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Matt Nash
Matt was Executive's Economics & Policy Editor and Real Estate Editor from May 2014 to November 2017. He began reporting in Lebanon in April 2007, and his coverage focused on oil and gas, public policy and human rights.
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Thank you for this insightful analysis Matt!
Magnitt is doing a nice job in “tweetable” research: Numbers + nice design for mass consumption.
This has its benefits and disadvantages, e.g. this style is becoming popular (as rightly pointed out) and considers the short attention span in times of information overflow. One disadvantage is the fact that their data is flawed, because it relies on their own database which is strong on early stage and Dubai-based companies.
Kindly note there are reports by both ArabNet (http://intelligence.arabnet.me ) & Wamda (https://www.wamda.com/research ) that strike a fair balance between graphs and text. They also come with a proper Methodology section and Executive Summary. They include reports on investment and ecosystem growth, but lack global benchmarks and a more critical / realistic assessment of societal and political factors that keep the ecosystem behind its peers in Southeast Asia and India. Still, aside from the fact that ArabNet & Wamda have a poor media/ PR strategy, to my knowledge their reports are the best available to date.
Best,
Y. K.
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