Ari Kesisoglu Head of MENA | Google Arabia 2.0: The Road Ahead
Nov 27, 2014
Ari Kesisoglu
Head of MENA | Google
Arabia 2.0:
The Road Ahead
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A New World
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Unparalleled rate of technological and scientific development
Access
Storage Tools of production
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1.8 Billion people online via PC
4.6 Billion people with phones
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Businesses can’t stand still
Image of gazelles like you
had before to illustrate the
proverb
OnlineLife
Infrastructure Content Commerce
MENA
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2000: 5 Million
2010: 62 Million
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Going Social
High Quality GEO Related
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Online Businesses in MENA
GCC Online Ad Spend in 2009 = 95m USD
Growth in Internet and Computer registered companies in Egypt
2006 – 2009 = 320%
Growth in Internet domains in
MENA 2006 -2009=771%
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Marble Mosaic
2004 - Marble Mosaic started with small shop and an idea
to go after the international market
Jan. 08 started to cover
UK, DE, FR, BR, US, CA and more
June 08, 4 new factories open, in Leb (2), KSA, Canada.
100 more people employed.
Jan 09: Double the sales and orders
during world-wide market down most orders online
Growth by 10X - Marble Mosaic is now world leader
in producing and shipping hand-cut Mosaic.
“The future is already here,
it’s just unevenly distributed”- William Gibson
Questions?
Questions?