I was delighted to be able to contribute to Damian Radcliffe‘s Middle East technology predictions feature for ZDNet, rounding up expert predictions for 2020 on 5G and 4G adoption, venture funding, retail tech and artificial intelligence.
I was asked: as the Middle East and North Africa’s spending on AI continues to grow, will the region ever become more than simply a consumer of artificial intelligence?
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The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is seeking more partnerships globally as it endeavours to create a sustainable digital business and a share of global online voice. In the Middle East, it signed a partnershipw with Abu Dhabi Media-owned publication Al-Ittihad.
The Arab News asked for my take on why WSJ is trying to develop such partnerships and I made the point that the paper will be counting on deals like this to help push their own digital platform in front of more new eyeballs globally.
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