Aquitude has partnered with ThinkSmart Bahrain to develop the Bahrain Ecommerce Academy. The program was recently announced by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism as a first for the region – to equip entrepreneurs and traditional businesses with the skills to compete in a global, digital economy powered by digital business models. Local businesses will be able Read more…
Recently, I wrote about my local supermarkets using WhatsApp for Conversational Commerce. What I failed to realise, is that WhatsApp is actually a ‘Headless’ solution for Ecommerce. OK… stick with me. Everything in digital goes in cycles, but each time things come around again they are given different names so that they appear to be new ideas. Read more…
At Meet Magento Dubai recently, I moderated a panel about Digital Platforms and their impact on transformation, especially in emerging markets. It struck me that despite the work of some very gifted product people around the world, innovation often comes from the most unlikely sources. Someone said, (It might have been Tom Peters or Peter Drucker) that: Read more…
In Dubai last week I met a data scientist. There is nothing remarkable about that fact, however this data scientist works for a PR firm. PR is one of those industries that varies wildly and is struggling with the disruption to media by digital technology. While some cling to the intangible value of print column inches, others Read more…
Magento is a well known eCommerce platform that has been through a lot of change recently. Once a truly open-source offer, with a strong community element, the commerce solution has been owned by Ebay, private equity and now Adobe. Despite the changes in ownership, the community element of Magento remains, and one of the quirks of that Read more…
It’s that time of year again. The Cards and Payments Show, Ecommerce Show, Retail Show, Fintech show and whatever other show that can be bolted on, is once again being promoted as Seamless. Held over two days at the Dubai World Trade Center, Seamless is one of the only opportunities in the region for buyers and sellers Read more…
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