Hisham Ezz Al-Arab is CEO of Commercial International Bank (CIB), Egypt’s largest privatesector bank. He discusses Egypt’s efforts to boost private-sector investment and how CIB helps clients navigate a changing global economy. Global Finance: How has the private sector’s role in Egypt’s economy changed in recent years, and where is the greatest untapped potential? Hisham Ezz…
Right now AI disruption in the media often feels like a game of Whack-a-Mole. Organisations, or individuals within them, respond when a challenge or a new tool pops up. I analysed 725 cases of AI adoption by media outlets in 80 countries in recent years and discovered that most of them attempt to automate single…
Businesses throughout their growth cycle confront a vital decision concerning how to raise capital, through either the use of debt or equity. Both debt and equity have distinct pros and cons and long-term consequences for a business. It is crucial for founders, investors, and decision-makers who are trying to navigate current financial markets to understand…
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, big news broke just after yesterday’s newsletter went out: The US and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, averting President Donald…
Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still win,…
Still modest in size, the regional private credit market is growing fast, boosted by sovereign capital and regional and global direct lenders. Private credit—nonbank lending to business—is a long-established practice in the US and Europe. Globally, the market has exploded from approximately $300 million in 2010 to a projected $2.8 trillion by 2028. In the…
When dmg media set up its Innovation Hub in early 2025, its founding team of four set out to create proof-of-concept products in a sandbox environment to explore potential AI use cases. Their work produced valuable insights into working with AI, and eventually the team wanted to start scaling up some of these experiments and…
Meta: Build an AI chat app from prompt to production with Hope AI architecture and BitCloud’s testing, versioning and reusable components. When you build software with AI, you need a clear path from a prompt to an application that can grow, adapt and support real work. Many AI builders focus on fast code generation, but…
After five weeks of muddled messaging, President Donald Trump finally addressed the nation on Wednesday night to make the case for his war on Iran. That message was…still muddled. He did not articulate a clear exit plan from the conflict, fobbed the Strait of Hormuz problem off on other countries, and denied that regime change…
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, the EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities, and the climate-related provisions of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive together represent the most comprehensive attempt yet made to embed environmental considerations into the architecture of financial markets. For asset managers, institutional investors, and corporate finance teams, these regulations have introduced obligations that are…