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MyMonty: A Banking Arm for the Underserved

“MyMonty is a life project. Building a bank is a very complex endeavor. It will become the flagship of the Monty Finance brand. This means added responsibility while focusing on the team’s passion and accepting challenges wholeheartedly,” Cesar Jabr, Deputy CEO, Monty Holding What is MyMonty’s scope of activity? The financial company’s sole focus is […]

The Horn of Africa in the Face of Famine

The horn of Africa is starving. Forecasts are indicating an underwhelming rainy season for the last month of 2022. Famine in African countries has reached its fifth consecutive dry season in significant parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya. This year is the driest in 70 years, putting millions of lives in danger of starvation by […]

How Cryptocurrencies can Improve Economic Empowerment

Crypto can enable financial inclusion and economic empowerment across the globe in many areas where financial services are either lacking or even  corrupted. Users of crypto can bypass some international and banking restrictions and even have an alternative to storing and saving money. As it stands today, crypto is the wild west. However, large global […]

The Impact of Dubai's 4.5 Work Week

The UAE’s announcement that the nation would go to a 4.5-day workweek was a turning point. Still, according to reports from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the decision is already paying off. Experts spoke on a panel about the advantages of a four-day workweek at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Emphasizing how flexible work […]

What the Future holds for Cryptocurrencies

The crypto market has had a disastrous first half of 2022. Bitcoin and ethereum have dropped by more than half since their all-time highs in late 2021. While there have been some tiny gains in recent weeks, the cryptocurrency market as a whole remains relatively stagnant. While no one knows for certain, some analysts believe […]

Rapper Kanye West No Longer Plans to Buy Social Media Platform Parler

The parent company of social media platform Parler and American rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye, have agreed to terminate the intent of the sale of Parler, according to a statement from Parlement Technologies on Thursday. “This decision was made in the interest of both parties in mid-November,” the company said in a […]

Sci-Fi and the Future

Sci-Fi movies are a pillar of pop culture. You probably reference scenes from these movies daily. In previous eras, movies related to Sci-Fi and the future gained traction and popularity. Such movies made bold claims and introduced techs and gadgets that they hoped would be a reality in the future. Well, the events of one […]

NFTs for Dummies: What are Non-Fungible Tokens?

So you finally gave into the intrigue and want to know what all the fuss is about around NFTs? You’ve come to the right place. Read on for a brief yet comprehensive guide about NFTs for dummies. A non-fungible token (NFT) is a special digital code that identifies a certain sort of digital object and […]