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The Gig-Work platforms’ market sheds its skin to face COVID’s impact
- March 12, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Economics, Technology, Worldwide
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Over the past year, we all noticed more family members, friends, and colleagues adopting gig work as a lifebuoy to cope with the pandemic’s consequences. The market landscape expanded to reach different professions and sectors, offering both workers and businesses, help to absorb shocks. It is totally reasonable to expect that, since the pandemic impacted
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Is the race for unicorns, a rightful race for African tech startups?
- March 2, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Economics, Technology
With a valuation of around $1 billion at IPO, Jumia’s listing in 2019 in the New York Stock Exchange has confirmed Africa’s first ‘now failed’ unicorn. The term ‘’unicorn’’ was coined in 2013 by Aileen Lee, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, to describe a privately held, fast-growing startup. In detail, a unicorn refers to a
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Fast Fashion in Africa
- February 15, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Consumer Goods & Retail, Economics, Sustainable Development
The second-largest sector after agriculture in Africa is the fashion and textile industry with an estimated market value of $31 billion in 2020 and growing every year (1). Fast fashion is a marketing and manufacturing model where clothing moves instantly from the runway to retail stores. Fast fashion captures the latest fashion trends and styles
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Cyber-insurance and the rising risks amid COVID
- February 8, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Middle East, North Africa, Southern Africa, Technology, Technology & Telecommunication, Video
The COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread and disrupt lives, businesses, and economies worldwide, which forces organizations and individuals to embrace new practices of social distancing and remote working. While the world is focusing on the health and economic threats posed by the virus, cybercriminals are seizing the opportunity to increase their attacks. Cyberthreats are increasing
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Special Economic Zones in Africa (SEZs): Impact, efforts, and recommendations
- January 18, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Economics, Sustainable Development
A brief history of SEZ development in the world Special economic zones (SEZs) have been gradually gaining traction in the developing world over the last two decades. While modern SEZ development started decades ago in Europe and Asia, an increasing number of African countries have been developing SEZ policies and building SEZs in collaboration with
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Neo-banks: taking the challenge to a well-established banking sector
- January 5, 2021
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Banking, Economics, Finance & Accounting, Financial Services, Worldwide
The global neo and challenger bank market is expected to reach $578 billion by 2027, at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 46.5% from 2019 to 2027. However, these fintech firms are still flying under the radar, triggering the attention and interest of millions of customers worldwide. So, what are Neo-Banks, and what
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The alter-globalization movement: An alternative perspective of an alternative world
- December 22, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Sustainable Development, Worldwide
1. What is globalization and its impact There is no doubt that globalization is a phenomenon that has changed the world as we know it for the better. International cooperation touches all of our day-to-day aspects, including food, transportation, leisure, even information; the world as we know it today would have been very
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Augmented/ Virtual Reality: Market size and applications
- December 8, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Technology & Telecommunication, Worldwide
Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual reality (VR) are two emerging technologies, with the first prototypes developed in the 1960s, they are evolving now at an increasingly fast pace to become a daily used technology. In recent years, over 75% of Forbes’ “World’s Most Valuable Brands” have been involved in some form of virtual or augmented
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Covid-19 Impact on the Real estate Market – UAE
- November 30, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Blog Category, Business Strategy, Economics, Middle East
The real estate market in the United Arab Emirates features some unique attributes compared to its equivalents in the other countries of the region. This is mainly because UAE is a temporary home for a vast number of expats compared to the nationals which in turn affects their preferences and consideration when it comes to
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Artificial intelligence, a key tool to improve the African health system
- November 23, 2020
- Posted by: Alaae Sbai
- Category: Africa, Blog Category, Health, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
According to a new report by Novartis Foundation and Microsoft, investment in data and artificial intelligence (AI) will be a key tool for improving health systems during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Released on September 9, 2020, the report “Reimagining Global Health through Artificial Intelligence: The Roadmap to AI Maturity”[1] concludes that low-income