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?