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Making the Middle East a safe environment for crypto investing
This year the blockchain industry has evolved, infiltrated traditional sectors, become more credible through increased regulation, and seen blockchain hubs of innovation cemented in smaller jurisdictions. The features that the blockchain industry has adopted now mirror that of a more mature space, such as the widening breadth of professional services, the mainstream adoption of crypto …
A simple lesson of peace
As a writer on human rights issues, I do not lack reasons for concern. Nowadays, in many countries, human rights are abused, and violence strikes in one of its multiple forms. Although writing topics are plentiful, this situation is especially upsetting for anybody who yearns to live in a peaceful world. At such moments, when …
Public Relations: Survival
Public relations is about survival. For me, public relations is life, and the essence of all I do. When I talk about public relations I don’t talk about a profession, I talk about a passion. It is a passion that I believe is a necessity to be able only not to promote one’s self and …
What will it take to create next generation of entrepreneurs in Africa?
Start-ups in Africa raised just $556m from investors in 2017 (compared to $7bn raised in India) and that the number of incubators and accelerators of start-ups has grown to more than 440 in 2018, compared to 314 two years ago, according to a just-released study by the IFC
Education is tomorrow’s gold mine
Human capital is our most prised resource—an almost infinite resource, if we are capable of developing it to its full potential
From Hieroglyphs to bits: ICT links ancient Egypt to intelligent world
Smartphones resurrect astonishing civilisation of pharaohs
Opinion: Violence against women is a universal problem
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Many Germans like pointing out the mistreatment of women abroad. But in truth, Germany is far from perfect itself, argues Beate Hinrichs.Health Minister Jens Spahn, of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), associates "honor" killings and forced marriages exclusively with immigrants. But is that …
Italy in maelstrom of euro
The country’s GDP currently stands at €1.75tn and its growth rates are extremely anaemic, reaching just 0.9%. real per capita gross domestic product (GDP), according to reliable calculations
Obesity is Serious Threat to Children’s Health
Rapid development accompanied by decreasing levels of physical activity, increased caloric consumption
Money smuggled from Africa
International institutions should review frameworks of combating money laundering
Egypt’s New Capital attracts new investments, also locks country into Chinese loans, technology
‘Owner’ of New Capital is ACUD with two shareholders, 51% is NUCA, remaining is army, capital is $10.3bn
Honouring the Enemy
“I dreamed that one had died in a strange place, near no accustomed hand”: William Butler Yeats
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence – Part 2.1:The Nexus Between Computer Learning and Human Intelligence
In the first part of this article, we talked about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents the new power that is currently transforming major industries and professions, and how such a power can be readily affordable with the right knowledge and data. We further explained that AI cannot flourish without human knowledge, and that data is …
US policy towards immigrant children is not Policy, it is cruelty
Immigrants come to the U.S. from Mexico and Central America try to escape abject poverty and food insecurity in their own countries
New look of Agora, Tahrir Squares
Social media is contemporary face of public space
Making the benefits of technology accessible for youth in Egypt
Microsoft remains committed to upskilling youth through its YouthSpark cash grants
Opinion: 1.5 degrees — do we want climate catastrophe or not?
A new global warming report shows it’s still not too late to avert the worst impacts of climate change. It just boils down to whether we can muster the will to do so, thinks DW’s Sonya Diehn.The IPCC report is pretty clear: Half a degree makes a huge difference. We've already warmed the world about …
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence part 1:The New Power Within Reach
Each daily minute, 3.9m Google searches, 4.3m YouTube videos,13m text messages, 2.1m snaps, 1 million passengers on aeroplanes, $ 330,000 Amazon sales, 73,249 online retail transactions, 750,000 songs streamed, 49,380 Instagram photos, 159m emails sent
Capital perplexed by world’s woes
Technology seen as only profitable acquisition for investors in response to China’s achievements
What will future universities look like?
Many years ago, people started looking for online learning solutions to replace or complement their on-campus education. However, there are some trends that started to rise in the past 10 years that worsens the status even more.
Afghan morass: how Afghan government controls 56% of country, Taliban controls rest of it
More than 2,200 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan, and the US has spent more than $840bn fighting the Taliban and paying for relief and reconstruction
‘Back to modernism time concept by Mr president’
Modernism is the modern period of time in the European history that begins at mid-late 18th century. It was a time of great social, political, and economical changes.
Memories of 9/11
That day, about an hour before the attack on the Twin Towers, he had finished his shift
Life devoted to searching for her abducted granddaughter
On 20 August 2018, María Isabel Chorobik de Mariani (“Chicha”) died in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province. She was 94-years-old and for 42 years had been searching for her granddaughter Clara Anahí. On 24 November 1976, Clara Anahí had been abducted by the military when they took away her parents and later killed them. Since …
Agility (part 2)
In the previous article, we looked how important it is for Egypt to have an economy that is resilient to external and internal shocks without unnecessarily constraining the change, innovation, openness, and flexibility necessary to create a sustainable growth. The challenge for policymakers is to find the right balance; and to help them do this, …
Argentina at a crossroads
Seeds were there, spreading in basement, rotting structures, preparing final collapse
Egypt allows domestic gas to Gaza as Israel blocks transfer of fuel
Cairo held talks between Hamas, Fatah to reach reconciliation, long-term ceasefire with Israel
Opinion: Venezuela on the verge of imploding
Reports of an apparent attack on President Nicolas Maduro leave more questions than answers, except for one: The only one benefiting from all this is Maduro himself, writes Uta Thofern.Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has claimed at least 20 coups or attacks against him, but not a single one has done him harm. To the contrary, …
Resilience of Egyptian economy in face of global crises, internal shocks (Part 1)
The 2018 Euromoney Egypt Conference is subtitled “Resilience and Agility”. In advance of the event, to be held at the Ritz Carlton in Cairo on 4-5 September, it is important to set out what we mean by those terms and why we think they are interesting and relevant for Egypt. In the second article, I …
Opinion: EU risks being left behind after GMO ruling
The EU’s top court has ruled that gene-edited crops fall under the same tough laws as GMOs. While good news for opponents of such products, it’s a setback for genetic research on the continent, says DW’s Fabian Schmidt.Had gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9 been exempt from the same stringent guidelines in place for conventional genetic …