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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Should Google and Facebook users be paid for their data?
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
"Last year, between Apple, Tencent and Google, their combined revenue in one year was hundreds of billions of dollars. But who got paid?"
Jennifer Zhu Scott, executive chairman of The Commons Project and a leading voice on technology and artificial intelligence, joins Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner to discuss her idea that Internet users be paid for the data they share with companies who are profiting from consumer insights.
In this episode:
Jennifer Zhu Scott, executive chairman of The Commons Project and a leading voice on technology and artificial intelligence, joins Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner to discuss her idea that Internet users be paid for the data they share with companies who are profiting from consumer insights.
In this episode:
Overview of US Dept of Justice case against Google (0m 38s)
Why users should get paid for their data (5m 08s)
What is The Commons Project? (9m 34s)
How to fix a 'broken' Internet (11m 45s)
How a data commodity market might work (16m 08s)
Headlines (19m 34s)
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Mubadala’s Ibrahim Ajami on venture investment strategy in 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Ibrahim Ajami joins Kelsey Warner this week to talk about Mubadala's technology investment strategy in a year unlike any other. The head of ventures at Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment fund is looking at 25-year time horizons, longer than the typical private equity investor, and looking for ways to build bridges between Abu Dhabi and tech hubs around the world.
In this episode:
Mubadala and Silver Lake (0m 44s)
The 25-year Investment Strategy (6m 50s)
How was 2020 significant to Mubadala? (9m 00s)
Will the lessons we learnt from the pandemic stick? (14m 10s)
The UAE-Israel $3 billion Abraham Fund (16m 03s)
The Ajami Foundation for Beirut (17m 14s)
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• Mubadala to invest $2bn in new technology partnership with Silver Lake
In this episode:
Mubadala and Silver Lake (0m 44s)
The 25-year Investment Strategy (6m 50s)
How was 2020 significant to Mubadala? (9m 00s)
Will the lessons we learnt from the pandemic stick? (14m 10s)
The UAE-Israel $3 billion Abraham Fund (16m 03s)
The Ajami Foundation for Beirut (17m 14s)
Read more on our website:
• Mubadala to invest $2bn in new technology partnership with Silver Lake
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
The Russian vaccine trial comes to the UAE
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
In the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, there has been unprecedented international cooperation, with the UAE a most recent example - jumping in to join the phase III trials of Russia's coronavirus vaccine, Sputnik V.
News editor Rory Reynolds, who has been overseeing The National's pandemic coverage, joins the podcast to discuss the role of a vaccine in economic recovery and the companies, investors and citizens who stand to gain and lose.
In this episode:
UAE is hosting the Russian vaccine trials (0m50s)
Why the UAE is ideal for vaccine trials (2m46s)
Is the vaccine a golden bullet? (5m)
When will we have a vaccine and who will get it? (7m50s)
The opposition to the vaccine (10m16s)
Global collaboration (11m35s)
Headlines (15m31s)
In this episode:
UAE is hosting the Russian vaccine trials (0m50s)
Why the UAE is ideal for vaccine trials (2m46s)
Is the vaccine a golden bullet? (5m)
When will we have a vaccine and who will get it? (7m50s)
The opposition to the vaccine (10m16s)
Global collaboration (11m35s)
Headlines (15m31s)
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Cigna takes the pulse on a global mental health crisis
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
The pandemic is increasing demand for mental health services with uncertainty, isolation and loss of income triggering mental health conditions or exacerbating existing ones, the World Health Organisation said this week. “Covid-19 has interrupted essential mental health services around the world just when they’re needed most,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general.
Paying close attention to this secondary crisis taking shape is Jerome Droesch, CEO of Cigna MEA. He joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner this week to discuss the findings of an ongoing survey by the insurer on stress, burnout and how employers can cope.
In this episode:
The mental health crisis during Covid-19 (0m 34s)
The Cigna survey on mental health (1m 48s)
Lockdown madness (5m 26s)
Burnout and over-working (7m 06s)
Can Telehealth bridge the gap? (9m 59s)
How can SMEs keep up (12m 05s)
Cigna's balancing act (16m 12s)
Headlines (19m 08s)
Read more on our website:
• Anxiety and depression on rise even in countries with low Covid-19 rates
Paying close attention to this secondary crisis taking shape is Jerome Droesch, CEO of Cigna MEA. He joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner this week to discuss the findings of an ongoing survey by the insurer on stress, burnout and how employers can cope.
In this episode:
The mental health crisis during Covid-19 (0m 34s)
The Cigna survey on mental health (1m 48s)
Lockdown madness (5m 26s)
Burnout and over-working (7m 06s)
Can Telehealth bridge the gap? (9m 59s)
How can SMEs keep up (12m 05s)
Cigna's balancing act (16m 12s)
Headlines (19m 08s)
Read more on our website:
• Anxiety and depression on rise even in countries with low Covid-19 rates
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