preparations that are often missed…
Worldwide, there are about 300 million people trying to start about 150 million businesses. About one third will be launched, and it is approximately 137,000 per day. UAE ecosystem Based on the latest MENA research conducted by Arabnet, 31% of MENA investors are located in UAE, $459M is the value...
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Making sense out of Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing (QC) attracting media attention. Google and IBM are claiming success in overcoming technological constrains and getting closer to the functioning prototypes. Gartner research suggests that through 2023, 20% of the organizations would have some budget allocations (directly or indirectly) hitting Quantum Computing projects. So, what is it, how...
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M&A + Cloud = Love
Cloud technology promises to transform cost-structures, manage risk and optimize the time of the transaction executions.
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