Decentralized Finance (DeFi) aims to recreate the traditional financial system with fewer frictions. It is mainly composed by open source platforms, accessible by anyone and driven mainly by automated computer programs and less and less by centralized entities and humans. What is DeFi? DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, is a decentralized open-source system that allows […]
Contributors to initial essay collection include Sir Ronald Cohen, Yo-Yo Ma, Sir Nicholas Serota, president emerita of Brooklyn Academy of Music Karen Brooks Hopkins, director of digital development at Royal Shakespeare Company Sarah Ellis, and George Gachara, managing partner of East Africa’s creative industries investment facility, HEVA Fund LLP, along with arts and impact investing […]
For the first time the challenge is a global competition, which seeks to identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bloomberg Philanthropies has launched the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, which seeks to identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the […]
In the second Smart Centres Index (SCI 2), New York takes the top spot from London, while Singapore holds third place. The top 10 centres in SCI 2 are all in countries with a high performing university sector across the fields of Engineering & Technology, and Mathematics, each having multiple universities rated in the top […]
Large companies stimulated to spend between £5.8bn and £6.5bn on innovation Increase in patents filed after first year of claim SME claimants on average have ten times revenue size compared to non-claimants Firms using the Patent Box Scheme display a 10% increase in capital investment The R&D tax relief schemes and R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) […]
Khalid Saad a FinTech entrepreneur and advisor that is passionate about starting new ventures and supporting existing ones. Khalid has worked closely over the years with numerous startups and companies on their digital and market entry strategies. Khalid is the new guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube series. Khalid Saad Interview Focus 1. […]
Jose Graca is a serial entrepreneur and an active technologist and expert in business tech and Fintech for 20 years. In this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube series, both host Dinis Guarda and guest Jose Graca go through the challenges of becoming an entrepreneur and to find the right opportunities to get off the ground. […]
· The concept of Industry 4.0, Intelligent Industry or 4th Industrial Revolution involves the digitalization of production processes in industry, either through sensors or through information systems, transforming these processes to make them more efficient. · The concept of Society 5.0 was promoted by the Japanese government in 2015, an idea based on considering society […]
Maomao Hu is a blockchain, fintech and AI entrepreneur and thought leader and the guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube series. Maomao Hu is an experienced fintech operator, with extensive experience building fintech products across different segments of finance. He was first exposed to blockchains at the Capital Markets Company in 2014, where […]
Karl Smith is a polymath, influencer, authority in UX, UI, AI, IoT & Founder Director Human-Centered Design Society. Karl is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a member by invitation of BCS ELITE (Effective Leadership in IT) the CIO & CTO group and European CIO Association. He mainly works as an interim consultant, […]