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February 01, 2023
The West burns copies of the Holy Qur’an...why?
By Talal Bayaa, CEO and Co-Founder of BayzatIf WEF chief Professor Klaus Schwab is to believe, dramatic change is happening at exponential speed. “We are at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another,” he writes in his new book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution.Businesses around the world are indeed undergoing a transformation as they increasingly relate to a global ecosystem based on a web of core tech trends including AI/machine learning, edge computing & analytics, hyperscalers, workplace automation, and workforce technology. These are the trends which would continue dominating headlines in 2023.Digital TransformationThe big thing that is happening globally is digital transformation. In a business space, digital shift...
January 30, 2023
Bayzat digital platforms will electrify workplace in 2023
December 12, 2022
More than an agreement
Today, India commences its G20 Presidency.The previous 17 Presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results - for ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden on countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these achievements, and build further upon them.However, as India assumes this important mantle, I ask myself - can the G20 go further still? Can we catalyse a fundamental mindset shift, to benefit humanity as a whole? I believe we can.Our mindsets are shaped by our circumstances. Through all of history, humanity lived in scarcity. We fought for limited resources, because our survival depended on denying them to others. Confrontation and competition - between ideas, ideologies and identities - became the...
December 02, 2022
Humanity’s challenges can be solved by acting together
October 26, 2022
A Saudi-phobic West
October 14, 2022
America and the policy of intimidation
Inflation continues to remain on top of the list of issues of global concern over the past 13 months. In fact, the level of concern about it increased during this year, featuring a significant jump. Inflation was followed in order by other issues of concern: poverty and social injustice, unemployment, crime and violence, financial and political corruption, health care, and taxes.The monthly survey, titled ‘What Worries the World,’ released by Ipsos International, explores what the public thinks are the most important social and political issues across 28 countries in various continents of the world, including Saudi Arabia.The survey showed that two out of three people believe that the economic situation is bad in their countries and that their countries are going in the wrong...
September 18, 2022
Inflation worries
September 05, 2022
Why does the West embrace Iran?
August 14, 2022
Fintech in GCC
One year ago, the world media asked if another “roaring twenties” were upon us — a post-pandemic period of prosperity.I think we may have a different point of view about this now.Halfway through the year and the international headlines are telling a much different story.But let’s be optimistic, shall we?In these times of growing global uncertainty, volatility and divisions, one common denominator that can bring us all together is healthcare.The pandemic, while tough, has shown us the way. I don’t remember a single another occasion in my lifetime when the world collectively faced the same crisis irrespective of nation or background, whether young or old, rich or poor.Whether a world leader, a billionaire or a rice farmer, the rules were the same.It has succeeded in bringing us...
August 03, 2022
Healthcare Diplomacy: Diverse voices should tackle problems that transcend borders and politics
