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An overview of news, trends and research in Innovation consulting in the Middle East:

Israel's landscape for self-driving cars and electrical vehicles Over the past years, Israel’s has groomed one of the world’s most bustling automotive ecosystems for corporates, suppliers as well as start-ups.
03 February 2022
Start-Up Nation Central works with Roland Berger on GCC expansion As Israeli-Gulf relations continue to strengthen, Roland Berger has partnered with Israeli tech ecosystem facilitator Start-Up Nation Central to promote business across the region.
24 January 2022
Executives expect new business lines to drive half of future revenues Faced with an ever-increasing world of disruption and shifting customer demand, business leaders around the world are anticipating half of their future revenues will soon come from new areas.
18 January 2022
TCS launches all-women's innovation lab in Saudi Arabia A new innovation lab has been launched in Saudi Arabia at Tata Consultancy Services’ award-winning all-women’s centre, which aims to promote female career development opportunities.
05 January 2022
Dubai’s Klaim bags funding and wins tech innovation competition Dubai-based insurtech platform Klaim has enjoyed a flying start to the post-summer season, roping in $1.
14 September 2021
Investments in Bahraini, Saudi and UAE fintech scene picking up Global professional services firm KPMG has released its mid-year analysis of the deals landscape in the fintech scene. A round-up of the report’s findings for three key Middle East markets.
06 September 2021
5 charts on Middle East's record-breaking startup funding scene Investments into startups in the Middle East is set to break a new record this year, crossing the $2 billion barrier for the first time, with FinTech and FoodTech at the forefront of investor interes
23 August 2021
France Pavilion to showcase purpose-driven innovation at Expo 2020 In the run-up to the Dubai Expo 2020, the ‘France Pavilion’ has commissioned Eurogroup Consulting to compile a 40-page research that showcases how some of France’s top industry players are embracing innovation.
30 July 2021
Harish Gopinath on KPMG’s Tech Innovator competition in Bahrain KPMG has kicked off the 2021 edition of its global Tech Innovator competition, with Bahrain alongside the UAE and Saudi Arabia the MENA countries among the sixteen KPMG member firms hosting the conte
22 July 2021
Rapidly evolving technologies demand digital leadership With digital transformation becoming more complex than ever, digital leadership at all levels and functions is required for success – Mazhar Hussain, KPMG Saudi Arabia’s Head of Digital Science and I
13 July 2021
Disruption placing innovation at the forefront of business success Despite a forward-looking mindset, businesses in the Middle East are taking an incremental approach to innovation rather than a disruptive one.
20 April 2021
KPMG financial services experts on the Middle East's fintech scene Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, funds pumped into FinTech companies globally topped $100 billion for only the third time in history, demonstrating the sector’s growing importance within the wider fina
14 April 2021
Accenture enters partnership with UAE investor Global Ventures Accenture has teamed up with the UAE’s Global Ventures in a strategic partnership aimed at driving further innovation across the Middle East.
14 April 2021
The 25 most noteworthy innovations in UAE's government sector In the largest exercise of its kind to date, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation and Sia Partners teamed up to assess the state of innovation across UAE’s public sector.
16 March 2021
Venture Studios: The new greenfield for scaling start-ups? A majority of startups fail, pushing governments, sectors and companies to seek solutions for a better success rate.
21 January 2021
Eight technology trends that will disrupt the banking industry Technology is rapidly transforming the way how banks operate and how they serve their customers, and becoming a key enabler of competitive edge.
19 November 2020
Kanari wins CX startup challenge of global consulting firm Sia Partners and Business Incubators and Accelerators Company (BIAC) have named Dubai based start-up Kanari CX as the winner of their APIficator challenge.
07 September 2020
Firms co-launch growth proposition for startups and SMEs Three Dubai based professional services firms – Rising Phoenix Consultancy, Campaign Works and LEA Growing People – have joined forces to launch Insight360, a proposition that aims at helping startup
23 June 2020
MENA entrepreneurship on the rise as startup scene matures Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is on the rise on the back of a buzzing startup ecosystem, according to a report by the MIT Enterprise Forum and Roland Berger.
08 June 2020
Complacency and risk aversion blocking innovation in the Middle East Now more than ever organisations need to be innovative, and eliminating the fear of risk and building an innovative culture are crucial to this end.
01 May 2020
Falak Consulting's Unreasonable Thinking returns to Bahrain The Unreasonable Thinking Summit is back this month for its fourth edition in Bahrain, courtesy of hosts Falak Consulting and the Minister of Youth & Sport Affairs.
20 February 2020
GCC states missing from annual Deloitte and KPMG tech lists The Big Four professional services firms Deloitte and KPMG have released their annual tech and fintech benchmarks – with firms from the GCC failing to make an impact.
20 November 2019
Three Middle East companies among top global decision-makers Crowe Global’s Art of Smart analysis of corporate decision-making is back for a second edition, with three Middle East companies making this year’s list.
30 October 2019
IBM expands MENA footprint with two new innovation centres in Egypt IBM has selected Egypt for the launch of two new regional centres; The Cairo Innovation and Industry Client Center and a Marketing Services Centre.
01 July 2019
Raymond Khoury new ADL Middle East Technology & Innovation leader Global management firm Arthur D. Little has appointed Raymond Khoury to lead its Technology & Innovation Management (TIM) practice in the Middle East.
24 May 2019
Construction consultancy Drees & Sommer launches innovation hub in Dubai
18 April 2019
Abdulmajid Karanouh leads Drees & Sommer innovation in Middle East Abdulmajid Karanouh has been appointed as an international director of the Middle East branch of European engineering consultancy Drees & Sommer.
05 February 2019
Sia Partners embarks on USA innovation trip for UAE government client Management consultancy Sia Partners has embarked on an innovation tour of the US on behalf of a UAE government partner, returning with several key takeaways.
31 January 2019
Duval brings in Henrik Bærentsen as head of MENA corporate venturing Boutique business advisory Duval Union Consulting has brought in entrepreneur Henrik Bærentsen to head up its corporate venturing practice in MENA.
25 January 2019
Falak Consulting to host 3rd Unreasonable Thinking Summit in Bahrain The Falak Unreasonable Thinking Summit will back again this year for two days of innovation, disruption and out-of-the-box thinking in Bahrain.
24 January 2019
Dubai International Financial Centre given go ahead for massive expansion The Dubai International Financial Centre has been given the green light on an ambitious expansion plan which will see the region’s leading financial hub triple in size.
15 January 2019
Middle East companies slow to act on AI despite high expectations Businesses in the Middle East have been slow to properly embrace AI according to BCG, despite having high expectations for the technology.
02 January 2019

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