CIO

JANUARY 6, 2025

AI and Machine Learning will drive innovation across the government, healthcare, and banking/financial services sectors, strongly focusing on generative AI and ethical regulation. These trends underscore the Middle Easts ambition to become a global technology hub through strategic investments, innovation, and partnerships.

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Banks are striving for digital innovation but regulatory constraints, data security and privacy concerns, integration challenges, and the high costs of enabling change prevent 70% from achieving their transformation goals. Overall, the banks digital channel perception CSAT improved from 63% in 2022 to 80% in 2024.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CDO’s mandate extends beyond mere technology implementation; it encompasses the development of comprehensive digital strategies and the cultivation of a culture that embraces continuous innovation. This includes fostering a culture that values innovation and agility.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As businesses across the UAE embark on their digital journeys, AI has emerged as a key enabler, streamlining operations, enhancing decision-making, and fostering innovation. Andrew’s perspective highlighted the growing recognition within organizations that AI is not just a buzzword but a crucial driver of operational success and innovation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

By eliminating time-consuming tasks such as data entry, document processing, and report generation, AI allows teams to focus on higher-value, strategic initiatives that fuel innovation. Ensuring these elements are at the forefront of your data strategy is essential to harnessing AI’s power responsibly and sustainably.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. Then there is the rise of sustainability. Refining the balancing act of innovation and risk.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

How has banking evolved during the rapid digitisation of recent years? Banks are no longer the key players in the market, with fintech companies, digital-first start-ups, and tech giants delivering their own brand of financial services. Then there is the rise of sustainability. Refining the balancing act of innovation and risk.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor , an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Capital is the fuel that advances scientific and technological innovation, and it means a life science startup can create products that benefit the world at large. However, science is hard, and cash in the bank does not overcome the complexities of human biology. But what happens when the funding suddenly dries up?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Munch-based climate tech startup Tanso , which sells software to help industrial manufacturers carry out sustainability reporting and carbon accounting, has banked €6.5 it took in last month via an EU innovation grant under the bloc’s EIC Accelerator program. . million in early stage growth funding. Tanso nabs $1.9M

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Norway is a leader in sustainability. Its use of renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and recycling is common in homes and businesses throughout the country, as well as the neighboring Nordic region, making Norway a role model of environmental stewardship. Promote sustainable business practices to help the planet.

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CIO

MARCH 7, 2024

Social sustainability is good for business. It can help to unlock new markets, attract and retain customers, build trust and credibility, and spark innovation. The United Nations defines social sustainability as, “Identifying and managing business impacts, both positive and negative, on people.” million on average.

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Crunchbase News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

True AI-powered innovation such as adaptive financial modeling or real-time fraud prevention remains limited. Greenwashing is equally loud There’s a push for sustainability in fintech yet, many firms promote green products without any genuine impact fundamentals. Illustration: Dom Guzman

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t. The theory is that it will make investment in sustainable infrastructure a more attractive proposition, too.

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CIO

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. The report explores high-priority topics like the effect of GenAI on the workforce and organisational culture, as well as challenges relating to ethics, safety and sustainability.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Despite these opportunities, Tencent Cloud faces challenges from competitors, requiring a careful balancing act between innovation and market adaptability. Tencent Cloud’s deployment of palm verification for secure identity authentication, particularly in collaboration with Telkomsel in Indonesia, underscores its ability to innovate.

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Xebia

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In a related session, Ricardo Angel Granados López (Xebia) and Akhil Nambiar from ING discussed how data is driving sustainable ESG initiatives , offering a strategic blueprint for organizations looking to align business objectives with environmental goals. You can check it out here. More details can be found here.

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Respondents represent 12 industries, among them banking, investment and insurance, manufacturing, automotive, retail, healthcare and the public sector. The report explores high-priority topics like the effect of GenAI on the workforce and organisational culture, as well as challenges relating to ethics, safety and sustainability.

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Generative AI Research Technical Review Automotive 113

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2018

When leaders from 193 countries created a plan labeled the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, it was the beginning of a new era of hope and possibilities. The ambitious goals promised equitable, sustainable growth for today’s and tomorrow’s generations by 2030. The need to innovate in the energy sector grows stronger.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

He considers proptech still in its infancy with much of the innovation coming from home buying, selling and maintenance rather than accounting. Rojas said he saw the opportunity to not only scale aggressively on the revenue side, but also build a lasting business that was sustainable.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Like many legacy markets poised for change, the insurance industry has already seen its first wave of innovation. Similar in many ways to the initial novelty of opening a bank account online, insurtech 1.0 Refocusing on underwriting innovation starts with refocusing your business.

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2022

Becoming a sustainable enterprise is no longer a “nice to have” priority – reducing a company’s carbon footprint and fighting climate change is now mainstream. A sustainable model is built on an entrepreneurial approach to collaboration and building together, while making sure that the impact on the ecosystem is reduced steadily. “A

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2025

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game.

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CIO

MAY 15, 2023

Retail, entertainment, music, and banking have largely moved online. Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores. They recognize that innovative use of technology is enabling new business models with competition-crushing advantages built right in.

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CIO

JULY 2, 2024

CIOs face the daunting challenge of driving innovation while managing costs and ensuring practical implementation in a rapidly advancing digital landscape. This article presents essential strategies for CIOs to strike the optimal balance among innovation, value, cost, and practicality in tech investments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Our Mesh-Grids leverage IoT and automation to make last-mile electrification affordable and sustainable — even for the most remote villages on the planet. Our innovation has spurred global demand from utility companies.”. “It feels great to lock in this funding so that we can accelerate our growth,” Hannan says in a release.

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Energy Marketing Hardware Sustainability 239

CIO

JUNE 20, 2024

The company’s innovative “cloud agnostic” strategy, supported by VMware’s increased capabilities post-acquisition, will promote growth for the clients, no matter if their workloads are on-premise or in a public cloud environment. The IBM and VMware relationship goes back two decades and includes our jointly funded innovation lab.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

In the years leading up to 2018, I have spent my time bringing innovation to the financial services space. As such it is all about innovation. And now, from a distance, my optimism regarding the sector’s ability to innovate and capture opportunities has not changed. Let’s study a bit about Innovation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The contribution of these enterprises is pivotal to the country’s economy yet they remain underserved by traditional banking institutions making it hard for them to access the financing needed to grow. It will also extend loans to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) based on data from its Leja app. “We

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

” Similarly, Ahmad said that for restaurants, paying substantial third-party ordering fees on all of their orders is “not a sustainable long-term strategy.” The idea of an automated voice assistant may bring back unpleasant memories of trying to call your bank or another Byzantine customer service department.

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CIO

MAY 16, 2023

The industries these decision-makers represented include insurance, banking, healthcare and life sciences, government, entertainment, and energy in the U.S. The listening centered on conversations about emerging technologies and use cases associated with innovation, such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, robotics, Web 3.0,

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Ranging from the rapid adoption of sustainable technologies to the welcoming of a new local creator economy, we detail the surprising changes the pandemic has brought to consumer preferences, workplace dynamics, business models and the geopolitical influence on the fast-changing tech sector.

Insurance 225

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CIO

JANUARY 15, 2025

The foreign direct investment (FDI) sector financed $30 billion in sustainability projects, often referred to as global greenfield megaprojects, according to the UNs latest World Investment Report. Government investment leads to growth of Africas digital economy AU efforts lead to World Bank investment. For instance, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

There are at least eight companies across the globe using mycelium to make leather, per the 2021 Material Innovation Initiative report. These mycelium-based materials innovators have attracted investors to ramp up mushroom- and plant-derived leather. Mycel isn’t the only company using mycelium to make leather. billion by 2026.

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Fashion Banking Sustainability Innovation 223

TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Cathay AfricInvest Innovation, FMO: Entrepreneurial Development Bank and Platform Investment Partners also participated. This type of tech innovation addresses societal challenges and is exactly the type of early-stage company that Naspers Foundry looks to back.” million, according to Aerobotics.

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Artificial Inteligence Artificial Intelligence Industry Sustainability 275

TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

“As market trends remain relatively dynamic, qualitative data shows the appetite for innovation among workforces is strong,” the Deloitte co-authors wrote. Venture-growth work software deals remained steady, barely dipping from $35.4 million in 2021 to $35 million in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Slowed investments have been compounded by continued economic woes and the recent bank collapses have further shaken confidence. What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments? What role have the pandemic, slowing economy and recent bank crisis had on your investments?

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