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Will Twitter Remain an Important Social Media Platform?

Since tech billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, the platform and its users have been taken on a wild ride. Based on research by ExpressVPN, a virtual private network and cybersecurity company, Twitter has been in a constant state of change. With news of layoffs, firings, and Twitter users abandoning their accounts for alternative platforms […]

Life in a Cognitive City

In 1909 a short novel was published that has gone on to shape the opinions of every generation since. It concerns what the future has in store for us. It was entitled ‘The Machine Stops’, and even those unaware of this novella harbor fears lifted straight from its pages. The central core of this 114-year-old […]

South Africa’s State of the Nation: Disaster!

I’m sitting in a house in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg having just heard President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address to the South African Parliament and obviously, the rest of the country on TV. The main agenda was solutions to the electricity crisis in South Africa. And I can’t quite believe what I’ve […]

Why NEOM Should Calm You, Not Just Excite You

The dazzling imagery of a ‘one building’ city called The Line. The awesome vision of a massive manufacturing and logistics hub floating on water. And the jaw-dropping moment when Trojena was awarded the Winter Olympics. These are the elements that are capturing the world’s attention about the NEOM project in KSA. And in many ways, […]

Women in Telecom: UAE Shifting the Gender Tide

In the past decade, women’s engagement in various sectors increased through entrepreneurship or leading any position in companies and businesses. In a male-dominated society, the female presence encourages the role women can play in reshaping the fundamental structure of any sector. With the global technological drive, that role is also accentuated in the tech industry. […]

Noel Moukheiber: A Leadership Promoting Innovation

Payment gateways have become the backbones of the incipient cashless economy, playing an indispensable role in connecting the financial world with consumers. Yet to guarantee the success of such a central division in the economic sphere, having a distinctive sense of leadership is crucial. Noel Moukheiber’s leadership skills are the fuel driving his team’s transformation […]