DX Roundup - Dec 2022

Greetings from DisruptX!

Welcome to our very first newsletter. DisruptX by Misonika is an engaging and informative virtual talk series, exploring how technology is revolutionising every sector from health, real estate, food, and fashion to energy, agriculture, education and so much more. DisruptX will bring to you the most relevant and inspiring stories.

This month is special as DisruptX turns one year old! We created the platform exactly a year ago to tackle insightful and interesting discussions on how technology is touching and positively disrupting every industry. Thank you to all our speakers who joined us on the show and our audience for supporting and watching the show. Please continue to be part of the dialogue.

We recently launched the trailer for our new and exciting segment Transformation Stories – Up Close and Exclusive. This will be a cool and imitate fire-side style interview hosted by a brand-new DisruptX team member. Keep an eye on our website and social media for when the first episode drops very soon.?

We will end what has been a fantastic first year for DisruptX with our latest episode focused on FinTech, including conversations with Padmini Gupta , Co-founder & CEO of Xare , and Arvind Krishnamurthy , Vice President & Global Product Owner of Emirates NBD . Find the link below to this latest episode in our Impact series.?

Lastly, don’t forget to follow and subscribe to our social media accounts to stay connected and informed. If you have an inspiring story you wish to share, please get in touch and be a part of the conversation.?

We will see you in 2023!

What’s been happening?

Just launched

Listen to our guests Padmini Gupta and Arvind Krishnamurthy discuss key factors driving the industry forward; how technology will reshape the future of Fintech, the regulatory situation in the region and more.

Watch again

This episode had our guests discuss inspiring innovations within the FemTech space, as well as the barriers still to overcome.

Don’t miss out on the conversation, catch all our DisruptX content on YouTube, or alternatively, listen along on Spotify, Apple Podcast or Google Podcast.

• Brankas ?– has created ‘Brankas Open’ a first-of-its-kind open-source licence for the future generation of banking-as-a-service and open finance software. The MENA region has raised almost $1 billion, which is a 78% increase from 2020.
• Money Fellows ?- the Cairo-based FintTech has been offering a formalised version of traditional community lending circles called Gameya, a peer-to-peer lending and borrowing network ingrained in Egyptian culture.800 regional FinTech firms will raise more than $2 billion in venture capital funding by 2022.

Commentary

Check out our first DisruptX blog on our website as we reflect on the FemTech episode and the challenges that remain despite projected growth.

Coming up….

Something new

We are all set to give our audience exclusive access to the personal journeys and viewpoints of leading business executives starting this December.

More to say

Be sure to catch the next episode in our Impact series FinTech Part 2 – Future of Payments where our guests will discuss how technology is continuing to disrupt the financial services industry.