Middle east and North african ( MENA ) region continue to show brisk sales of overall mobile phones (smartphones + feature phones)  as the region ‘mobile sales grew 23% Yoy.  Smartphone sales across these regions have been  growing 3  times faster that global  smartphone growth

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN MARKET : MOBILE OEM’S ACROSS THE REGION

• Samsung , Huawaei and Tecno were among the top 3 biggest players in this regions,
•  Samsung’s share in 2015 declined to 41%, a 9% decline from 50% share it had in Q3,2014
• Samsung loss was, was Tecno’s gain .The local brand Tecno saw its marketshare grow from 4.8% to 8.2% 
•  Tecno became the 3rd largest mobile player, notching up 123% increase in mobile shipments in juts under a year 
• Apple’ increased its marketshare in the MENA nations from 2.2% to 4%and broke into the top 5 largest players

80% Asian Consumer Internet Start Ups are Chinese and rest from India

8 out of 10   Asia’s biggest consumer Internet start ups, with over 1 billion USD valuation   are from China  and the rest from India

No 3 : Didi Kuaidi :Apart from Xiaomi and China Internet Plus .. China has its own equivalent of uber and ola. Didi Kuaidi  which is ranked 3rd biggest consumer internet start up in Asia is a company made up of China’s two largest taxi-hailing firms- Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache as result of a merger in Feb. 2015.

No 4: Flipkart is India’s biggest ecommerce marketplace and  the country’s biggest unicorn, which is currently valued at over $15billion

No 5: Asia’s 5 largest Unicorn is chinese peer to peer lending Lufax  which us valued more than $19billion recently.Lufax was   launched in 2012  and the company is a  part of Pi.ng An Insurance group ,which is  china’s  largest insurer by asset

No 6 : Asia’s 6th largest start up is  chinese technology company DJI  valued in excess of $8 billion . DJI manufactures commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial photography and videos

No 7 : Zhong An Online is among the first insurance company in china to sell all kinds of insurance policy as well as handle claims online .Zhong On is valued over $8 billion and it is  China’s first truly digital insurer.Ranked 7th as Asia’s biggest start up across consumer Internet space

No 8. :Ola Cabs is India’s  cab booking along with aggregation  service is ranked 8th biggest asian  consumer Internet unicorn .Ola’s currently valuation  is  $5  billion

No 9 :Snapdeal  is India’s 2nd largest e commerce marketplace after flipkart, and valued over $5billion

No 10 :UCar provides a chauffeured car service in China, located at Tianjin china and founded in 2014. Ucar  is valued currently at  $3.4 billion




With the exception of British Airways, the European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place

The above chart shows the biggest global retail chains across the world by their revenue .
The data is based on the 18th annual Global Powers of Retailing report, produced by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) in conjunction with STORES Media.

 This report identifies the 250 largest retailers around the world based on publicly available data for fiscal 2013 (encompassing companies’ fiscal years ended through June 2014) and analyzes their performance based on geographic region, product sector, e-commerce activity and other factors. – Sthe European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place

 Overall  media spends across all formats  will rise at a 6.1 percent CAGR to US $1.5 trillion in 2018, Within this, Latin America and Asia Pacific will be the fastest-growing regions, and Western Europe will be the slowest-growth region, while Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East/Africa will outpace Western Europe, as will North America

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 Chart of the day:  Key statistics that show how the digital divide across the world has been shrinking

 The last 15 years has been remarkable in terms of technological advance. Internet access and mobility  has penetrated vast land masses which did not exist 15 years ago.While Fixed broadband in areas around middle east and north Africa has  failed to grow above 1%, however these nations have made better  progress when it comes to mobile broadband . As of 2015 African mobile broadband penetration levels is lower that 20%

• By end 2014, fixed-broadband penetration will have reached almost 10 per cent globally 
• By 2015, 34% of developing nations have  Internet  access compared to 80% across developed nations
• Forty-four per cent of all fixed-broadband subscriptions are in Asia and the Pacific, and 25 per cent are in Europe.
• Across the LCD ( Least developed countries ) a mere 7% have internet access compared to world average of 46%
• one of of every 5  uses the internet compared to 2 out of 5 in Asia and pacific reasons and 3 out of 5 across  CIS

Globally MCommerce is now 34% of all eCommerce 

The above chart shows  which governments have been most proactive in  providing the best impetus for digital growth. The left  column  shows the ” degree  of ”  digital evolution index score mapped by the nations . The topmost  nations with the most proactive  government backing  are  Singapore Sweden and US  who tops the digital evolution score with a score over 50, followed by Netherlands , Germany and Japan

The 4 top Asian countries leading mobile penetration

The maturing of Asia-Pacific’s mobile ad market  made it  the 2nd  biggest market with investments reaching nearly $2.7 billion.Among the most developed was  Japan  with accounted for $1.7 billion, or 65% of the region’s total. By 2016, mobile ad spending in Asia Pacific will total $6.2 billion, driven by a surge in growth in China, India and Indonesia. Japan’s share is expected to drop to 43.1%.. as china will continue to see unprecedented growth

 Top 5 Product categories  in australia  which are increasingly being purchased by mobile. The no 2  chart tries to find the impact on mobile ads  on purchase  decesions

NEW YORK , MOSCOW AND HONG KONG  HAVE THE HIGHEST BILLIONAIRES These cities are homes to the richest and worlds wealthiest.New York has the highest  number of billionaires in the world : 78 in total and is the number one city home to wealthiest of all  Moscow ranks no 2  with 68 billionaires. Hong Kong with 64 billionaires  completes the elite line up of the top 3  most wealthiest cities London and   Beijing   ranks 4th and 5th with  46 and 45 billionaires respectively Meanwhile US  tops the countries  with highest billionaires . New York , San Francisco and Sao Paolo , the 3 cities has  129 billionaires

mobile  web share of internet traffic by country Nigeria , India and south Africa leads Mobile Traffic by Country

GLOBAL ONLINE USAGE ACROSS CONTINENTS North America and Western Europe leads with 88% and 81% online penetration respectively, followed by  Australia with 69% with 58%  East Europe  ranks 4th, followed by  52% in east  Asia  and 39% in central Asia .Middle East has 36% penetration, followed by Africa and South Asia with 19%

“78% of ad impressions  across Asia pacific market  are across mobile apps, amd only 22% of the ad impressions in the Inmobi network are across mobile websites.

 this means that  users are online  for extended hours and engaged for a longer period  via their mobile apps , rather than a mobile website