Yes, this is last week’s round up posted this week, although it was drafted and ready to post last week, my hosting provider decided to botch my domain and website. We should be back and running next week 🙌🏻 A weekly round up of the top headlines from the digital…

By Christophe Donay, Head of Asset Allocation & Macro Research at Pictet Wealth Management We are witnessing a remarkable world population regime shift unfolding over the next three decades, which in our view, will be characterised by four trends: 1 — The global trend, with UN projections that will see…

Part 1: Anghami vs Spotify got a lot of rounds + an update was added at the end based on online discussions post-publishing Now for Battle Royale of the season:

Snubbing regional and local innovation is a one of the many curses that emerging market startups deal with atop of the challenges of building in low-penetration-name-all-challenges-markets. But regional startups are not underdogs, and we should be rooting for them because they are good not just because they are local There…

I recently listened to Audible’s Exclusive “The Dark Web” series which highlights what is the dark web (Tor project) the role of crypto-currency in fueling the space (correlation not causation) and the types of activities that have been facilitated through this network. Interesting primer, jaw dropping realities. One particular episode…

Stop trying to explain bitcoins and blockchain to my Grandma/pa Pretty please, just stop. First lets agree on a few basics, the blockchain is not only a means for logging financial transfers of a cryptocoin; some examples of broader uses here. Crypto coins are currency, stock and asset, with their value controlled by demand and supply (free market). …

This post is inspired and in reply to Farhad Manjoo’s “For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned” post NYTimes. I loved the article and agree with most of it, but… In an ideal world where there are multiple relatively credible media outlets governed…

A few weeks ago I was at a startup conference and the inevitable happened: I met a talent-marketplace (hire-a-freelancer) startup that planned to sell their own crypto-coins to be used as tokens on their platforms before launching their product… Me: Why would I buy your coin / token? Founder: To use…

We’ve all been through it, you sign up for a fresh service, for one reason or another you don’t use the service and forget about it. A few month later someone from service’s side gives you a call to check why you have abandoned the service or up-sell features. …