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  • Digitalization to Spur African Growth

    • December 18, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
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    Digitalization, a term commonly confused with digitization, is currently a burgeoning phenomenon and the rise of the fourth industrial revolution has a lot to do with that. According to Gartner’s IT Glossary, digitalization is the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities [1], whereas, digitization is the
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  • Solar powered oil recovery: a model for the future?

    • December 4, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Blog Category, Middle East, Natural Resources & Energy, Sustainable Development
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    Experiences from Oman’s Miraah power plant Over the last decade, due to its maturing oil fields and limited reserves, Oman's domestic crude oil production relied heavily on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods. Just as in Oman, most of the global oil production comes from mature or maturing fields with an average recovery factor of around
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  • Travel and Tourism Growth in Northern African

    • November 10, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, North Africa, Travel, Logistics & Hospitality
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    Travel and Tourism Growth in Northern Africa Sharing the same Mediterranean coast, ethnic cultural and linguistic identity, the North African region – comprising of Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Sudan, – have been experiencing novel growth dynamics in the field of travel and tourism. Half of the North African region, namely Egypt, Libya, and

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  • Investments in Agribusiness in Africa

    • October 30, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Agriculture, Blog Category, Sustainable Development, Technology & Telecommunication
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    Can Africa feed the world? Africa’s agriculture sector has been growing at a steady pace and might turn the continent into an economic power. Africa might be able to feed itself and the world if it keeps putting a focus on enhancing efficiency in using its resources. The focus on agriculture emerged from the willingness
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  • MEA Pulse Podcast Episode 4: What is the current state of the Moroccan automotive sector?

    • October 20, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Podcasts
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    Each episode MEA Pulse brings you on a journey to learn about the Middle East and Africa regional economy and business trends with a featured country pertinent to the topic. Hosting Ismail Berrada from Infomineo’s Casablanca office, MEA Pulse Episode 4 is a discussion on the current state of Morocco’s automotive sector and the factors

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  • Internet Speed and Economic Development in Africa

    • September 20, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
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    “Broadband can radically change the socio-economic prospects for the region and contribute to higher growth and shared prosperity.”  - Carlo Maria Rossotto, World Bank ICT Regional Coordinator in the MENA region[1]. The majority of African countries have certainly been lagging behind in the economic development path. Public opinion usually agrees that this underdevelopment is due to
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  • The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Africa

    • September 16, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Technology & Telecommunication
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    Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first coined in 1956 by the scientist John McCarthy at Dartmouth College. [1] Nearly 60 years later, it is now enjoying a major resurgence thanks to the exponential increases in computing power, the development of more sophisticated algorithms and the vast availability of data. [2] The convergence of these technological developments

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  • MEA Pulse Podcast Episode 3: What are the economic development prospects for Mozambique?

    • September 8, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Podcasts
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    Each episode MEA Pulse brings you on a journey to learn about the Middle East and Africa regional economy and business trends with a featured country pertinent to the topic. Hosting Antonio Pilogallo from Infomineo’s Casablanca office, MEA Pulse Episode 3 is a discussion on the current state of Mozambique and the strategies that are

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  • Understanding Cryptocurrencies

    • August 23, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Financial Services, Technology & Telecommunication
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    Over the course of history, humans have been trading goods and services using different means. All these means have something in common – the agreement of their value, and thus their use in operations. One example of an ancient form of human exchange was witnessed in Micronesia where they used an exchange method called the

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  • An Introduction to Trans-Regional Railways in Africa

    • July 24, 2017
    • Posted by: Mona Abisourour
    • Category: Africa, Blog Category, Travel, Logistics & Hospitality
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    The African Route A Vision Economics have forever known an alchemy-like effect to an equation comprised of resources, gates to the world and logistical facilities. Application of such combination can be seen as early as the Silk Road or as recently as the Trans-European railway network. The impact of such complementary factors is usually the intensification

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