close

Back to Knowledge Hub

Investopia 2022

Read article, watch sessions and explore key insights uncovered during Investopia 2022

sessions - Feb 2023 -

Welcome Address

The Welcome Address of the Pre World Government Summit 2022 was delivered by H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy, UAE. The summit will explore the agenda of the next generation of governments, with a focus on harnessing innovation and technology to solve universal challenges
sessions - Feb 2023 -

De- or Re-Globalization? Investing in a Multi-polar World

De- or Re-Globalization? In this session, moderated by Martyn Davies, H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Roberto Hoornweg, and Janet Henry answer questions about investing in a multi-polar world
sessions - Feb 2023 -

From Now to New: The Global Investment Outlook 2025

During a session, H.E. Spirydon-Adonis Georgiadis, H.E. Rebeca Grynspan, Anthony Scaramucci, and Becky Anderson share their insights and expectations on the Global Investment Outlook 2025
sessions - Feb 2023 -

The Long View: Lessons from Investment Leaders

The Long View: Lessons from Investment Leaders,' a session held on the Pre #WorldGovSummit 2022 Larry Fink, CEO, Blackrock H.E. Khaldoon Mubarak, CEO, Mubadala Moderated by John Defterios
sessions - Feb 2023 -

Sustainable Finance Driving Global Transformation

Sustainable Finance Driving Global Transformation' a session held on the Pre #WorldGovSummit 2022 as part of the Investopia Forum
sessions - Feb 2023 -

From Linearity to Circularity: Moving to Sustainability-focused Economic Governance

Sheikh Dr. Majed Al Qassimi, H.E. Laila Abdullatif, Sanjiv Kakkar, host a session about 'From Linearity to Circularity: Moving to Sustainability-Focused Economic Governance'
sessions - Feb 2023 -

The UAE Investment Outlook: 50 Years Ahead

The UAE Investment Outlook: 50 Years Ahead' - A session held at the Pre #WorldGovSummit as part of the 'Investopia Forum,' shedding light on vast opportunities offered by the UAE to global investors
sessions - Feb 2023 -

Emerging Markets: From Frontiers to Frontline?

Finding opportunities for growth in adversity— Explore how emerging markets develop in the wake of consecutive challenges. In a session titled "Emerging Markets: From Frontiers to Frontline?" H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri — Minister of Economy, UAE, H.E. Makhtar Diop — Managing Director at the International Finance Corporation, H.E. Piyush Goyal — Minister of Commerce and Industry, India, and H.E. Dr. Hala El-Said — Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Egypt, discuss the response of emerging markets to recent adversities such as inflation, highlighting the role of developed countries in providing tangible support
sessions - Feb 2023 -

Future 3.5 Dialogue: India

In a session titled "Future 3.5 Dialogue: India," H.E. Piyush Goyal — Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry and Prashant Pitti — Co-Founder of EaseMyTrip discuss India's navigation through recent geopolitical developments and its strategy to reduce volatility through private-public partnerships, digitalization in the financial sector, and the ingraining of the value of sustainability across all spheres
sessions - Feb 2023 -

Inside a Continent Taking Off: Meet the Founders of Top African Ventures

What drives a startup's groundbreaking success? In a session titled "Inside a Continent Taking Off: Meet the Founders of Top African Ventures," H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi — Emirati Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Tosin Eniolorunda — Co-Founder and CEO of Teamapt, Onyekachi Izukanne — CEO of Trade Depot, Peter Njonjo — Founder and CEO of Twiga, and Ahmed Sobhy — Chief Investment Officer at Banque Misr discuss the skillsets that drove top African ventures to success, the achievements that truly distinguished them from other startups, and the challenges they faced as entrepreneurs
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Decrypting the Future of Fintech and Digital Assets

The financial industry is facing new challenges with the rise of ultra-high speed AI trading, blockchain technologies, and unconventional financial services platforms. This is causing blue chip banks to make significant investments in fintech. But what are the most promising technologies that the industry should be aware of? What regulatory shifts do investors need to prepare for? To what extent is the boom in the NFT market and the emergence of the Central Bank Digital Currency sustainable and indicative of long-term asset shifts?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Inside a Continent taking-off: Meet the Founders of top African Ventures

Within the first few months of the last year, four new unicorns emerged in Africa and, on average, it took them less than four years to reach a USD 1b valuation. Overall, the start-up scene of the continent is accelerating and particularly active in the (fin)tech sector. How are the founders and their ventures transforming financial services, online marketplaces and supply chains? What do investors need to know about this vibrant market?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

The Metaverse: The Next Big Thing for Investors?

For many the Metaverse (MV) is more than the future of the internet and gaming: It has the potential to reshape digital goods and services and to become the new backbone of core business and customer applications. Who and what will shape the emergence of the Metaverse? How might you turn the Metaverse into an enterprise platform? What do investors need to consider before investing in what could be the next big thing, or just a new toy?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

De- or Re-Globalization? Investing in a Multi-polar World

Globalization is moving into a new era. While cross-border digital flows are set to grow exponentially, the world is also becoming more multipolar and the engines of growth more diverse. Geopolitical competition is playing an ever-greater role across industries, affecting trade as well as global cooperation on standards and licenses to operate. How might these forces impact investors and markets? Which sectors are most exposed and what signals should investors watch?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Emerging Markets: From Frontiers to Frontline?

With a multi-speed post-COVID recovery underway, what are some of the risks that investors will see in emerging markets? How might the current inflation surge and potential interest rate raises impact financial stability in emerging markets? What new opportunities have emerged from the pandemic in emerging markets?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

The Long View: Lessons from Investment Leaders

A conversation with Larry Fink and H.E. Khaldoon Al Mubarak on the principles that will reshape global investment over the next decade
summaries - Feb 2023 -

UAE Investment Outlook Looks Positive for the Next 50 Years

A young nation that just turned 50, the UAE is emerging from the COVID pandemic more rapidly and more vibrantly than other economies. The government and other stakeholders are committed to supporting a diversified, forward-looking economy and to strengthening its positioning as a global investment and innovation hub. What are the opportunities for businesses and investors? What are the UAE's most vibrant industry sectors and large-scale projects promising financial return? How can the UAE serve as a platform for international investment?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Inside a Region reshaping Fintech: Meet the Founders of top Middle Eastern Ventures

Consumer adoption of fintech has grown rapidly over the past few years and is only expected to further increase as technology and services evolve. Beyond classical financial services, tech start-ups from the MENA region reshape crypto and NFT markets all the way to eCommerce solutions for SMEs. Fintech has gathered a genuine momentum in the region, from $ 80 million in capital in 2017 to an estimated $2 billion this year. This sector has been well established for a while, raising enough capital, the question remains, is there still room for fintech to disrupt further? What can investors learn from some of the most promising (fin)tech ventures from the region? What market developments do they need to apprehend and might be able to bank on?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Investment Opportunities in Sharjah

Sharjah has a supportive business environment, solid connectivity, infrastructure, and an entrepreneurial mindset that presents investors with plentiful growth opportunities. The session focused on the promising investment opportunities in the emerging sectors shaping the emirate’s future development strategy.
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Investing in Half the Sky: Tapping into Women Consumer and Investor Markets

The global demographic shifts underway hold the potential to both rapidly expand the opportunities for investment and returns: From the inclusion of underserved groups across the increasingly young and female purchasing power in emerging markets to more and more women founders and investors. How can investors capitalize on these trends? What challenges and opportunities characterize the careers of women in Finance as well as the track of women entrepreneurs? How can the business sector optimize the chances and capitalize on the potential of women in entrepreneurial or leadership roles?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Abu Dhabi – Your Next Stop for Business Expansion

Abu Dhabi is a proven expansion ground and a gateway to the world’s fastest-growing economies. It has recognizably nurtured a supportive business environment, unparalleled connectivity and infrastructure and an entrepreneurial mindset that presents investors with plentiful growth opportunities. This session showcased the priority sectors and highlight the role they are playing in the growth of Abu Dhabi and communicate the support, incentives and initiatives available to investors within the respective sectors.
summaries - Feb 2023 -

From Agriculture to Agritech

Dietary changes, concerns about food security and novel technologies are reconfiguring agrifood systems. From the use of blockchain for crop inventories, contracts and improved traceability to animal protein alternatives and new farming techniques, opportunities are opening up in new products and markets. What are the most promising technologies and viable investment opportunities in the sector?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

From Healthcare to Healthtech

AI is already accelerating science and health solutions, predicting protein folds critical to programming DNA and speeding up medical imagery analysis to detect disease. Health systems are ripe for a rethink driven by digitalization, new tools, and new disease prevention and treatment approaches. What are the most promising technologies and viable investment opportunities in the sector?
summaries - Feb 2023 -

From Linearity to Circularity: Moving to Sustainability-focused Economic Governance

The application of the circular economy entails diverse opportunities and significant positive variables that can be reflected in the development of the business environment, attracting foreign direct investment, new technology, and generating economic prospects, in a manner that enhances competitiveness and sustainable economic growth in the UAE. Circular Economy is one of the pillars of the new economic model derived from the principles and objectives of the fifty with the objective that the UAE achieves a leap in Circular Economy, not only at the regional & global level.
summaries - Feb 2023 -

Future 3.5 Dialogue: India

The Future 3.5 Billion dialogues will provide participants with exclusive insights into latest market developments, economic reforms and investment opportunities in various markets and regions, from Africa to Asia and Eurasia. This session focused on the future of India’s economy and its evolving investment landscape.
reports - Feb 2023 -

The Metaverse: A Continuum of Technology and Experience, Reshaping Business

Investopia and Accenture developed the report during the Investopia Inaugural Summit in 2022. It discusses the Metaverse, a spectrum of digitally enhanced worlds, realities, and business models poised to revolutionize life and enterprise in the next decade. The report covers various topics, including the transformation of how businesses interact with customers, how work is done, […]
reports - Feb 2023 -

Get Ready for the Quantum Impact

Start planning and experimenting with quantum computing today. Investopia and Accenture developed the report on Quantum Impact during the Investopia Inaugural Summit in 2022. The report discusses how quantum computing technology is advancing rapidly and is on track to enable more complex business problems to be solved through enhanced optimization, machine learning, and simulation, bringing […]
reports - Feb 2023 -

The Forces Reshaping Globalization: The Implications for Business

The report by Investopia and Deloitte on Reshaping Globalization discusses the decline of the liberal global economic order and the emergence of a multipolar economy with separate but overlapping networks, led by the US, China, and Europe, as well as the likely reinforcing of Asia as a distinct trading bloc with China at its center. […]
emerging economy
reports - Feb 2023 -

The New Emerging Economy Investment Demographic

The report developed by Investopia and Deloitte on New Emerging Economy during the Investopia Inaugural Summit in 2022 highlights the potential of emerging economies to catch up with developed countries through market liberalization and domestic structural reform. The report also emphasizes the importance of policies that support qualitative growth, particularly in promoting gender equality and […]
reports - Feb 2023 -

Sustainable Finance is Driving Investment for Change

The report, developed by Investopia and Deloitte during the Investopia Inaugural Summit in 2022, highlights the importance of sustainable finance in driving investment for change, particularly in light of the urgency to address climate change within the next decade. The report emphasizes the benefits of integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into business strategies, […]
reports - Feb 2023 -

What does Climate Leadership mean in the Age of Net Zero Commitments?

The report, developed by Investopia and Deloitte during the Investopia Inaugural Summit in 2022, outlines an eight-point action plan for climate leadership in the age of net zero commitments. The report highlights the need for individual and collective leadership to move beyond net zero narratives to tangible and transparent actions. The action plan includes priorities […]
magnifiercrossmenuchevron-left
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram