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#Ep. 62: How the UAE is saving AED 11 Billion through blockchain implementation? - World Economic Forum Special

January 27th, 2020  |  25 mins 29 secs

blockchain, c4ir, davos, dubai future foundation, enterprise, government, wef

The Dubai Future Foundation and World Economic Forum published a new paper showcasing how the UAE is saving AED 11 billion through deploying blockchain technology. Live from Davos, we speak to Mariam AlMuhairi, who is the head for the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the UAE to discuss key insights, takeaways and learnings from the paper! She also gives us a low down on the latest developments happening in Davos.

#Ep. 52: The TikTok vs Baidu Court Case, Switzerland as a Blockchain Hub and why Homeschooling rocks!

September 30th, 2019  |  32 mins 27 secs

china, court case, decentralisation, enterprise, factom, homeschooling, legal, switzerland

Ahmed is back in China again and this time in Shanghai for the blockchain week where he is joined by a crypto OG, David Johnston. In this awesome episode, the pair discuss how blockchain solved a legal court case between two Chinese tech giants TikTok and Baidu, why Switzerland is the global blockchain hub and why homeschooling rocks. They pretty much covered several topics in this episode!

#Ep. 49: 1 Ethereum address for every 110 people: Why adoption rates are super low in Crypto today!

September 2nd, 2019  |  18 mins 27 secs

analytics, blockchain, enterprise, ethereum, metrics

There is 1 Ethereum address for every 110 people! Is this the right metric to look at? What about retention rates of crypto-related products? Ahmed sits down with Fredrik Haga from Dune Analytics in Berlin Blockchain Week to discuss why the adoption rates of crypto products and even permisisoned blockchain applications are still super low today and what success for crypto products would look like!

#Ep. 46: Why this start-up is crucial for the Dubai Blockchain Strategy!

July 21st, 2019  |  42 mins 50 secs

audit, dubai, enterprise, smart contracts, standards

This week, we have the super talented Richard Ma, CEO of Quantstamp. We talk about smart contract auditing, how Quantstamp is contributing to the Dubai Blockchain strategy, how they are automating the audits of millions of lines of codes and which countries are already living in the future! You don’t want to miss this one!

#Ep. 41: Education 3.0: Why the education industry is ripe for blockchain?

June 17th, 2019  |  33 mins 47 secs

attestation, credentials, education, enterprise, university

Nic and Ahmed take a deep dive with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev into the world of education and how blockchain is helping solve high levels of inefficiencies and connecting more than just students with credentials.

We discuss how Educhain help enable students and graduates to 'passport' and transfer their credentials for use with jobs, further education, and government. This could mean the troublesome attestation process could be over very soon ✊🏽😌

#Ep. 40: Du: Leading UAE telco operator leveraging blockchain technology

June 9th, 2019  |  29 mins 5 secs

du, enterprise, platform

In this episode, we hear from Fatma Elsafty, a Blockchain Technology Manager at Du, to tell us what Du are cooking up in the blockchain department and how they envisage being one of the pioneers in the region.

#Ep. 39: Tezos: Past, Present and Future. With Hubertus Thonhauser

May 27th, 2019  |  49 mins 42 secs

board, enterprise, investments, tezos, use case, vc

Hubertus Thonhauser, Founding Partner of Enabling Future and a Board Member of the Tezos Foundation takes us through the trials and tribulations of the Tezos Foundation, their renewed focus on blockchain implementation use cases and the hot sectors they are pursuing with their technology.

#Ep. 38: How a Dubai family office partnered with Techstars and ventured into blockchain? With Gary Sheynkman

May 17th, 2019  |  40 mins 35 secs

enterprise, investments, startups, vc

In this episode, Ahmed and Nic speak with Gary Sheynkman, an Investment Partner at Ginco Investments and the Corporate Lead for Techstars Dubai. We talk about how an Emirati family ventured into blockchain, their partnership with Techstars and what they see as the future of crypto related services. All this and more on this episode of Encrypted.

#Ep. 35: Building enterprise blockchain adoption in the Middle East with Jibrel Network

April 23rd, 2019  |  52 mins 58 secs

digitization, enterprise, middle east, sukuk

Ever wanted to get an idea about the Middle East Enterprise space for blockchain?
Today's podcast is the right place to start. With Talal Tabbaa of Jibrel Network and Nic Watson of Naseba, we cover examples of winning, implementing and managing digitization of sukuks and fiat. We also take some time to answer the question...What does Enterprise really mean?

We hope you enjoy!

#Ep. 19: Is 2019 the year of enterprise blockchain?

November 27th, 2018  |  29 mins 2 secs

enterprise, hyperledger, private blockchain, qualcomm

Ahmed and Faisal are joined by Chris Fernandez, the CEO of Block Gemini which is a UAE based blockchain development house focusing on enterprise level blockchain applications. They talk about enterprise use cases, projects Block Gemeni are working on, challenges and how the enterprise blockchain world works!