GENEVA / WAM To connect the as yet unconnected around the world to the internet is only a first step towards ensuring that all societies participate in an increasingly digital world economy. Best-connected users benefit from internet capacity that is 200 times greater than that of the worst-connected in parts of Africa and Asia. Those left behind will not benefit …

ABU DHABI / WAM As the Saudi ICT market tops SAR 127 billion ($33.87 billion) , cloud investment will fast-track Saudi Vision 2030 goals and Smart Cities growth, according to the newly-appointed MD of Saudi Arabia, SAP. Cloud investment is gathering momentum, with Saudi organisations increasing software spend by 5.5 percent, increasing the Saudi ICT market to SAR 127 billion, …

Bloomberg Canada’s purchase of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s embattled pipeline is good news for the oil patch, so long as it doesn’t become the norm. While the $3.5 billion Trans Mountain takeover keeps alive a project seen as critical to expanding markets for Canada’s crude and improving the price oil-sands producers get paid, it also reveals how key infrastructure projects can …