Youth in the Middle East and North Africa expect the Fourth Industrial Revolution to significantly impact their lives, while many are comfortable living in a future where robots exist alongside humans, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Shaper Survey 2017. The Middle East is embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution - a movement that is expected to add over $266 billion to the Saudi economy.
The CEO of Oger International has confirmed that the company is set to embark upon a new chapter in its history with the full acquisition of its capital by a new shareholder.
A number of leading financial institutions have expressed fears that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin could play a potentially disruptive role in the world's financial sector.
The first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in Dubai took place on May 1st, bringing together technologists from all industries and skill levels to discover how AWS can help them innovate quickly and deliver flexible, reliable cloud solutions at scale.
The issue of regulating and legalizing ride-sharing services in Egypt was raised in the last couple of months when an Egyptian court ordered the suspension of such services in March after a group of taxi drivers claimed that they were illegally using private cars as taxis.
IBM has formally announced the launch of its Innovation and Industry Client Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Inaugurated under the patronage of the Abu Dhabi Government, the center aims to fast track the digital transformation of both public and private organizations through advanced technologies in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, blockchain, security, analytics, Internet of Things and quantum computing.
Whether fixed or mobile, a superfast broadband network represents a huge investment for a telecom operator or a government. For this investment to be justified, it must prove its value quickly, by generating for example additional revenues or reducing churn, or by delivering new services that improve the citizens and enterprises' social and economic conditions.
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 6.2 percent from 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.
GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, released a new report, "State of Digital," offering intelligence on consumer media consumption and advertising investment trends worldwide. Among a series of publications by GroupM prognosticating media marketplace futures, the new report focuses on the impact of technology and digital capabilities on consumers and advertisers.
As part of its mandate to manage the challenge of the National Economic Register within the third batch of the government accelerators, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced the completion of a high level cooperation and coordination between concerned government entities, resulted by the launch of the National Economic Register, and the signing of memoranda of understanding between the Ministry of Economy and the local licensing authorities in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, and Dibba Al Fujairah.
