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In MENA, however, many companies have balked at the idea of flex work, fearing that employees cannot be trusted to work remotely. But many firms are making the switch

A robust domestic bond market can serve investors across varying market segments, investment objectives and risk profiles

So-called "black-box AI" can lead to bad decisions, with little post-mortem capability that would allow stakeholders to determine points of failure. To generate trust in such systems, we must expose the path between data and actionable information or indeed action itself, as is the case in fully automated architectures

Given the trajectory of tax trends around the Middle East, we fully expect that e-invoicing and other automation mandates will be part of the standard across the rest of the GCC in the near future

There are lessons for nations and businesses to be learned from the United Arab Emirates' and Israel's response to COVID-19 pandemic

Strategy is most critical reference point for decision making so it needs to be crystallized, documented and shared

As always with investments, it's about the articulation between a level and a time horizon

A fully digital payments landscape cannot be cemented without first addressing the proportion of people who are either hesitant, or simply unable to transact online

The journey to digitisation still presents a host of challenges for more entrenched, established industries

A monthly fixed investment plan is certainly not rocket science, but it is definitely worth considering