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QuickBit in the news

QuickBit is mentioned in an article about fintech in the Swedish business magazine Affärsvärlden today. Here below is a link to the article (in Swedish):

Affärsvärlden – Nästa våg inom fintech är här

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Urban Europe - Statistics on cities and towns

Urban Europe – Statistics on cities and towns

Eurostat has published a report which provides detailed information for the urban landscape of Europe. and paints a picture of urban developments and urban life in the EU Member States, as well as European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and candidate countries. Statistics is an important tool for analysing changing patterns of urban development and the impact that policy decisions have on life in…

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Turkey to Join the Great Trans-Europe Walk

Hiking on the Via Francigena Way (photo: Kate Clow) Recent months have been difficult for Turkey How has the country brand been affected? Turkey is still reeling from damage suffered after a string of unfortunate incidents. Since summer 2015 there has been growing unrest in Turkey’s east, combined with increasing security concerns and an unfolding diplomatic crisis with Russia. These events have…

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As Time Goes By in Casablanca Recently, Jorgen Eriksson from Bearing was interviewed by the Middle East Eye about the place brand of Casablanca. The article is available on this link.

#Casablanca

The Bearing Wave in Kenya This blog, The Bearing Wave has been around since 2009 and has reached a sizeable regular readership.

If the World Were 100 People The population of the world as I write this, at CET 8 PM on Tuesday March 29th, 2016, is estimated to be 7,411,904,385 people.

An Uber Innovation Experience in Egypt

Taxi in Egypt This week I have been working in Egypt. Taxi drivers here are notoriously know for ripping off customers, which I thoroughly have experienced. On the first day of my stay, I took three taxi rides in Cairo. On the first ride, the taxi driver said he knew the destination. Then he set off across the Nile for 30 minutes in 180 degree the wrong direction. While we were arguing and he…

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#Careem #Digital disruption #Uber

Economic Assessment of Al Alamein New City in Egypt

Earlier today, on the grounds of employing the principles, strategies, tools developed in UN-Habitat’s Strategic Plan 2014 -2019, the Achieving Sustainable Urban Development project (ASUD) – one of UN-HABITAT Egypt’s projects- run a joint meeting between UN-Habitat staff supported by UN-Habitat Urban Economy and Finance Branch, the Egyptian national counterpart General Organization for Physical…

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#Al-Alamein #Egypt

The Explosion of Globalisation

Conventional wisdom says that globalisation has stalled. Measured by trade statistics, the flows of goods and money to pay for goods are slowing down and even reversing. But although the global goods trade has flattened and cross-border capital flows have declined sharply since 2008, globalisation is not heading into reverse. Instead, it is entering a new phase defined by soaring flows of data…

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#Digital disruption #fintech

The Global Economy since 1980 in 20 seconds Many of my friends were born around 1980. It was the same year I entered high school and also the same year I travelled around in Europe for the first time, the brave teenager I was.

The State of the Financial Industry in 2016

At present, in February 2016, financial markets the world over are increasingly chaotic. They are either retreating or plunging. The view of many observers is that there is a new gigantic market crash in the not too far future, one that has possibly started now. The main reason for expecting a market crash is simple: Historically, bubbles always burst. Bubbles arise when asset prices inflate…

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Brand Canada – A New Path Canada has been engulfed by a whirl of publicity over the last few months as its Liberal party swept the boards in the national elections.

#Canada

Civilisations Retrograde There are just a few menacing yet fascinating places left on Earth. These places are usually active conflict zones or rugged areas where rebel groups lurk, nations with unfriendly governments, or otherwise unstable locations where battle has recently ended.

World Economic Forum 2016 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution The World Economic Forum this year, seems to have been very much about the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Babel fish is Becoming Reality

In Douglas Adams iconic science fiction saga from the 1970s, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, one of the alien species is the Babel fish. To quote the book, “The Babel fish is small, yellow, leech-like, and probably the oddest thing in the universe. It feeds on brain wave energy, absorbing all unconscious frequencies and then excreting telepathically a matrix formed from the conscious…

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Kenyas Mega Projects Today CNN highlight Kenya´s mega projects in a visual presentation which is worth a look. Kenya is already an infrastructure powerhouse of East Africa, but it is just the start of development.

#CNN #Kenya #Nairobi

Kenyas Mega Projects Today CNN highlight Kenya´s mega projects in a visual presentation which is worth a look. Kenya is already an infrastructure powerhouse of East Africa, but it is just the start of development.

#CNN #Kenya #Nairobi

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