Special Report

There are two major trends taking place in end-user devices today. “Mobility is the visible part. We all see people are moving more towards more towards laptops, PDAs, and other …

ICT is not just creating better solutions for the upper echelon of the income spectrum. It is also finding itself as an unlikely solution for a class normally left out …

Dubai Internet City (DIC), which clusters companies from many industries and targets emerging markets throughout the Middle East, India, Africa and the CIS countries, is the benchmark in technology free …

The Middle East and Africa will be one of the world’s leading regions for technology investment in 2008 after China and India, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), a …

In today’s world, the information communication and technology (ICT) sector is a driving force of change. ICT has a profound an impact on economic growth and social networking in the …

Low insurance penetration rates, growing economies, and privatization in the financial services sector have continued to attract international insurance firms, particularly those from Europe, in developing North Africa’s domestic insurance …

The concept of business process outsourcing (BPO) emerged at the end of the 20th century. Tasks viewed as difficult or time consuming, and where companies had no real competency, were …

Bancassurance is a sector that has been growing steadily in Lebanon in the last few years. After all, the country is known for its thriving banking sector. The consolidation of …

Lebanon is one of the region’s insurance pioneers with 53 registered insurance companies.  Yet Libano-Suisse General Manager Lucien Letayf believes that penetration levels in Lebanon fall short, with a yearly …

Compared to the global insurance industry market, the MENA industry is characterized by a severe under-penetration. The demographics of the region are partly responsible for this, as the region’s majority …