Yehia El Amine

Yehia is an investigative journalist and editor with extensive experience in the news industry as well as digital content creation across the board. He strives to bring the human element to his writing.

The new frontier of smart farming powered by 5G

A new green revolution is coming our way, and it looks promising as the prospect of 5G comes ever closer within humanity’s grasp. According to a study done by the United Nations, agriculture is a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the largest in the world, accounting for almost 1 percent of GDP in the UK, […]

Fintech Saudi partners up with Flat6Labs to launch accelerator

Fintech Saudi in partnership with Flat6Labs, a regional startup accelerator, are launching a Fintech accelerator that consists of an intensive innovation and entrepreneurship program spanning 3 months.  The partnership brings together Fintech Saudi’s market reach as well as Flat6Labs’ experience and resources to provide 10 startups with all the tools, practices, and resources to scale […]

How IoT and 5G will leap humanity into the future

The Internet of Things (IoT) is on rise. Connected devices are set to increase from 700 million to 3.2 billion by 2023, according to numbers by titan telecom manufacturer, Huawei. And with it comes endless technological possibilities that will rock modern society as we know it. This is great news for the IoT market, as […]

5G smartphones: China to ship 140 million devices

China is on its way to ship 140 million 5G smartphones this year, according to Hong Kong-based market research company Counterpoint Research, underscoring the rapid spread of the next-generation communication technology in the country. The country’s sales of 5G smartphones peaked at 14 million units by July of 2020, marking a whopping 239 percent increase […]

5G giveth, & 5G taketh away: the unemployment problem

Technology has always been ambiguous when it comes to the development of humanity. The printing press. The internet. Electricity. The steam engine. The telegraph. Each of these discoveries and inventions have greatly impacted society as a whole, taking humanity to the forefront of technological development. These innovations are more often than not the catalyst for […]

The unstoppable rise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

It’s been two hundred years since the start of the Industrial Revolution where the mechanized manufacturing industry steamed through to bring about mass-produced goods to the market. And now, with 5G on the horizon, the industry will face its biggest and most widespread overhaul to date. The fourth Industrial Revolution, often referred to as “Industry […]

E-waste in the 5G era: Threat or opportunity?

Take a moment to think about your appliance drawer at home; everyone has one, and more often than not, it’s filled with pallets of once beloved but now outdated devices – from smartphones, tablets, cameras, and the like. While these devices might not look dangerous, they find themselves at the heart of a major environmental […]

FinCEN Leaks highlight need for regulatory framework overhaul

The banking industry has drastically changed over time, money transfers that used to take a number of business days can now be done in milliseconds with a tap of a button. Small exchanges of everyday goods to massive fortunes can now be sent zipping across continents. All matters of trade and commerce has been rendered […]

5G’s double-edged sword impact on climate change

As the clock ticks closer and closer toward the rollout of 5G worldwide, a new wave of entrepreneurs are frantically thinking of the next multi-billion dollar idea that will drive this rapidly changing era in telecom.   In parallel, many experts from all professions are studying and prepping themselves to integrate 5G within their core business […]

KSA's Neom mega-city: From sand dunes to flying taxis

“A start-up the size of a country,” is how Saudi Arabia’s futuristic mega-city Neom is being described by Saudi officials, investors, contractors and the like. The city will take up a whopping 10,000 square miles of rocky desert and empty coastline in the country’s remote northwest Tabuk province, where the kingdom will look to attract […]