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Top tech trends powering the Middle East’s digital evolution by 2025

CIO

In the energy and utilities sector, sustainability goals, such as Saudi Arabias Vision 2030 and UAEs Net Zero 2050, will drive investment in smart grids, renewable energy, and AI-driven energy efficiency solutions. Retail and E-commerce: AI will enable hyper-personalized shopping experiences, inventory management, and demand forecasting.

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Crypto asset management platform Cobo bags $40M Series B

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Amid the growing interest for cryptocurrencies among Asian investors, institutional investors and retail investors are seeking diversification options to hedge against inflation and other risks, the company said in its statement. Its retail investor clients use Cobo Wallet. Binance Labs leads $1.6M

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Daily Crunch: Falling short of analysts’ estimates, Warner Bros. Discovery posts $2.1B net loss for Q4 2022

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Moar chains : Jacquelyn explores how Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain may help expand scaling on Ethereum. Come together, right now…over e-commerce : Amazon joined an India-backed e-commerce initiative that interestingly enough was challenging the retail giant’s seeming monopoly in the market, Manish writes. You can sign up here.

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Lablaco seeks to help usher in the new era of web3 digitized retail

TechCrunch

The future of digital retail has arrived in Paris, naturally. Today, SPIN by lablaco, launched its first digitized retail experience called Web3 Fashion: The Origin Story at the famed Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées. Or in other words, no one wants to be the person listed on the blockchain who threw their turtleneck into the bin.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO

In online learning, adaptive content personalizes education to individual needs, while in thoughtful, intelligent retail, automated shelves use real-time data to monitor stock levels, creating a seamless shopping experience. For instance, tools such as Net Promoter Scores (NPS) can assess how IT initiatives improve the customer experience.

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YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria

TechCrunch

Quick thoughts : Innovation in Africa’s B2B e-commerce and retail space has been around the digitization of processes and BNPL services, but not much around cash overdependence and fraud. Founders : Among them is Yele Oyekola, the chief executive, who worked at Carbon and was an economic policy officer at the UN.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

TechCrunch

Now fintech startups compete to offer the most appealing feature mix to net a target youth demographic. ” Cupi has a background in blockchain and the circular economy — which has included, back in 2018, selling a denim upcycling business to Levi’s Albania. “Our goal is to make this available externally as well.