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Blockchain –
Bright Opportunities
16th November 2020
By Fawaz Shakralla
Linkedin: Fawaz Shakralla

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Our Agenda
Part 1. Current Reality
- COVID-19 Impact on companies
- Blockchain Career options
- WEF – The Future of Jobs Report 2020
- Blockchain Opportunities
Part 2. The Next Reality
- Blockchain Solving Business Problems
- Blockchain & Emirates NBD
- Blockchain and Education
- MetroCoin - Blockchain for the Government

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Part 1. Current Reality
- COVID-19 Impact on companies
- Blockchain Career options
- WEF – The Future of Jobs Report 2020
- Blockchain Opportunities

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Since 2000, 52 percent of companies in the Fortune 500 have either gone
bankrupt or ceased to exist as a result of digital disruption.
*https://hbr.org/sponsored/2017/07/digital-transformation-is-racing-ahead-and-no-industry-is-immune-2 - 19-JUL-2017
AI, RPA, ioT, automation, blockchain

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COVID-19 Impact on Companies
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Customer are
more demanding
than ever
Effect
High risk of churn
Customers leaving to your
competition
The 80/20 rule:
80% of sales come from 20%
of customers
How to prevent your
top 20% of customers from
Leaving (Churning)
Innovative Tech

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Existing vs
Acquiring
It costs 3x less to maintain existing
Customers
Than to acquire new customers
e.g. mobile service
Innovative Tech Customer
Experience
Innovative Tech
AI, IOT, Blockchain, RPA

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AI
IOT
BLOCKCHAIN
RPA
Improve products and
services.
Improve customer experience
Reduce operating costs
Increase revenue, reduce time
to market, Reduce Churn rate
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Digital Transformation
Goal: provide highest quality of service with the most
competitive price points

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Demand for Innovative
Technical Skills
Specializations New Skills set
Innovative Technology
AI, IOT, Blockchain, RPA, Cloud

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-Over 20,000 companies surveyed globally
-Technology adoption in firms
-National + multi-national firms (>100 staff)

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*http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_of_Jobs_2020.pdf Legend: DIGICIT = Digital Communications and Information Technology, ENG = Energy Utilities & Technologies; HE = Health and
Healthcare; MIM = Mining and Metals; OILG = Oil and Gas ; PS = Professional
Services; TRANS = Transportation and Storage.

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*Page 114 of Report

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*Page 102 of Report

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Proof !
www.Blocktribe.com

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Why blockchain and what makes it
an attractive technology

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Financial Crisis of 2008/2009,
- The Wall Street banks
- Bailout of AIG, Fannie Mae,
- US Government TARP
- A CEO has unlimited power which
can contribute to fraud activities
- Bitcoin was born
Vitalik Buterin
World Economy

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Financial Services,
allocation of assets
Smart Contracts
Certificate of records, birth
certificates, documents
authenticity, government
issued ID’s – again fraud
cases
Records Registration
Security Token Offering
In a Market place
Smartlands.io (UK).
STO
Token allocation of
assets, real estate,
stocks, bonds
Token Share Ownership
A new economic model

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3. Blocks
Has 100 to 120 transactions on
it
Blocks are never deleted or
altered
Permanently recorded
1. Open Ledger
Open source
Transactions cannot be altered
No central authority
2. Transactions
Has date/time stamp
sender/receiver
An account address – hexa
4. Decentralized
No central authority
No gross settlement system
Transactions occur in real time
Transactions and blocks
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Smart contracts, records registration,
Crypto currency

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Part 2. The Next Reality
- Blockchain Solving Business Problems
- Blockchain & Emirates NBD
- Blockchain and Education
- MetroCoin - Blockchain for the Government

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Fake certificates,
Masters, PhD’s etc.
Education
Fraudulent Official ID’s
Birth cert, fake
passports, death cert,
Fraud
Real estate assets,
government projects
Funding limitations
QR Code on Certificates
Records Registration
QR Codes on
documents records
Records Registration
Token offering for a
global market
Smartlands.io (UK)
STO
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Solving Business Problems
Advantages: Reaching a global market, cost reduction,
security/transparency
Business Problem Blockchain Solution

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Emirates NBD registers cheques on a
blockchain.
“This initiative will significantly strengthen
our risk and security management
processes, particularly reducing cheque
fraud.” – Abdulla AlQassem Group COO
Ponder:
Did Emirates NBD require to use
Blockchain in this use case?
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Quality of Services
- Perception of service quality
Innovative Services
- Market lead in new services
Reduced Cost
- Reducing head count in the Fraud
management department
Customer Loyalty
- Retained existing customers
- Reduced customer churn rate
Customer Acquisition
- New customers
Benefits Gained
Was it worth the investment?

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This revolutionary solution will save
time, effort and resources by
enabling these institutions to
securely issue credentials on
blockchain,
Avoiding forgery of paper-based
certificates and creating an
educational passport where
credentials are easily shared with
third parties, who can verify their
authenticity seamlessly.
**https://www.unlock-bc.com/news/2020-09-21/uae-etisalat-digital-to-deploy-blockchain-education-certificate-platform
SmartWorld Etisalat - Shahada

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Blockchain for
Metro Station
Token Share
ownership
Sharjah to Dubai
Solving the problem of funding
limitations, and offering an STO to
benefit the public

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Career vs Startup
Trial accounts are available

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➢ Job security
➢ Events management, travel,
hospitality, consumer retail
➢ Upgrade skill sets which are in
demand -> Digital Transformation
➢ Improve employment rate
➢ Skill set → Satisfy a business need
➢ Follow your passion → Passion
must satisfy a business need.
➢ Career vs Entrepreneurship
➢ List your passions, serves a business need, What skill set needed
COVID-19 Impact
> e.g. – Passion = Marketing -> Big Data (Gowth Hack)

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NLP: Your motivation type…
Towards a Goal / Objective?
- Reach a certain career level
- Launch a startup – founder/co-cofounder
Away from a pain area/negative situation?
- Avoid being displaced in job market
- Always be in high demand
> Upgrading your skill set applies to both
> Combine passion + Motivation type

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Options to upgrade your skill set

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www.ResumeWorded.com

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Conclusion
Part 1. Current Reality
- COVID-19 Impact on companies
- Blockchain Career options
- WEF – The Future of Jobs Report 2020
- Blockchain Opportunities
Part 2. The Next Reality
- Blockchain Solving Business Problems
- Blockchain & Emirates NBD
- Blockchain and Education – Shahada program
- MetroCoin - Blockchain for the Government

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The End..

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Cheque Verification
- Customer opens the Emirates NBD App
and scans the QR code on the cheque
Cheque Amount Verification
- In the Emirates NBD app, customer
can check enough funds in the
account
Cheque Amount on hold
- Customer can place amount on hold until
cheque is cleared,
Service Features