African tech companies invited to partner Britain-led growth scheme
With its startups generating 50% more venture capital in 2017 than in 2016, Africa is witnessing an exponential growth in the technology industry...
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Microsoft, Alphabet divided on EU facial recognition ban
Microsoft President Brad Smith cited that the technology is important as it can help NGOs find missing citizens...
JP Morgan, UK Aid invest $15 million in Catalyst Fund
Catalyst Fund will back 30 fintech startups in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, India and Mexico over next three years...
Mozilla lays off 70 employees on the back of revenue struggle
The organisation is planning to diversify its revenue generation from sources outside of search partnerships...
Should Google and Facebook be venturing into banking?
A never-ending quest for more data and control over customers is forcing Google and Facebook to make a banking play – what could go wrong?...
Department of Finance Ajman: Building an open, competitive economy
The award-winning department is at the forefront of deploying intelligent financial systems in the UAE...
Chinese mobile consumer spending to climb 23% in 2020
Each user spent an average of 6.2 hours per day on mobile devices from January to November last year...
Credit scoring: Keeping customer privacy at the forefront
A unique opportunity comes in the form of smartphone metadata as a means of developing credit scores for individuals and small business owners...
Lifetime financial planning: What is the better trade off?
Singapore fintech startup BetterTradeOff’s solution solve the loss of human touch and contextualisation in financial planning for individuals...
Workplaces in the UAE more open to embracing AI to foster innovation
A survey led by Oracle and Future Workplace has found 72% of UAE respondents are more optimistic about AI at work...