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Articles by Rawia Abdel Samad
Tomorrow’s Data Heroes
By 2025, Alex had had enough. There no longer seemed to be any distinction between her analog and digital lives. Everywhere she went, every purchase she completed, and just about every move she made, from exercising at the gym to idly surfing the Web, triggered a vast flow of data. That in turn meant she was bombarded with personalized advertising messages, targeted more and more eerily to her. As she walked down the street, messages appeared on her phone about the stores she was passing.
Tomorrow’s data heroes
By 2025, Alex had had enough. There no longer seemed to be any distinction between her analog and digital lives. Everywhere she went, every purchase she completed, and just about every move she made, from exercising at the gym to idly surfing the Web, triggered a vast flow of data. That in turn meant she was bombarded with personalized advertising messages, targeted more and more eerily to her. As she walked down the street, messages appeared on her phone about the stores she was passing.
Cutting costs and improving performance with digitisation
In response to the fiscal crunch caused by low oil prices, GCC governments have initiated budget cuts either across the board or more narrowly within areas that offer the largest and most immediate savings. While necessary, reduced spending can hold back economic and social development if it is approached without financial planning and sound management.
Drilling for New Sources of Growth
For the past few decades, economic diversification has been high on the agenda of all the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Even before oil prices dropped in mid-2014, their leaders recognized that their economies relied too heavily on the oil and gas industry.
Why Are 4 Billion People without the Internet?
One of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in developing countries is to extend the reach of the Internet. Over the last 20 years, the online world has created millions of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. Entire new sectors have emerged, such as e-commerce, social media, and data analytics. In developing countries, the Internet is even more powerful than it is elsewhere.
Why Are 4 Billion People without the Internet?
One of the most effective ways to reduce poverty in developing countries is to extend the reach of the Internet. Over the last 20 years, the online world has created millions of jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity. Entire new sectors have emerged, such as e-commerce, social media, and data analytics. In developing countries, the Internet is even more powerful than it is elsewhere.
Time is right for GCC states to set up universal internet access
In the space of the last 20 years internet penetration has increased from 1 per cent of the world’s population to about 40 per cent today. In the Middle East alone, more than half of the population now has online access, with the figure in the GCC at 75 per cent. This impressive expansion of internet use and its ability to create jobs and stimulate economic growth is particularly important for the GCC, which is seeking sustainable growth despite low oil prices.
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