Deloitte has released a study that details how warming of temperatures across the world could generate an economic boost to some 70 countries in the coming decades.
According to the World InsurTech Report 2020 from Capgemini and Efma, following similar developments in the banking sector, insurance companies are facing the heat of small, agile rivals (InsurTechs) and non-traditional players such as BigTechs.
Merger & acquisition (M&A) activity in the Middle East fell significantly over the first half of 2020, although some signs of promise emerged towards the end of the period. This is according to a new report by Baker McKenzie.
The ‘Pulse of Fintech’ by KPMG examined several investment channels into the global Fintech landscape, spanning venture capital (VC), private equity and merger & acquisition (M&A) deal activity among others. The goal was to see how FinTech investments have fared since the start of this year.
The development of enhanced primary care is a multi-organisational and interprofessional endeavour that requires a diverse workforce, enthusiastically engaged around a shared vision of transforming the way health and care are delivered, as well as keeping the person at the center of care delivery, according to KPMG’s directors.
Mambu, a provider of core banking software, has signed a strategic alliance with Dutch consulting firm IG&H, covering the Benelux region. Together the two firms will help financial services institutions with advancing their digital transformation agenda’s.
Czech advisory firm GuideVision has been acquired by global IT services firm Infosys for a reported €30 million. GuideVision will join Infy Consulting – an advisory subsidiary of Infosys.
In its fourth acquisition in the past three years, BearingPoint has acquired Steerio, a French start-up that helps companies improve how their teams collaborate.
Riyadh-based digital consultancy Proven Consult has inked a partnership with Lithuanian augmented reality (AR) specialists VSight, in a deal that will bring advanced AR solutions to workplaces across the Middle East.
Consumers in Europe remain weary of activities that involve close proximity with others, with most expecting at least 18 months to pass before life goes back to normal. This is according to a new Bain & Company study.
McKinsey’s Generation has launched a pilot online learning programme across Kenya to make up for the disruption being caused to education across the country from Covid-19. The organisation reports a number of success stories.
While efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 have been commendable across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), more action needs to be taken to ensure that the economy can survive the crisis and rebuild in the aftermath. This is according to partner at Mazars Bongiwe Mbunge.
Global payments revenue in the first six months of 2020 contracted 22 per cent, or $220 billion, from a year ago due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company.
As organisations emerge out of the Covid-19 pandemic, a set of permanent changes to consumer behaviour, ways of working and doing business in general are expected to unfold – also known as the ‘new normal’. But according to Bain & Company partners Tom De Waele and Hernan Saenz, this new normal being talked about it a myth.
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While it is still early to estimate the damage of COVID-19 on economies, economists’ early estimates suggest a big negative short-term impact for countries. It is, without a doubt, the lockdown measures implemented by many countries had put global economies in the disruption.
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