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I am not going to chase you to give you business!
No matter who you talk to out there it appears that many businesses are still finding the going tough. Having to work that much harder to secure clients and then, to keep them.
With this in mind I find recent experiences communicating with businesses, somewhat confusing.
I have an opinion that I should not have to chase someone to give them my business.
Everyone out there has some sort of competition and I would have thought, working hard to stand above that competition, was a priority.
Once I have made initial enquiries with a business, I may make contact one more time and then I will leave them alone.
Usually, and I say usually because there is the rare occasion where there is a reasonable explanation for the lack of contact, I will not consider them again. If communicating with you is a challenge in the beginning, then you can pretty much guarantee that is the way it will be in any future relationship. I have better things to do with my time than chase people to give them my business.
Yet recently I have been dumbfounded by the lack of responses I have experienced from a myriad of businesses.
So here are some things to think about regarding communication within your business – both external and internal.
Firstly, make sure your communication procedures are robust within your business. There needs to be clarity around who is responsible for what and what happens if plan A cannot be executed. For example, if you have a website that seeks enquiries, make sure there is someone who is responsible for following those enquiries up in a timely manner. I recently spoke to someone who had sent two enquiries through websites and 3 weeks later, had not had a response! One must ask why a business would have a website to initiate enquiries, if they are not responded to.
Have clear policy around response time. How long you expect emails to go unanswered? How long would you expect the phone to ring? How long a message should be left on your system without being responded to? Once you are clear on policies then you can design appropriate procedures.
Make sure your enquirers, are clear on what is to happen. If you clear your phone messages at the end of the day, then say this on your message and ask that they leave a clear number where they can be contacted at this time. If you prefer to be contacted by email or text or cell phone, make sure they know this. I remember a conversation with someone I had been attempting to make contact with, so reverted to email. His response was that he had been away and didn't do emails anyway! Why then have an email address on your business cards?
Always remember the under promise and over deliver theory. If you tell me a quote or a job is going to take a certain time then make sure it does. Allow time for the worst case scenario. If this initial part of the relationship fails you have potentially lost my trust.
Speaking of trust – never underestimate the currency of trust. Doing anything that could damage trust is long lasting and often publicised.
Communicate, communicate and communicate again! If you cannot come and quote on my job for three weeks, tell me that. I then have a choice what I do. If I really want you I will wait as long as I you keep in touch. If you are having trouble paying accounts then communicate. I often hear from business owners, that they would rather someone was honest and paid bills off, than ignore the situation hoping it will go away.
Develop your people. Your staff are your greatest asset, yet so often neglected. Listen to them, acknowledge them, show them that they are valued and offer programmes to develop them as people. Nothing will improve your communication around your business than having passionate, solid people involved.
Understand that everything you do communicates something. What are you communicating to me yourself? What is your staff communicating to me? What are your business premises communicating to me?
Consistency is important. Imagine two of your clients meeting on a plane and discovering that they are your clients. Are they sharing the same story and experience?
I cannot put it any plainer than that.
So do whatever it takes to ensure the communication within and outside your business, is robust and sends the right message to potential and current clients.


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Indonesian tourism promotion targets India as potential market
Indonesia has turned its focus on India as another potential tourism market, after identifying China and Russia as its main tourism promotion targets, among others.
The country is trying to expand its tourism markets to the Asian countries, apart from its traditional European, Australian and American markets.
India is one of the 90 countries to which the Indonesian government extended the visa-free facility this year in its efforts to double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country, from the current 10 million every year to 20 million by 2019.
As part of its efforts, the Indonesian government has set a target to attract at least 300 thousand Indian tourists next year.
Indonesia considers India a potential tourism market as most Indian tourists are high-class travelers, Taufik Nur Hidayat, an assistant deputy for the Asian and Pacific Market Development of the Ministry of Tourism, said.
Indian tourists generally prefer hotels with five star facilities, so a specific strategy has to be put in place to attract more tourists to Indonesia.
"We must put in place what they need, such as adventure tour packages as well as a comfortable and safe environment, Indian food, and a pleasant night atmosphere," he said.
The tourism ministry recently facilitated various Indonesian tourism businessmen to participate in the South Asia Travel & Tourism Expo (Satte) held in New Delhi recently.
From December 2 to 4, 2015, the ministry held the Indonesia Wonderful Promotion Sale Mission in Mumbai, India.
The event was part of the cultural diplomacy to strengthen emotional ties between the two countries, emphasizing that Indonesia has a close relationship with India in terms of history and culture.
The Dutch colonialists earlier referred to Indonesia as "India" and "Nusa," which means islands in Indian territories.
In the ninth century, some Hindu kingdoms flourished in Java. Many Hindu relics are preserved by the people and the Indonesian government.
The spread of Islam in Indonesia also involved traders from Gujarat, India, who developed trade in various port cities in Indonesia.
In modern times, Indonesia, along with India, initiated the Asian-African Conference (AAC) in 1955 which resulted in the Ten Principles of Bandung.
At the promotional event in Mumbai, Monica Mahendra, the Indian tourism envoy in Bali, affirmed that Bali offers several adventure tourism activities, such as rafting, snorkeling, diving, paragliding, jet skiing and banana boat riding, as well as mountain climbing and tracking.
However, the fact that there is no direct flight between India and Indonesia has been seen as an obstacle in trying to attract more Indian tourists.
Indonesian Consul General in Mumbai Saut Siringoringo expressed his belief that direct flights from Mumbai or New Delhi to Denpasar, Bali Island, will significantly boost Indian tourist arrivals in Indonesia.
So far, passengers taking flights from India to Indonesia and vice versa transit through Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, or Singapore, resulting in more travel time and inconvenience.
"There is a huge interest in visiting Indonesia, particularly Bali. But they always ask when direct flights to Indonesia will become operational," Siringoringo noted.
Visa-free facility to Indian tourists would not be of significant help if there are no direct flights, he added.
He said the Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is ready to serve direct flights in the near future, given the fact that some 230 thousand Indian tourists visit Indonesia annually.
"If the plan is realized, the target of attracting 300 thousand Indian tourists to Indonesia in 2016 can be certainly achieved." he added.
He cited an example of some Indian elites who were keen to hold wedding parties in Bali and invite hundreds of guests from India. However, their plans could not be realized as there were no direct flights, he remarked.
Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, when paying a visit to Indonesia, spent some days on the Bali Island.
The vice president and his entourage visited the Tanah Lot temple in Tabanan district, Bali Province, to enjoy the beautiful scenery around the temple perched on a rock in the Beraban beach.
District Head of Tabanan Wayan Sugiada, while welcoming the Indian vice president, expressed his hope that the visit would lead to an increased number of Indian tourists visiting Tanah Lot which is one of the iconic tourism sites in Tabanan.
Sugiada pointed out that the visit would convince the international community about the fact that Tanah Lot was safe and peaceful.
The vice president said he had heard about the beautiful natural scenery at Tanah Lot.
"Now, I have seen that beauty of natural scenery here," the vice president said at Tanah Lot.
He also expressed appreciation for the welcome accorded by the local government and the managers of Tanah Lot.
"The Balinese people deserve a thumbs up for their hospitality," the vice president said, adding, "If possible, I would ask the Bollywood film industry to consider Tanah Lot as a shooting location."(Antara)

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Zahran, Souq.com launch e-Store
Zahran Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Souq.com Egypt to launch of its first e-store.
Zahran Group | 15.01.2012
Zahran Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of household products, has entered into a strategic partnership with Souq.com Egypt to launch of its first e-store.
The venture aims to position the group as a major e-commerce player in Egypt, said a statement.
The move comes as a growing number of Egyptians (27 million) turn to the Internet for entertainment, information and shopping. Souq.com Egypt www.souq.com is the largest online retailer in the Arab World.
The e-Store will offer consumers the ability to purchase from the entire range of Zahran products and its distributed global brand name products electronically and have them delivered directly to their homes or offices.
"We are proud to work with souq.com, the leading e-commerce company in Egypt and the Arab World, to offer new channels to serve our customers and complement our channel network comprising of 13 branches all over the country from Cairo to Alexandria, 6th October city, Northern Coastline cities and Hurgada," said Mohamad Alaa Zahran, sales manager of Zahran Group.
"The e-Store will offer online consumers the full range of Zahran kitchenware, household and electric appliances as well as brands like Tefal, Brabantia and Soehnle. The e-Shop on souq.com enables us to reach out to all our customers across the country while increasing our sales opportunities in areas where we have traditionally had limited reach such as Upper Egypt, which represents over 13% of Souq.com reach"
"We are pleased to partner with Zahran Group and offer our expertise in e-commerce so as to help them Group increase its reach and products to customers," said Omar Soudodi, general manager of Souq.com Egypt, who praised the role of Zahran Group in manufacturing and distribution as a well-established national company.
Nancy Kamal, business development manager at souq.com Egypt, noted that the last 12 months witnessed a surge in internet user numbers in Egypt, a notably positive result of the 25 January revolution, providing new impetus for the stronger adoption of the Internet throughout all facets of Egyptian society.
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In this paper, we examine the relationship between the sluggish IPO activity and the quality of IPO firms. We developed proxies of firm quality and found several interesting phenomena using those metrics; (1) the level of quality differs by the listing timing. Currently, stock exchanges seem never allow low quality firms to go public, (2) we could not observe any difference in firms' quality on different junior markets, (3) even for firms with the same level of quality, the actual listing criteria may differ by industry, (4) stock exchanges and underwriters seem to fail to identify potential high-growth firms using their listing criteria. We need to mitigate the information asymmetry to revitalize the market.


Due to the paper and material consumption, the printing of documents is always accompanied by a heavy burden on the environment. Since it is virtually impossible in everyday life completely to dispense with the use of printed matter, at least the use should be in harmony with nature.
There are many ways to help protect the environment while printing.
In this article we show how to easily print environmentally friendly.
Not only is paper by far the biggest cost factor in terms of printing, it is also of great importance in terms of environmental impact. Anyone who wants to take nature into consideration should switch to environmentally friendly paper in any case.
The use of recyclable paper is fully in the spirit of sustainability. Thus, the printing paper is almost exclusively made from waste paper.
Visually, however, there is no noticeable difference compared to conventional paper.
In many cases, the virtual template is transferred to the printing device when printing in full size, which is particularly problematic for documents with little text.
Here users should worry about whether the open spaces can not be removed from the print template or filled with text.
Furthermore, depending on the application, it may also be useful to print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper – e.g. for presentation slides.
Normally, documents are only printed on one side in everyday life, so that the available area of a sheet of paper is in principle used only fifty percent. However, those who print on both sides of their documents not only protect the environment sustainably, but can also save around half of the purchased printing paper at the same time.
In this way, in addition to nature benefits your own wallet.
Paper is available on the market in many different variations, with the weight per surface being used as the qualitative characteristic.
In general, normal printed matter such as handouts, cover letters etc. should be made with paper that has a value of 80 gsm. Only for particularly high-quality printed products such as certificates, photos or invitation cards should be used to paper with more than 100 g / sqm.
The consumption of printer ink or toner represents a significant burden on the environment and should therefore be reduced as much as possible.
Especially suitable for this purpose is the use of so-called draft mode in Microsoft Office and other Office packages. This is a setting that causes the printer to use only a minimum of ink or toner.
The draft mode is especially useful if the printed documents do not have to be of high quality.
Toner cartridges and ink cartridges contain not only scraps of material and plastic, but also a range of electronic components.
In order for these raw materials to be recycled in the course of recycling, it is important to properly dispose of toner cartridges.
Old toner and ink cartridges can be disposed of environmentally friendly through recycling centers or dealers for printing supplies.
Printers consume a large amount of power during both active and standby modes.
In order not to unnecessarily burden the natural resources, pressure equipment should be turned off when not in use.
For longer service life, it is recommended to completely disconnect the device from the mains, as even switched off devices with connected mains plug consume energy.
Especially in times of digitization, it is not always necessary to print documents.
In the course of environmental protection, users should carefully consider whether, for example, an e-mail must be printed on paper or whether it can not remain in digital form.
Reducing the amount of printed matter is still one of the best ways to sustainably protect the environment.
Overall, it quickly becomes clear that the environment can already be effectively saved with simple tips. However, it is not only nature that benefits from the measures, but also, as a rule, one's own budget.
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For those interested in American history, one of the most popular car trips is the one to Plymouth Rock.
By taking this trip you can also catch a glimpse of the past by visiting Plimoth Plantation, where the English settlers established the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony.
The all-important Plymouth Rock, where European contact was first established, is just one more important landmark located in the area.
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If you are interested in sampling the cuisine of the city, you're in luck; there are hundreds of restaurants to choose from.
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Another important piece of Boston's history is the Suffolk Downs racetrack, which was built in 1935. Since that time the racetrack has played host to several popular events, including the Beatles performing there in 1966.
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The ultimate guide to Egypt fintech
Egypt's huge unbanked population and cash-dominated economy offer a strong opportunity for fintechs; we profile 84 firms
Funding flows have improved markedly this year, and the IPO environment looks strong. Regulators seem supportive
Strategic priorities: new geographies/ products, tech investment. Challenges: big informal sector, financial illiteracy
About two-thirds of Egypt's population does not have a bank account, and cash penetration of the economy is among the highest in emerging markets. At the same time, fintech density is much lower than elsewhere, and almost half of industry participants are in the payments segment. As such, Egypt presents a strong fintech opportunity; it ranks as one of the top emerging markets in our fintech attractiveness index and the regulatory environment is improving. Given limited competition, successful fintechs should register sharp growth. Recent large-ticket funding deals in the sector suggest private equity investors increasingly share this view.
In this report we discuss:
the fintech opportunity in Egypt
the current state of the fintech ecosystem
how the central bank is supporting fintechs
fintech success factors and firms' plans
the key challenges limiting fintech growth
We profile 84 firms making up Egypt's fintech ecosystem and highlight five companies with interesting approaches to capturing Egypt's strong growth opportunity. We also showcase three firms that have plans to list soon.
Egypt's low financial penetration generates a compelling opportunity for fintechs
Egypt's financial penetration is poor in an emerging markets context – only around one-third of adults have a bank account, versus three-quarters across our EM sample. Access to ATMs and credit cards is also low, as is the number of bank branches. Egypt is a very cash-dependent economy; the volume of currency in circulation (relative to banking deposits) is much higher than in other emerging markets. These factors all point to the economy's low level of financial sophistication. Contributory factors include high-interest rates (the central bank benchmark lending rate currently stands at 9.25%), the government's high domestic borrowing needs, and periodic capital controls/ severe currency devaluations.
Fintech penetration lags comparable emerging markets
Egypt's fintech sector is much smaller than other markets. We estimate that the number of fintechs in operation (relative to the size of population) is just a quarter of that in Kenya and South Africa, for example, and around 50% lower than in Nigeria. For existing operators, this lack of competition can prove helpful.
The fintech ecosystem is skewed towards payments providers
Egypt's fintech universe is dominated by the payments firms which comprise 48% of the total ecosystem (versus a 32% EM average). Investechs (1% of total) and insurtechs (4% of total) are significantly underdeveloped compared to peers, however, we expect these segments to grow in the future. Digital banks have also started to gain attention; for example, Telda recently raised US$5mn in a pre-seed funding round.
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is actively promoting the fintech sector
Fintech Egypt
This platform was created by the Central Bank of Egypt in 2019. There are three main projects under the Fintech Egypt umbrella:
Regulatory sandbox, that temporarily provides a virtual testing space for fintechs under a defined regulatory environment.
Fintech Hub, a technology-driven platform acting as a one-stop-shop for all fintech ecosystem stakeholders. A key goal of this initiative is start-up networking, which could promote partnerships across fintechs.
Fintech Innovation Fund. Funding is essential for building a sound start-up ecosystem. The central bank of Egypt plans to launch an EGP1bn (US$65mn) investment vehicle to support fintechs. It will be established via the investment arms of commercial banks.
New banking law
The new banking law called CBE Law, introduced in September 2020, intends to bring the legal framework in line with global best practice. The concept of digital banks is introduced in this legislation: these are banks that provide banking services completely through digital channels or platforms. Digital banks still need a CBE licence, but are exempt from the minimum capital requirements set at EGP5bn (US$320mn) for traditional banks. This new law also requires payments companies to be licenced; previously such firms were unregulated.
Egypt's start-up funding is showing robust growth but fintech lags
In 2020, Egypt's start-ups generated record VC funding of US$190mn; VC funding volume has registered a 5yr CAGR of 100%. However, the number of start-up deals slightly decreased from 133 in 2019 to 114 in 2020, we think mainly due to the challenge of conducting due diligence during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fintechs mobilised just 8% of the total start-up funding in 2020, ie US$15mn. The proportion is well below the 23% average for Africa. However, the situation for fintechs in Egypt seems to have improved more recently. Some notable deals in 2021 include Paymob (Payments, US$15mn), Telda (Digital banking, US$5mn), and Dayra (Lending, US$3mn).
Key success factors for Egypt fintechs
Based on public comments from 23 Egyptian fintechs, we conclude that the top factors driving fintech success in Egypt include serving financially-excluded customers, forming effective strategic partnerships and innovation.
Targeting financially excluded individuals and businesses
As highlighted above, Egypt has very low levels of financial penetration, which means that there is a large target market for firms that seek to serve underbanked customers. Some fintechs focusing on this segment include Dayra (Lending), Shahry (Lending) and Telda (Digital banking).
Strategic partnerships can help fintechs in many ways, such as diversifying their product mix, improving their service quality and/or expanding their client base. For example, PayTabs (Payments) has partnered with Visa to offer a contactless payment acceptance solution known as Tap to Phone. Raseedy (Payments) has launched its digital wallet through a partnership with Societe Arabe Internationale de Banque (saib) and Mastercard. Valu (Lending) partnered with Saudi German Hospital to provide instalment payment programmes to boost healthcare affordability.
Innovation is a key pillar for fintech success. It can, for example, allow fintechs to improve their service offerings and hence enhance the consumer experience. Firms that are striving to innovate include Raseedy (Payments), Paymob (Payments) and Mozare3 (Agtech), which are focusing on streamlining the customer onboarding process and providing a seamless user experience.
Egyptian fintechs' plans
Based on public comments from 15 Egyptian fintechs, top strategic priorities for sector participants include geographical expansion and introducing new products. Other strategic priorities include technology investments, improving user experience and entering strategic partnerships.
Geographical expansion
The presence of large, financially underserved populations elsewhere in Africa can prove attractive for fintechs exploring new growth drivers, particularly if firms have built up relevant, transferable expertise and have the necessary financial and management capacity. Therefore, geographical expansion is one of the top priorities for fintechs in Egypt. For example, CreditGo (Payments) is planning to expand to other African markets, while Liwwa (Lending) plans to launch its services in Turkey and Ethiopia.
Introducing new products and services
As highlighted previously, the fintech landscape in Egypt is heavily skewed towards payments. Introducing new products and services can help fintechs capture a greater share of their customers' wallets, potentially in segments with lower levels of competition. For example, MoneyFellows, a money management platform, intends to introduce a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service. MerQ, an AI-based virtual assistant/chatbot provider, plans to expand its product offerings to raise financial inclusion levels in Egypt.
Technological investment
Investment in technology enables fintechs to maintain their competitive advantage. Examples of firms giving high priority to technology investment include Mozare3 (targeting improvements in agriculture-related financial services) and MoneyHash (which is developing a comprehensive payments infrastructure offering).
Other strategic priorities for Egypt's fintechs include improving the user experience and entering strategic partnerships.
Key challenges for Egypt's fintechs
Despite the huge opportunity discussed above, most fintechs in Egypt are still in the early stages of development. We think the key hurdles to their growth have been the large informal economy, a lack of financial literacy and an underdeveloped regulatory environment.
The large informal economy
Over half of Egypt's labour force is employed informally; the informal economy also accounts for around half of GDP. This is a contributory factor to the high level of cash utilisation in the Egyptian economy. The situation is particularly acute for small- and medium-sized enterprises, which number around 2.5mn and employ three-quarters of the labour force. These businesses prefer to deal in cash for many reasons, including tax avoidance. These factors represent a significant challenge to digital finance providers.
Lack of financial literacy
According to an S&P survey, only 27% of Egypt's population is financially literate, which is defined as knowledge of one of these four concepts: i) risk diversification, ii) inflation, iii) simple interest and iv) compound interest. This literacy level is below most other emerging markets.
Regulatory constraints
The regulatory framework is evolving but is still underdeveloped. The recent new CBE Law introduces a regulatory framework for digital banks and payments processors, but further changes are likely given the fast-changing environment. In addition, there are other areas of fintech activity (such as insurance and investments) that likely need more regulatory attention so that operators have a clear framework within which to work.
Several fintech IPOs are in prospect
There have not been many Egyptian fintech IPOs previously, but the strong performance of Fawry since its August 2019 IPO is encouraging other firms to consider public listings. This would widen the opportunity set for listed equities investors and provide pre-IPO investment openings for private equity. We highlight below three Egyptian firms intending to list their shares over the coming years.
e-finance (Payments)
e-finance was established in 2005 by the Egyptian government to build, operate, and manage the sovereign's financial payments hub. It has now grown to become a much wider digital payments platform offering services to businesses and consumers through a fully integrated suite of digital services. e-finance handles EGP1.6tn of government transactions annually, has issued 40mn+ cards to date, operates an ATM network of over 13,000 and owns and manages more than 50,000 points of sale.
The company has three subsidiaries of interest:
Integrated Smart Solutions, a business-to-business (B2B) model specialising in smart cards
Khales Retail Network, a business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) digital payments solution that eases payments and collection processes
eAswaaq, an e-commerce market platform that provides agricultural, commercial and industrial solutions
The firm's IPO is expected later this year.
e-finance business model
Source: Company website
Ebtikar Holding (Payments)
Ebtikar, founded by B Investments and MM Group in 2017, is a financial services holding company. Ebtikar is currently undergoing a restructuring of its portfolio, after which it will own two Egyptian digital payments companies, Bee and Masary. Vodafone is another large investor in Bee and Masary. Ebtikar Holding expects its IPO will take place near the end of 2021 or in early 2022.
Bee was established in 2010 and is now a leading e-payments solution provider in Egypt. It also operates a retail network of more than 54,000 points of sale. The platform offers payments collection services to various mobile network operators like Orange, Vodafone and Etisalat. Bee also provides payments services to end-users, such as utility bills, transportation tickets, cinema tickets and university fees. Ebtikar bought a 60% stake in Bee in 2017 for EGP156mn (US$8.8mn) and now owns 80% of this business.
Masary is one of Egypt's largest payments facilitators and aggregators. It was established in 2009 and now offers collection services to more than 90 service providers and operates a network of more than 64,000 points of sale. Masary also provides services for Egypt's landline operators (like Orange, Vodafone, Etisalat) as well as the country's electricity, water and gas utilities, among other government entities. Other services also include education fees, insurance services, mobile wallets, transportation tickets and charity donations. Ebtikar bought a 33.7% stake in Masary in 2018 for EGP130mn (US$7.2mn) and currently owns 72% of the business.
Aman Holding (Payments and BNPL)
Aman Holding is a subsidiary of Raya Holding, a leading IT investment conglomerate listed in Egypt. Aman Holding has three main arms:
Aman for e-payments, facilitating digital payments with 100,000 touchpoints across Egypt
Aman for financial services, providing goods and services instalment loans to 150,000 customers via its own website and partner merchants
Aman for microfinance, which offers loans to micro and small enterprises to help them establish and scale up their businesses
Aman Holding has certain other initiatives in the pipeline, including a securitisation licence and building another SME financing entity. Recently, Raya Holding sold a 24% stake in Aman Holding to the National Bank of Egypt, valuing the company at EGP1.76bn (US$112mn). Aman Holding expects to list its shares within the next two years.
We have previously published two reports relating to upcoming emerging market fintech IPOs, highlighting 12 companies in digital payments space and another 7 fintechs planning to list in the future.
Five Egyptian fintechs to watch
Fawry (Payments)
Fawry provides payments services to 20mn individuals through multiple channels such as online, mobile wallets, and at more than 225,000 physical locations such as ATMs and stores. With more than 3mn financial transactions on daily basis, Fawry became the first Egyptian electronic payments company to reach a US$1bn market valuation, following strong share price performance since its IPO in August 2019. It has also been one of the best-performing stocks in the pandemic.
Paymob (Payments)
Paymob is Egypt's largest digital payments company – it has more than 12mn users and processes c85% of the country's mobile wallet transactions. Paymob raised US$18.5mn of funding in its April 2021 Series A funding round, making it the largest Series A fintech transaction in Egypt. The company has plans to expand internationally, first into Sub-Saharan Africa and then into the GCC.
Thndr (Investech)
Thndr, an investech company, aims to make it easy for people to invest in stocks, bonds and funds, without charging them any commission. It received a brokerage licence in August 2020. High-profile international firms like Zerodha in India and Robinhood in the US, which have rapidly become two of the largest brokerage houses in their home markets, signal Thndr's potential to emerge as the leading retail investment platform in Egypt.
Telda (Payments)
Telda simplifies the digital payment experience for the financially excluded and has been designed with Generation Z/digital natives in mind. The firm was founded in April 2021 and acquired funding of US$5mn the following month from Sequoia Capital, one of the world's leading venture capitalists. Telda is the first company to receive a license from the Central bank of Egypt under the new Banking Agents regulations. Within a month of launch, the firm registered 30k signups, with a further 17k on the waiting list.
MoneyFellows (Lending)
MoneyFellows is a group lending and savings platform. It secured US$4mn Series A funding from Global VC Partech and Sawari Ventures. The company has updated the traditional ROSCA (Rotating Savings and Credit Association) model and is serving more than 150,000 active users.
In the table below we briefly profile other firms making up Egypt's financial services ecosystem.
This report is independent investment research as contemplated by COBS 12.2 of the FCA Handbook and is a research recommendation under COBS 12.4 of the FCA Handbook. Where it is not technically a research recommendation because the subject of the research is not listed on any European exchange, it has nevertheless been treated as a research recommendation to ensure consistent treatment of all Tellimer's research. This report has been produced by the analyst(s) named above (the "Analyst").
The Analyst certifies that the views and forecasts expressed in this report accurately reflect their personal views about the subject, securities, or issuers specified herein. In addition, the Analyst certifies that no part of their compensation was, is, or will be directly or indirectly related to the specific recommendations or views expressed in this report.
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import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyObjectProperty;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.geometry.Bounds;

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Top 10 Largest Hotel Chains in the World
Posted On September 14, 2015	 ananya barua 2
"Give me luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities" — Frank Lloyd Wright
And World class travel can exactly do that for you! Be it the towering architectural marvels or the immaculate customer service bestowed upon its visiting travellers, these hotels never miss to hit the highest shot. Adorned with extravagant drapes and furniture, the private chambers provided by these hotels, can bring to you nothing less than a royale experience. But of course, at quite a cost. This dream-like experience that almost every traveler aspires to be a part of, often becomes quite a quest, for some, to scrutinize the quality based nuances which elevate a few to the crowning glory. It is these few chains of grand abodes spread across the globe, that have emerged to be the Giants to rule the world of hospitality and luxury.
10. Starwood Hotels and Resorts – With a renowned legacy Four Points, Le Méridien, Westin, The Luxury Collection, Sheraton, Aloft, St. Regis, W hotel, Element and more, this group of hotels is a class apart.Founded in the year 1980 with headquarters in Stamford,it has grown to build an empire with revenue earning of about 5.62 billion US dollars out of it's 1207 hotels,each with over 300 rooms.Addition to that they also have several amazing programs, one of which is Starwood Preferred Guest(SPG) which allows it's customers( and members) to earn and redeem credits for their stays and much more.
9. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts- As luxury is not quantity but quality based, this relatively less expanded group, with over 100 properties in 40 nations, provides what no one does – indulgence in its purest state. Spaced out in the most exotic locations, the group was founded in 1960 by Isadore Sharp, with the first luxury hotel Four Season London (1970). Although mostly based in Toronto, Canada, the Four seasons made its grand debut in French Polynesia, with Four Seasons Bora Bora, which immediately shot up to be one of the top 10 best resorts in the world.
8. Accor – From the Novotels and Sofitels, to the ibis and the Mercure, this group of Hotels owns it all. This elaborate chain containing 3717 hotels, however differs slightly from the rest in the list. They redefine the very idea of luxury by making it synonymous to simplicity and comfort, which they guarantee. Having originated in France in 1967, and headquartered in Paris ,it is one of the most popular chains for Corporate employees and business class. The other popular brands under it are, Accor, Formula 1, Novotel, Suite Hotel, All Seasons, Ibis, Etap, Motel 6, Pullman, Sofitel and Mercure.
7. Best Western International – Undoubtedly the fastest growing hotel chains in Middle East and Asia, it adorns itself with the tag of being 'World's Largest Hotel family'. Founded in 1946, it proudly completes its 68 years of establishment in US while in Europe it has been for almost 37 years. Now headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S, its first five star marvel was opened in Prague, Czech, in 2008.With a revenue earning of 206 million US dollars per year, out of its 3900 properties, Best Western has secured it's promising position of supremacy.
6.Jing Jiang International –With 2,208 number of hotels, this company has emerged to be the largest in China and one of the largest in the world. The latter venture is as a result of the recent development, of buying the Groupe du Louvre, France of Louvre Hotels Group. Furthermore, talks of more expansion in collaboration with Plateno Group , to takeover Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is expected. With a profound history of 80 years, the group has its star hotel Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel adorned with lush gardens and European-style architectural marvels.
5.Marriott International- Having made their presence felt in more than 72 countries, the Marriott International group has crowned itself the top slot with its classic poise. Founded by J. Willard Marriott and now maneuvered by son, Bill Marriott ( Executive Chairman) and Arne M. Sorenson, as the President and Chief Executive Officer, the company basks in the glory of owning almost 4117 lodging properties with over 653719 rooms, all across the globe. Under its humongous shade, the group includes the world's most luxurious hotel brands, like JW Marriott, Bulgari, Residence Inn, The Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard, Autograph Collection, Fairfield Inn and many more. The company which has its headquarters in Washington , DC, bears an interesting tagline- "Your home away from home", and their hotels ,luckily, seem to serve almost all levels of budget. It is also popular for its exquisite resorts and apartments, focused on providing a healthy and 'wealthy' stay, with its plethora of on-property spas and healthy dining options. Some of the most loved places are, Marriott Executive Apartments, resorts like Horizons, Marriott Grand Residence Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club, and et cetera. However, something which separates this chain from the rest is its reach in parts of South America, which provides several cultivated and sophisticated travelers an opportunity to stay in properties in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil. Furthermore, going beyond this glitzy luxury, it concentrates on social issues like global diversity ,child-care, poverty eradication, environment, and development of community workforce.
4. Hilton Worldwide – Does the name ring a bell? Yes, this group founded by Conrad N.Hilton who is in every way related to Paris Hilton! From the 40-room hotel established in 1919 in Texas, and first hotel named Hilton in 1925, the hotel has emerged to a huge empire of 4278 hotels with over 650,000 rooms , spread across 90 countries. With the legacy of hotels like Waldorf Astoria, Doubletree, Hilton Hotels, Embassy, Curio, Conrad, Canopy, Garden Inn, Hampton and Homewood Suites, its name has soared to become one of the world's largest brands in style, opulence and innovation.
3.Intercontinental Hotels Group- Spread across 100 countries all over the world , the company presently holds almost 4840 properties of hotels and resorts and clearly marks its dominion in the hotel industry. It adorns itself with an interesting history of origin that dates back to 1777, when its first hotel Bass Brewery was established. And, now with mounting expansion, it envelops the largest brands of hotels, such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental, HUALUXE™ Hotels and Resorts, Candlewood Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and EVEN™ Hotels.The Avenue Crowne Plaza Chicago Magnificent Mile and The Venetian Macao Resort, are simply the ones that are ought to get enlisted under 'must-visit' category.
2.Choice Hotels International, Inc. -Claimed to be Innovators in the Hotel industry, they take pride for being the first to introduce services like telephones in every room, 24-hours desk service, guaranteed reservations,etc . It is these things which now have become basic and imperative facilities provided in all hotels across the globe .It was founded 76 years ago under the name of Quality Courts United, with headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S., and soon rose to fame. Presently, it is one of the world's largest hotels with 6379 properties under its hood which includes over 500,000 rooms across 30 countries and territories contributing to a revenue earning of almost 642 million US dollars.Encased under this one head,is a plethora of over 4000 brands such as Choice Hotels, Quality, Econo Lodge, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Rodeway Inn, Clarion, Quality Inn, Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites and Sleep Inn.
1.Wyndham Hotel Group-With 7,645 luxurious properties, this company hits the top by having the world's largest number of hotels.Spanning over 66 countries in 6 continents, it was founded by Trammell Crow, in 1981, in Dallas , Texas. Back then it, however was known under the name of Wyndham hotel Corporation. The Wyndham group is also known to offer one of the best guest loyalty rewards at nearly 7000 locations, of free nights, airline tickets, gift cards and much more.Presently, the two hotels under it, Knights Inn and Travel lodge are considered to be the 'busiest' due to their affordability and painless access. Headquartered in Parsippany Troy Hills in New Jersey, United States, it prides itself with more than 40,000 impeccable employees, making every experience there, a memorable one, thus establishing "The Right Way. The Wyndham Way".
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You have forgotten the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA) here which I guess should be in 3rd place with around 4500 properties in the world. Also much nicer spread than the North American-focused Choice and Wyndham.
Carlson-Rezidor also has around 2300 properties, but is not in this list.
Graeme Boyd
Why is hotel pricing so opaque? They should learn from the airlines that transparency will bring benefits such as loyalty. I just checked this website and found 5 different prices for a Novotel property http://www.budgethotels.com and they claim on their own website that they are always the lowest price!


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Q: TypeError: props.map is not a function BottomMissionText.tsx
import React from "react";
import { Center, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import IMissionText from "../../interfaces/AboutPage/IMissionText";

//Simple bottom mission text component
export default function BottomMissionText(props: Array<IMissionText>) {
    return (

            {props.map((i) => (
                <Text>{i.title}</Text>
            ))}

    );
}

IMissionText.ts
export default interface IMissionText {
    title: string;
    text: string;
}

MissionBox.tsx(snippet)
<Box>
    {isT !== false ? (
       <BottomMissionText {...traditionalStatement} />
    ) : null}
    {isL !== false ? (
    <BottomMissionText {...traditionalStatement} />
    ) : null}
</Box>

I've been trying this for almost two hours now, and I keep getting this error (title).

A: In order to pass multiple objects, inside your MissionBox.tsx you should define traditionalStatement as an array of objects
const traditionalStatement: IMissionText[] = [
    {
        title: "your title1 string",
        text: "your text1 string",
    },
    {
        title: "your title2 string",
        text: "your text2 string",
    }
]

// ... rest of your component's code

<Box>
    {isT !== false ? (
       <BottomMissionText traditionalStatement=traditionalStatement />
    ) : null}
    {isL !== false ? (
    <BottomMissionText traditionalStatement=traditionalStatement />
    ) : null}
</Box>

In the functional component, you need to define the schema of props. I have named it IBottomMissionTextProps. And then de-structure the traditionalStatement from props in the functional component like the below code. Or directly use props.traditionalStatement in map.
import React from "react";
import { Center, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react";
import IMissionText from "../../interfaces/AboutPage/IMissionText";

interface IBottomMissionTextProps {
    traditionalStatement: IMissionText[];
}

//Simple bottom mission text component
export default function BottomMissionText(props: IBottomMissionTextProps) {
    const { traditionalStatement } = props; // destructuring
    // alternatively, you can use
    // const traditionalStatement = props.traditionalStatement;

    return (

            {traditionalStatement.map((i) => (
                <Text>{i.title}</Text>
            ))}

    );
}

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With just three colors of t-shirt yarn you can get a nice selection of combinations. Though keep in mind that because t-shirt yarn (at least my local brand) is made from industrial scraps the weight of it is generally not consistent from color to color, meaning that my mandalas could only be the same size if I used the same color for each row, as for example the pink is thicker than the light blue.
Ready to make some of these cuties yourself? Stay tuned, the pattern will be posted right here shortly.
Round 1: Ch3, dc, ch3. *dc 2 together, chain 3, repeat four more times and join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch. Detach yarn.
Round 2: Into any ch3 space, ch3, dc, ch3, dc 2 together, ch3. Into next ch3 space * dc 2 together, ch3, dc 2 together, ch3. Repeat from * in every ch3 space and join to top of ch3 with a slip stitch. Detach yarn.
Round 3: Into any ch3 space, join yarn, ch1 and sc 2 into space, sc 1 into top of dc2 cluster. Continue around with 2sc into each ch3 space and 1sc into top of dc 2 together cluster.
Note: Because t-shirt yarn varies in weight, I found that in Round 3 I needed to crochet either 2sc or 3c into 3chain space, so just crochet as many sc stitches as necessary to make your row lie flat.


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YMCG 2020 brings Bach to Guangzhou
2019-December-16 Source: Newsgd.com
The 2020 Youth Music Culture Guangdong (YMCG) will be held in Guangzhou between January 10th and 18th, with Bach by being performed by maestros and young musicians from around the world.
Initiated in 2017, YMCG assembles a group of musicians under the age of 35 for nine-days of teaching and public performances led by world-renowned artists in Guangzhou, namely the YMCG Symphony Orchestra. An open and all-embracing international platform, YMCG is all about creativity, imagination, dialogue, and collaboration.
Guests pose for a group photo at the press conference on December 11th, 2019. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
The 2020 YMCG will be attended by world-class musicians, including the prestigious cellist Yo-Yo Ma and conductor Michael Stern, as well as 69 young musicians selected from hundreds of applicants from around the globe.
Bach's music will feature throughout the rehearsals, concerts, salons and other events at the 2020 YMCG. Born in 1685, John Sebastian Bach, known as the 'Father of Modern Western Music', is one of the most important musicians in the history of classical music.
Yo-Yo Ma said in a video that Bach's music is there to help people who have experienced loss to heal and find their way again. He hopes "wherever you are, or wherever I am, we can actually bring people together through the music of Bach."
YMCG Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
Michael Stern also expressed his excitement about the upcoming event and talked about why Bach is special. Stern said, despite being almost 300 years old, Bach's music, which is so pure and revealing, remains essential and important for people in the modern world.
Young violinist Li Bingyang, who is attending the Yale School of Music and has participated in the YMCG four times now, said being part of the YMCG has given rise to some of his most beautiful memories over the last three years.
Lu Yongqi, former principal oboe of Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra and a student of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, National University of Singapore, was very excited about participating in the YMCG for the first time. She said she has heard so much about the event and can't wait to go on this wonderful journey.
YMCG Artistic Committee Chairman Long Yu [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
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The opening concert will be held at Xinghai Concert Hall on January 11th, featuring Bach's orchestral works adapted by famous contemporary composers and performed by both the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra with Jing Huan as the conductor. Yo-Yo Ma will work with the Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra to present three Bach pieces adapted by Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist.
The closing concert will be held at the same venue on the evening of January 18th. The 2020 YMCG Symphony Orchestra will showcase what they have leaned over the nine days of workshops and perform the Art of Fugue BWV 1080 (excerpts), Brandenburg Concerto (excerpts) and Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068. Yo-Yo Ma, the faculty and the Silkroad Bands will play solo or ensemble works by Bach as well.
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Jing Huan, Principal Conductor of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
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World's biggest battery to get bigger
South Australian electricity consumers will have more secure and affordable power with the State's Big Battery set to grow in size by 50% to help reduce household power bills and provide security services that were lost with the closure of the Northern Power Station.
Renewable energy company Neoen is expanding the 100MW/129MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia after being granted $15 million from the Marshall Liberal Government's $50 million Grid Scale Storage Fund.
"The Marshall Liberal Government is leading Australia's transition to a reliable and affordable renewable energy system," said Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan.
"The expansion of the Big Battery is expected to lead to significant savings by allowing South Australia to use even more renewable energy to lower prices in a secure fashion."
The expansion will be a world-leading demonstration of how battery storage can provide inertia, protecting the security of the grid by keeping frequency consistent.
Providing inertia from large batteries is a demonstration of global significance and is in addition to the Big Battery's existing role as a "shock absorber" during disturbances.
Traditionally, inertia was provided through the spinning of turbines in large power stations such as Northern and Playford. Since their disorderly closure, South Australia has suffered from a weak power system to the detriment of consumers.
Minister van Holst Pellekaan said the Marshall Liberal Government's strong plan for Home Batteries and Grid Scale Storage is providing strength to the system and relief to consumers after many hard years.
"We want South Australians to have cheaper and cleaner power, and renewable energy must be paired with storage to provide electricity to households and businesses when they need it."
"This expansion will support our transition to net-100% renewables energy and show the world a better way to manage the transition to renewable energy.
"The expansion will enable a much faster and bigger response to system disturbances, so the Big Battery can help stabilise the grid and store even more power for peak demand.
The capacity increase is expected to be completed by mid-2020; strengthening its position as the largest utility scale battery in the world.
Louis de Sambucy, Managing Director Neoen Australia acknowledged the support of the Marshall Liberal Government's to bring the cutting-edge technology to South Australia.
"The expansion of Hornsdale Power Reserve is demonstrating the critical and multiple roles that batteries will play in the grid of the future," said Mr de Sambucy.
"Neoen will continue to champion this movement to deliver cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy for the years to come."
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed $8 million in grant funding towards the expansion of the Hornsdale Power Reserve.
ARENA CEO Darren Miller said large scale batteries will play a key role in ensuring reliable supply and power system security, as Australia transitions to renewable energy.
"Along with providing essential services to the South Australian grid, this will help to inform changes to our rules and regulations to value these new services and help other batteries enter the market on a commercial basis," he said.
"We hope this project will not only demonstrate the versatility of batteries in providing a range of grid services but also help pave the way for market reform."
This is the first project to receive financing from the State Government's Grid Scale Storage Fund which is designed to accelerate the deployment of new storage projects in South Australia that can address the intermittency of the state's electricity supply.
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The diaspora must have been a shocking, life-altering experience for my African ancestors. They went from being surrounded by kin, familiar traditions and ways of life to becoming acquainted with the harshness of life in Europe and early North, Central and South America.
They went from human beings with families and traditions to objects whose humanity was stripped away, thanks to 'color' based slavery instituted in the 17th century.
Often, the story of African Americans starts when our ancestors were kidnapped and then it progresses through the three hundred or so years of slavery, the civil rights movement and beyond. But that isn't where the story of African Americans began.
Our story begins more than 10,000 years ago, with the migrations of nomads, including Bantu-speaking peoples and hunter-gatherers. Less than 6,000 years ago, our story continues with the emergence of vast empires, great pyramids (not just in Egypt) and proud fortresses.
I wanted to include this because I've always been interested in African and African American history/culture. When I was a child, I used to imagine where my ancestors came from. In my mind, they were these faceless, empty entities. Whoever said that we are the past, or that we understand ourselves better once we know the past, was perceptive.
Although colonial history significantly hindered my ability to identify myself with my African ancestors (hence the term 'Diaspora'), the internet and various historical archives make it so much easier for me to inform myself and others.
I decided that I'd do everything in my power to regain and preserve some understanding of my roots. And in order to do that, I need to understand both my African ancestors and their traditions, and my recent ancestors – the ones who lost their identity along the way. I want to tell all of their stories – the one story that connects us all. This might be a bit slow, but stick with me.


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•A form of eye inflammation that affects the middle layer of the eye's tissue
•Symptoms range from mild to severe, from redness and pain, to floaters and poor night vision
•Treatments include steroid drops, prednisone, and Retisert, an implant that releases medication
•Involves ophthalmology
What are the symptoms of uveitis?
Are there different kinds of uveitis?
How is uveitis diagnosed?
How is uveitis treated?
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There are several causes of blindness, and uveitis is potentially serious eye condition that can cause severe vision loss.
Uveitis produces inflammation that can destroy important eye tissues. It is extremely rare, but it is a leading cause of legal blindness in the United States.
Uveitis primarily strikes the uvea, where the pigmented parts of the eye (including the iris, ciliary body and choroid) are located, but it also can affect the lens, retina, optic nerve and vitreous (the gel-like substance that fills the middle of the eye).
At Yale Medicine, our doctors have access to a fully-equipped uveitis service, where physicians use the latest techniques designed to reverse the condition and preserve patients' eyesight.
"Symptoms vary from mild to severe," says Ninani Kombo, MD, a Yale Medicine ophthalmologist. Dr. Kombo notes that uveitis can strike anyone, including children, but mostly affects people from age 20 to 60.
These are the main symptoms to watch for:
Sharp pain
Sensation of pressure on the eyeball
Flashes or strobes of light
Difficulty with night vision
There are several types of uveitis. According to Dr. Kombo, the primary location of the inflammation determines the type of the uveitis:
Anterior uveitis occurs in the front of the eye. Other names used to describe this are iritis and iridocyclitis.
Intermediate uveitis occurs in the vitreous, the jelly in the eye.
Posterior uveitis is inflammation that occurs in the retina and the choroid (the layer between the retina and the sclera). It can also be referred to as chorioretinitis or choroiditis.
Panuveitis uveitis is uveitis that affects all three parts of the eye: anterior, vitreous and retina and choroid.
"A thorough personal family history is obtained that guides diagnostic investigations, and the patient is sent for blood work," says Dr. Kombo.
Photography is also used for diagnosis. "If the patient has inflammation of the retina, optic nerve or blood vessels," Dr. Kombo says, "photography performed in the office can capture pictures of the front and/or back of the eye."
Another test used to diagnose uveitis is a fluorescein angiogram. The exam, in which a fluorescent dye is injected into the bloodstream, highlights the blood vessels in the back of the eye so they can be photographed.
"Patients usually stay on self-administered steroid drops for four to six weeks after a uveitis flare," says Dr. Kombo.
If the uveitis is concentrated in the back of the eye, the steroid prednisone might be given, either in pills or intravenously.
A second step, if needed, could be use of methotrexate, or of medications called biologics.
If the condition still persists, Yale Medicine specialists frequently perform a procedure where an implant called Retisert is placed in the eye and then slowly and gently releases a medication that relieves the uveitis in the vast majority of cases.
Retisert is a very small FDA-approved device, about the size of a grain of rice, containing the corticosteroid fluocinolone acetonide. Retisert is surgically implanted in the eye through a small incision and releases precise amounts of the medication each day for about 30 months.
"The Retisert implant surgery is a same-day outpatient procedure," says Dr. Kombo. "The surgery is approximately 45 minutes to 60 minutes long." The patient then goes home and applies antibiotic drops for about a week.
Once the device is implanted, it never needs to come out. However, the patient does need to return to the doctor for checkups, because either cataracts (clouding of the lens of the eye) or glaucoma (excess pressure within the eye) might develop after the implant is in place.
Dr. Kombo says that is a tradeoff most patients are willing to make, because controlling the uveitis is so important and Retisert does that well in the vast majority of cases.
As she explains to her patients when they visit her at Yale Medicine, cataracts and glaucoma are both highly treatable—in fact far easier to manage than the uveitis.
"Because cataract surgery is so safe and so widely performed," Dr. Kombo says, it's actually easier to fix than the uveitis that we're often trying to treat." Similarly, if glaucoma develops, "we know how to lower pressure pretty effectively."
Yale Medicine has physicians who specialize in uveitis and have years of experience treating patients with the condition, including Retisert implantation.
We also have physicians from other specialties who collaborate with our ophthalmologists to trace the source of inflammation that affects the eye.
Yale Medicine's ophthalmologists have a wide range of expertise, and have advanced training to care for every aspect of your vision health.
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Curtis Wayne Wright Jr. planned to kill Bonita Springs doctor Teresa Sievers — and said he did it with help from her husband and a friend he met in jail.
During his testimony at the Lee County Justice Center on Thursday, Wright admitted to his part in the slaying in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence.
He spoke during the trial of one of his co-defendants Jimmy Ray Rodgers.
Wright's testimony began when Assistant State Attorney Hamid Hunter asked him who killed Teresa Sievers.
"I did and Jimmy Rodgers," Wright responded. He then spent about three hours detailing the killing in front of the jury. The defense will question him Friday morning.
Mark Sievers, the victim's husband, first approached Wright with the idea of having his wife killed at Wright's Missouri wedding in May 2015, Wright said.
The Sievers were having marriage problems and Mark was in fear of losing his two daughters in a custody battle with his wife, Wright testified.
Rodgers became involved because Wright asked for help and didn't want to kill the woman by himself, Wright said.
Behind it all was a life insurance policy Mark Sievers had taken out on his wife, Wright testified.
Yesterday's coverage:Ex-girlfriend of Jimmy Rodgers gives emotional testimony, tells jury Rodgers confessed to her
Read:'She was my sister and the love of my life': Family, investigator testify at Teresa Sievers murder trial
Mark Sievers told Wright he would pay $100,000 or more to have his wife killed and the plan was to share some of that money with Rodgers, Wright said on the witness stand.
Wright walked into the courtroom gingerly, wearing a tan Charlotte County Jail jumpsuit with his hands cuffed to his waist. He first agreed to a plea deal with the prosecution in February 2016.
The same day authorities announced the agreement, they arrested Mark Sievers. The agreement requires that Wright provide substantial assistance to the prosecution.
Wright already pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge, but his sentencing is contingent upon him telling the truth in court.
"I know the maximum for the charges is life," Wright said when asked what would happen if he didn't tell the truth on the witness stand. "I would assume I'd go away for the rest of my life."
Wright and Mark Sievers are both 51. They met in high school and Sievers served as one of two best men at Wright's wedding to his third wife in 2015.
Rodgers, 29, and Wright met in 2010 while they were incarcerated at the Sainte Genevieve County jail in Missouri.
A friend found Teresa Sievers, 46, bludgeoned to death on the kitchen floor of her family's home on Jarvis Road on June 29, 2015. Investigators found a hammer next to her body.
Rodgers and Mark Sievers are charged with first-degree murder and face the death penalty if convicted. A separate trial for Sievers is expected to begin after Rodgers' concludes.
Sievers and Rodgers also face a conspiracy to commit murder charge. Rodgers faces an additional charge of first-degree burglary while armed.
After the defense cross examines Wright on Friday morning, prosecutors will then have two more witnesses testify before they rest their case.
Defense attorneys are expected to begin presenting their presenting their two-day case on Monday.
Read:What you need to know about death penalty trials in Florida
During the summer of 2015, Mark Sievers wanted his wife dead as soon as possible, but the plan never was to bludgeon her, Wright said on the witness stand.
"I was trying to knock her out and figure out a better way of doing it," Wright said. "I never in a million years envisioned beating her to death with a hammer."
On June 28, 2015, Rodgers and Wright entered the garage of the Sievers house with the intent of killing Teresa Sievers, Wright said.
Mark Sievers told Wright she would be arriving home alone from a family vacation around 11:25 p.m.
After entering the garage, Wright and Rodgers put on jumpsuits, hats and latex gloves, Wright said. They duct-taped the suits to the gloves and at their ankles to avoid leaving any evidence, he said.
Rodgers, whose nickname was "Jimmy the hammer," picked up one his eponymous tools he found in the garage and made a swinging motion while talking about Teresa Sievers' destiny, Wright said.
Read:Prosecution links key evidence in Jimmy Rodgers' murder trial to fibers found on the victim
Mark Sievers' idea was to make it look like his wife was killed during a burglary, so Wright pried open a door in the garage before she arrived home, he said.
Teresa Sievers arrived home earlier than the men anticipated, and she pulled her car into the garage where Wright was looking at a motorcycle, Wright said.
He dove to hide behind some boxes and watched as she got out of the car and set her luggage down in the garage, Wright said during his testimony.
Wright planned to follow the woman into her home, place her in a choke hold then figure out a way to make it look like she died accidentally, Wright said.
He wanted to make it seem she slipped and hit her head or drowned in the family's pool, Wright said.
Before he could get close enough to choke the woman unconscious, Wright kicked over one of the family's dog dishes, he said.
"It startled her, and she started to turn toward me," Wright said. "I was afraid if she turned around she would scratch me or do something to leave evidence."
Before she could see who was in her home, Wright struck Teresa Sievers with a hammer he picked up in her garage on the back side of her head, Wright said.
After he hit her the first time, Teresa Sievers put her hand up and fought for her life, Wright said.
Because she arrived home earlier than expected, Wright did not know where in the home Rodgers was at the beginning of the attack, Wright said.
Read:Boss of Jimmy Ray Rodgers testifies in Teresa Sievers murder trial
After a few strikes with the hammer, Rodgers appeared and started hitting Teresa Sievers with a hammer of his own, Wright said.
"She was looking at me through her arms and she said, 'why?'" Wright said.
Rodgers began hitting the woman "in a frenzy," and Teresa Sievers bent over while holding herself up on the kitchen counter, Wright said.
"He kept hitting her," Wright said. "Jimmy did."
Even after she fell to the floor, Rodgers continued hitting Teresa Sievers with his hammer until Wright asked him to stop, Wright said.
Teresa Sievers was killed by the blows of two hammers and the two men left her body in her home's kitchen, Wright said.
He left the hammer next to her body and he was unsure of what happened to the hammer Rodgers used in the attack, Wright said.
The two men took off their jumpsuits and removed the duct tape in the home's garage then drove home to Missouri after stopping to get gas and to clean out the car, Wright said.
Wright threw away his blue jumpsuit at a rest stop and assumed Rodgers had done the same, but never actually saw him do it, Wright said.
Wright left his phone in Missouri when he drove to Florida to kill Teresa Sievers, he said.
He advised Jimmy Rodgers to do the same, but Rodgers did not take that advice, Wright said.
Myra Simmons, an analyst with the Lee County Sheriff's Office, said she examined the personal cellphone records of Rodgers during her testimony Thursday.
Simmons found his cellphone pinged to the cellphone tower closest to the Sievers' home in Bonita Springs on the same morning Wright said he and Rodgers killed Teresa Sievers.
During cross examination, the defense had Simmons read a disclaimer from AT&T about the type of cellphone data she was referencing. The data can be less than exact, Simmons read from the disclaimer.
Earlier in the trial, investigators testified of an email address with Jimmy Rodgers' name it in being attached to a Garmin GPS unit.
Wright testified that Rodgers connected his phone to the Garmin GPS unit the men were using to navigate from Missouri to Florida.
The friendship
Mark Sievers and Wright were close through the years and had the type of friendship that allowed them to share secrets with each other, Wright testified.
"I knew I could talk to him and he could talk to me," Wright said.
Wright also shared other information, such as he was paid by the Sievers family to provide software support for the family's medical practice.
Wright met Teresa Sievers at her wedding to Mark but did not have a relationship or friendship with her, he said.
When Mark Sievers would visit Missouri, he would bring his two daughters and Wright did have a relationship with them, he said.
After Mark Sievers and Wright got dressed before Wright's wedding ceremony at a park in Missouri, they took a drive to pick up some forgotten hot dogs.
It was then that Mark Sievers told Wright his wife had to be killed, Wright said.
"The only option, he said, was to have her to die and he needed to have her killed. He was asking for me to help him, either to do it or facilitate to have it done," Wright said.
He knew Rodgers was looking to make some money at the time, and Wright said he was fully committed to being involved in the plan until Rodgers agreed to take part, Wright said.
After the killing, Wright never got $100,000 or any money for his role in it, he said. Before stepping off the witness stand Thursday, the prosecution had Wright identify Rodgers.
Wright is expected to take the stand again at 9 a.m. Friday for cross examination from Rodgers' defense team.
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Why do you buy a new video game console ever few years?
No, this isn't a trick question; just think honestly about it. Is it because they are more powerful? Is it because of the new games they will offer? Are you someone that just likes to own everything that's new? Whatever your logic, the point is that there are a lot of good reasons why someone might choose to buy a new gaming console when it comes out.
Now ask yourself this: What if you never actually had to buy a new console again and could still satisfy all of the reasons you might have bought one?
According to recent interviews with key Microsoft employees, that's exactly the video game future the company is banking on. Microsoft Executive Phil Spencer had previously granted a private interview/showcase of the upcoming Project Scorpio to Engadget editor Nathan Ingraham, and Ingraham had stated that the impression he came away with was that Phil Spencer and the Project Scorpio team were preparing for a future in which the idea of buying a new console every few years will be "obsolete," and that Microsoft is going all-in on this future with the development of their upcoming console.
So what does this mean, exactly, for console gaming? Well, at least according to Microsoft, the future of console gaming is going to look a lot like PC gaming in that you will buy one console (they're hoping it's going to be Project Scorpio) and you will continue to upgrade it piece by piece as major hardware improvements become available.
The end of console generations? Could such a thing ever really be possible?
Well, yes, actually. Microsoft is making a bold statement at the moment by suggesting that console generations are dead without ever having really posed a viable alternative or even elaborated on how Project Scorpio is going to lead us to this bold new future publically. They're backing themselves into a corner of hype, so far as that goes, but their idea isn't a bad one. The industry may continue to support new consoles for a few more years, but the technology is there to ensure that people are not obligated to buy a new console, and it may indeed be time to take advantage of that potential.
What remains to be seen is if the gaming community will embrace a change as major as this one should it come to pass.


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Q: are reads and writes to a variable of type double guaranteed to be atomic on a 64 bit intel processor? I have a 64 bit machine running a 64 bit processor but my application is 32 bit. Is reading or writing to a double guaranteed to be atomic? I am talking about assignment and reading only. How does a 32 bit process affect this process? Can the reader ever read partial value from a double when other thread is writing to it in given specs?

A: No.  A double can easily straddle the L1 cache line boundary, requiring multiple bus cycles to glue the two pieces together.  A very real problem in C#, the 32-bit CLR only provides an alignment guarantee of 4.
These misaligned accesses are not only not atomic, they are also expensive due to the shuffling the processor needs to do.  Code that uses double can have 3 distinct timings, fast if the double happens to be aligned to 8 by accident, twice as slow when it is misaligned to 4 but still inside an L1 cache line, over three times slower when it is misaligned across a cache line.  Such a program can randomly bump into one of these modes when the garbage collector compacts the heap and moves the double.  Be very wary of this, a synthetic test program can easily miss this failure mode.
The perf problem is the core reason that a double[] is allocated in the Large Object Heap much sooner normal.  The LOH provides an alignment to 8 guarantee.  The normal rule is for objects >= 85,000 bytes, for double[] in 32-bit mode it is 8,000 bytes (1000 elements in the array).
You must use Interlocked.Exchange() if you need the atomicity guarantee.  And I ought to post the disclaimer that atomicity is a very weak guarantee and no substitute for proper locking when requried.