Emirates News Agency

Innovations In International Trade

Articles

Saudi Arabia

Dubai Customs Launches Early Cargo Targeting System to Facilitate Trade

Economies

Nazmia is a young writer passionate about making complex data and research more approachable, understandable and entertaining. She’s always been an educator at heart, taking on mentorship roles teaching creative and business writing to the scientific community. She is currently pursuing her passion at the intersection of technology and healthcare through a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering. When she’s not in the lab pouring herself into the magic of tissue engineering and reconstruction, she’s writing and educating the world about all things biotech, healthtech, insurtech and edutech. If you're looking for practical insights with a touch of whimsy, Nazmia is the voice to follow with a fresh perspective on the ever-evolving digital and tech industry. 
Nazmia holds a BS in Biology and is currently pursuing her MS in Biomedical Engineering at the American University of Beirut. She specializes in cartilage tissue research, and uses her writing as a therapeutic escape to produce captivating pieces that take her readers on a journey with every word.

Nazmia Nassereddine

India

International Trade’s Role in the World Today

Asia Continues to Dominate World Trade

Staff Writer

Balancing Sustainability & Economic Stability with Green Trade

Combating the Trade-off between Sustainability and Economic Stability

Sustainability

Ashok is a storyteller who uses numbers as his medium. He loves to crunch data, analyze it, and investigate deeper questions until the stories begin to emerge on their own. Ashok comes from a finance and consulting background, having worked in the strategy consulting and private equity fields across the Middle East and Emerging Asia for over 15 years, prior to becoming a business writer. When it comes to tech stories, Ashok has a penchant for startups in the fintech, B2B SaaS, AI and ML spaces. He loves writing about Venture Capital, M&A and the general investor landscape of startup ecosystems.
Ashok holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as a diploma in Finance. He speaks English and Hindi fluently.

Researcher

Ashok Raman

Trade & Logistics Role in Today's Global Economic Woes

What’s Next in E-Commerce survey | FedEx Reseach Shows E-commerce Opportunities Set  to Grow for SMEs Under ‘New Normal’

New FedEx Research Shows E-commerce Opportunities Set to Grow for SMEs Under ‘New Normal’

We are a team of passionate Researchers, Data Junkies, and Story-Tellers that believe there is not enough quality business insights and compelling data analysis available in the marketplace, told in the formats users want. We want to give an insider's look into the industries, businesses and economies that are changing the world today, so our users can become inspired, empowered and equipped to run their businesses as best they can.

Lucidity Insights Research Team

Infobytes

Freight Prices: January 2019 to June 2023

Freight Prices (June 2023)

2020 Maritime Trade Statistics

Top 20 Locations Container Traffic Handled in TEUs (1973 vs 2021)

Share of Products Exported across the Globe – Past Four Decades from 1980 to 2020

Share of Products Exported across the Globe, 1980 to 2020

Quarterly Impact on Container Throughput Due to Pandemic

Quarterly Impact on Container Throughput Due to Disruptions Resulting from Covid’19

Top 20 Export Nations by Export Value & Ease of Business Ranking

International Trade Volumes by Channel

The Extraordinary Growth of International Trade

Exports In Relation to Global GDP 1960-21; 5-Year Intervals (US$ Trillion)

International Trade (Exports) In Relation to Global GDP 1960-2021

Regional Imports / Exports (US$ Trillion)

Regional Contributions to Global Trade

Asia’s Growing Global Dominance in Trade

Asia’s Growing Global Dominance

Asia’s Growing Global Dominance In Trade, 2017 & 2040 (forecast)

Top 20 Countries by Exports

World Regions and Top Five Export Markets

Regions and Top Five Export Markets

The Complex Value Chain of International Trade: The Path of Goods

Data: Manufactured Goods Form the Bulk of Exports in 2020

Manufactured Goods Form the Bulk of Exports

Container Throughput in Global Ports, from 2007 to Q2 2022

Container Throughput in Ports, 2007 - Q2 2022

Trade Trends by Industry, Changes in 2020 and 2021 Compared in 2019

Freight Prices

Anamika  is a change maker with 15+ years of management consulting, project management, event management and research experience. Having worked for Accenture for over a decade, she began her career overseeing change management and digital learning and development programs across Fortune 500 clients globally. 
Today, Anamika works with select clients on large-scale change programs, and writes whenever she can. As a life-long learner, and lover of writing, she found herself becoming an excellent interviewer, story-teller and speaker. She is passionate about giving voice to startups, projects and new technologies that are nearing break-through. She is curious about the intersection between technology, human behaviour and wellness, and is often most intrigued by startups that help people live better and happier lives.  
Anamika received her BA in Economics and Chinese Studies from the University of Nottingham. She is London born and bred, and splits her time between London and Dubai. She is a certified HIIT instructor, NLP coach and world traveler with a love of experimental cooking.

Anamika Patel

Erika is Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Lucidity Insights. Having  spent 15 years advising Fortune 500 companies  and multinational conglomerates  from around the world on how to grow businesses in emerging markets, Erika found that data and knowledge underpinned and empowered strategic decision-making. The creation of Lucidity Insights was inspired by the idea that strategic C-suite level data and insights could empower startups and Venture Capitalists in the MENAPT region, elevating the entire regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Data is not just for the Chief Executive, or the data analyst after-all. Democratizing access to quality data across the tech ecosystem will elevate every startup and every investors’ decision-making, and thus, benefit the economy, overall.

Erika has worked with data to develop comprehensive business success stories and strategies for her entire professional career. She is a thought leader in growth strategies in fast-moving emerging markets, with a focus on Middle Eastern and Asian Markets. She is an expert on the startup ecosystems in the Middle East, and a thought leader on entrepreneurship, disruptive technologies and sustainability. She has worked with both government and corporates clients, across over 30 different industry verticals and in over 40 countries. She is best described as a data-curious strategic thinker and advisor, who also happens to be an  enthusiastic storyteller and writer.

Erika graduated from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business with an Executive MBA (MSx), and also holds degrees from McGill University (B.Sc Neuroscience) and the University of Cambridge (Sustainability in Business). She speaks English and Japanese, is conversational in French, and speaks survival Arabic. In her spare time, she is an avid globe trotter, having travelled to over 70 countries, and counts scuba-diving, free-diving and yoga among her favourite activities. She is a self-described wellness-junkie and adventure enthusiast. She is also a dog mum.

Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer

Erika Masako Welch

Aby Sam Thomas

Special Reports

United States

The Business of Impact Investing in 2023 - Test

Crypto, Blockchain & Web3

Special Report: "The Growing Business of Foodtech"

The Growing Business of Foodtech

Food Tech

Special Report: "Sustainable International Trade for a Resilient Future"

Sustainable International Trade for a Resilient Future

Special Report: "Opportunities in Web3"

Opportunities in Web3

Dubai's Venture Capital Ecosystem

Entrepreneurship

The Future of Fintech in Africa

Fintech

Diriyah and the Giga Projects: Defining the New Saudi Arabia

Tourism

Saudi Arabia's Startup Ecosystem Evolution 2010-2022

The Evolution of Saudi Arabia's Startup Ecosystem 2010-2022

Dubai's Digital Economy and Its Growing Startup Ecosystem

Dubai’s Digital Economy and Its Expanding Startup Ecosystem

MENA's M&A Landscape 2017-2022: A Comprehensive Review

The Middle East & North Africa’s M&A Landscape 2017-2022

Sustainable Innovations and Startups in the MENA Region

Egypt's Burgeoning Start-Up Ecosystem

Dubai’s Roadmap to Becoming the Digital Economy Capital of the World

The Electric Vehicle Revolution: Growth & Challenges Ahead

The Electric Vehicle Revolution Has Arrived

Bringing The World to Saudi

Shaping the Future of Fintech in MENA

Shaping The Future of Fintech

An ultimate guide to fintech in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Crypto Universe: Insights into Blockchain & DeFi

The Crypto Universe

Primed for Growth Cloud Kitchens in the GCC

Primed for Growth: Cloud Kitchens in the GCC

Spotlights

DP World's Digitalization Journey to Level-Up with TradeTech

Dubai and DP World’s Growing Role in International Trade

Videos

Video: What Are the Top 3 Categories of Goods Exported around the World?

What Are the Top 3 Categories of Goods Exported around the World?

Asia’s Growing Global Dominance in International Trade

Top Export Markets Around the World

Maritime Trade Statistics During the Pandemic

Asian Ports Dominate Current Global Traffic

Asia and Europe Dominates Global Trade: Top 5 Regions in Export and Import

Asia and Europe Dominates Global Trade

How Did the COVID19 Pandemic Affect Global Trade? The Shift of Trade Trends During Pandemic

How Did the COVID19 Pandemic Affect Global Trade?

What Mode of Transport Do Most Goods Take to Reach Us around the World?

Global Container Freight Prices Expected to Normalize in 2023, after Dramatic Rise during the Pandemic

Freight Prices Expected to Normalize in 2023, after Dramatic Rise during the Pandemic

Trade Has Seen Tremendous Growth and Now Accounts for a Quarter of Global GDP

International Trade Now Accounts for a Quarter of Global GDP