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Shine Gopal, explains how the collaborativeentrepreneurship changing the world

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Chairman's noteIt has been my passion and work for almost a decade

to gather together Entrepreneurs from across the

world and ultimately helping them to collaborate,

innovate and grow.

Marketnext is truly the unique global community of

Entrepreneurs and innovators, and our motto, beyond

borders is as relevant today, if not more, as it was

when it was first created. Our global community and

my team and I have worked hard to create aim to

deliver maximum value added benefits with the

purpose of encouraging our members to connect

together (both physically and virtually), collaborate,

innovate, challenge and learn from each other. My

mission is to help them demonstrate their value to

People, Business and Society.

The InnovationNext magazine is designed to share

insights about relevant topics and our team has

curated the best information from industry experts.

This is a time of uncertainty, we have been faced with

many challenges and we have emerged stronger and

with a deeper purpose. We will face this challenge

together and we will be stronger than ever, together.

Shine Gopal

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EDITOR'S NOTE When we analyse the success stories of Entrepreneurs, those who had their starts atthe early stage of modern globalisation. I think we are a little jaded because by the timewe know who they are, they were likely already living the high life.What if you could havelearned more about the innovative ideas of the modern generation. I left feeling like Ihad experienced something unique and sharing those moments with others.InnovationNext magazine invites you to learn and understand more about the newinnovative ideas and thoughts of experts on this particular platform.

‘Ambition, passion, determination and drive’ ; It’s those qualities which set apart theleaders and winners in every aspect of business. I challenge you to involve in thisexchange of ideas, learn more about new business strategies from the different parts ofthe world.It's common for us to face the competitive aspect of the well-worn phrase‘survival of the fittest’. MarketNext will be a driving force for the success of their partners,entrepreneurs and well wishers.This platform is to enable you to create a new mediaculture of sharing the ideas of experts in their prospective areas which will enhance thethought process of the new entrepreneurs.

CEO's note

InnovationNext is Published byMarketnext Foundation. Marketnext is an Ecosystem forGlobal Entrepreneurship andInnovation. In effect, the businessecosystem consists of a network ofinterlinked companies thatdynamically interact with eachother through competition andcooperation to grow business. Anecosystem includes suppliers,distributors, innovators,consumers, government, Serviceproviders, investors, processes,products, and competitors. Whenan ecosystem thrives, it means thatthe participants have developedpatterns of behavior thatstreamline the flow of ideas, talent,knowledge and businesstransactions throughout thesystem.

As your business navigates the new realities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the  Marketnext Ecosystem  will continue to be yourtrusted resource during these uncertain times.

We are here to connect the world. Global connectivity will soon usher in the FourthIndustrial Revolution, which promises stellar gains in productivity and economic growth. Butnot only that: the technology that will revolutionize factories and workplaces will be of equaluse in healthcare, in efficient agriculture, in smart power production. In other words, acrossthe entire infrastructure of a healthy and sustainable society.

The InnovationNext magazine is here to provide you with the right information which areuseful for entrepreneurs to innovate and grow.

Sharon. S

CEO & Director,

Marketnext Foundation

www.marketnext.org/innovationnext

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The CollaborativeEntreprenuership

Shine Gopal, Chairman of Marketnextdiscussion on how the collaborativeentrepreneurship is changing the world.

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by Shine Gopal - Chairman - Marketnext Foundation & IMark Global

C O L L A B O R A T I V E

E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P

In recent years, the complex, volatile and changing environment in

which businesses operate has greatly intensified. A new era of

continuous innovation has emerged in which knowledge is the key

ingredient, and whose habitude determines success for many

organisation. In this context, it is generally accepted that effective

knowledge management and innovation depends heavily on a

company’s ability to collaborate, both inside (Collective

Entrepreneurship) and outside (Collaborative Entrepreneurship)

the organization.

Collaboration enables a firm to be entrepreneurial and

continuously innovative by exploring new markets. Continuous

innovation and market exploration are the building blocks of

collaboration. Therefore, its essential for any entrepreneur to

develop the concept of Collaborative Entrepreneurship, linking the

most relevant issues with the concept of Collective

Entrepreneurship, from a preliminary integrative approach.

As the world grows more complex and interconnected, the

global business landscape is also becoming increasingly

competitive. This has presented a series of challenges and

opportunities that require entrepreneurs, from around the world,

to look beyond their borders for new markets, technology, know-

how, talent, financing and investors, and supply chain sourcing.

Anticipating the future environment of business, Collaborative

Entrepreneurship discusses a revolutionary new competitive

strategy of continuous innovation that fulfills the need for efficient

provision of a constant stream of new products, services, and

markets. It should be a growth strategy for any organisation to

take part in the collaborative entrepreneurship model for wealth

creation, which is the core vision of Marketnext.

Why winningcompanies havea solid strategy ? S H A R O N S

C E O - M A R K E T N E X T

Do you know some companies are very

successful than others because their

strategy is tightly tied to their vision.

A strategy is a long-term plan that you create for your

company to reach the desired, future state you envision.

A strategy includes your company’s goals, values and

objectives, the business / businesses you want to enter,

the type of products/services that you plan to build,

your target market, your channels, your partners and so

on. A strategy is substantial when all the assumptions

you make at the time of its creation have been

validated and approved for accuracy with clear facts

and evidence. It is important to ensure that your

strategy aligns with your company’s objectives, your

business offering, its channels and its environment.A

good strategy will help you make wise business

decisions of money and time, like how and where you

would like to spend . It also helps to provide guidance

on project prioritization and other activities within your

organization. Allocate and optimize resources, set

functions, best practices, which make profits that

generate substantial returns.

1. Clarity – Prepare a strategic plan that is having

clarity, long-term and realistic. What type of

products/services would you like to build? Who will be

your end customers? What markets would you like to

serve, and what activities would you like to carry on to

get to your desired future state?

2. Opportunity: Carefully analyze what opportunity

exists in the future and how it might evolve over time.

Gather more data and facts associated with it before

finalizing any decisions. Clearly diagnose the risks and

challenges anticipated in pursuing this opportunity and

come up with the mitigation plan to address them.

3. Innovation: Ensure that the products/services you

plan to build are future ready, unique, with clear value

proposition– and that they are aligned with your

business and at-least with a foresight of 5 years. Keep

an eye on possible disruptions happening in your line of

business.

4. Competition: Ensure that your strategy remains

competitive. Choose a market that is either not

served or undeserved with little or no competition,

and be the first one there. This way, you capture

the market share, build your brand and position

your company well in that marketplace, making it

harder for any new entrants. (Read the blue ocean

strategy)

5. Time to market: Carefully evaluate the options

of “build versus buy” for the products/services that

you plan to offer your customers. Sometimes, it

might be cheaper to buy part of the products or

solutions that are already available or outsource to

a third-party vendor to save some cost of

producing your goods/services and getting them

out in the market.

6. Digitalize and Automate processes –

Digitalize your business and Automate and Build

processes using digital technologies. A robust

digital strategy is critical any new businesses in

the current scenario.

7. Evaluate : Periodically review and update your

strategy to ensure that it’s valid at all times and

meets your company’s objectives and market

needs. Test it out in small phases. It’s better to fail

fast when it is less expensive and recover from

mistakes.

8. Risks and failures: Factor risks into your plan

and allow your organization to accept failures. Use

unique insights gained from successes and failures

to learn from your past experience and improve

your future.

9. Stakeholders: Once your plan is finalized,

share it with stakeholders both internal and

external. Listen to their feedback, Let them know

what you are doing, why you are doing it and how

it affects the company’s forecast in generating

revenues and impacting shareholders’ value.

FEATURING

THE INNOVATIONS WHICH ARECHANGING THE WORLDResearchers in China created a pair of monkeys with specific genetic mutations. The scientists used a

new method of DNA engineering known as CRISPR. CRISPR allows scientists to modify fertilized eggs.

This innovation has great implications for the field of biomedicine. The ability to alter DNA at specific

locations on chromosomes makes it easier to study diseases. Researchers at MIT have expressed interest

in studying brain disorders like autism and Alzheimer’s disease. CRISPR has the potential to aid

researchers studying such ailments, allowing them to identify what genetic mutations actually cause the

disorders.

GENOME EDITING - Crisper

P H O T O G R A P H Y S T U D I O

Cyclists using bike lanes may soon be joined by tricycles capable ofspeeds of up to 40 kilometres per hour. Manufacturer Wello hasdesigned a three-wheeler fitted with a lightweight cover containing asolar panel, which protects the rider from the weather while chargingthe vehicle. The result is somewhere between a bicycle and a single-seater electric car.No driving licence is required to ride the trike, as itrelies on a mix of pedal-power and solar energy. The battery has arange of 100km, and Wi-Fi connectivity allows the vehicle’s locationto be tracked.

INNOVATIONSHOWCASE

Solar Powered Try Cycle

3D Printing in the construction industry means greatly reducedproduction time. That’s because the machines themselves are veryfast, some of them are capable of manufacturing 600 to 800-square-foot (55 to 75-square-meter) home in just 24 hours. Reduction incosts and waste, faster construction speed, reduction of accidents,complex architectural shapes, and more.

Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? 3D concrete printing tech is developing . rapidly and relies ondifferent technologies and materials, offering many benefits to itsusers. The tech is still in its infancy however the future may bepromising.

Bio-Plastics 

Scientists from the Centre of Sustainable ChemicalTechnologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath managed to make abiodegradable form of plastic. It is also made sugar and carbondioxide and not oil.It is made by combining a sugar called thymidinewith CO2 at low pressures and at room temperature. A Michoacánbased company, Biofase, are converting 15,000 tonnes of avocadoseeds into bioplastics every day. Though in emerging stage theseinnovations are going to save our planet.

3D printed Building - the Future of Construction

Contact tracing & health mapping : Aiisma is an India-born datamarketplace, and it rewards users for consensually and anonymouslytrading their data via the Aiisma App. In light of the current Covid-19situation, it has also expedited the release of its health mappingfeature for individuals, to manually share and monitor health insights.Increased use of the app will enable authorities with pro-activeresponses, due to sudden variations in the data pool.

5 Actionable tips to fast-track youropportunities Remember all those times you were complaining about nothaving enough time? While COVID-19 has been declared aglobal pandemic, it has given you what you always craved for -time. How you choose to spend this time will define the extentof your future success. If you make a quick search on the internet about the topsuccessful startups that started in the economic epression of2008 onwards, you will see some remarkable businesses suchas Whatsapp, Cloudera, and Slack. While the world is worriedabout its survival this year and possibly in the next year, ITentrepreneurs and business people see this pandemic as anpportunity. You should see it too! The only anchor in yourjourney may be the lack of experience and expertise. Theseare two of the most essential factors that define the extent ofyour success. If you get the right guidance, you can be in thelist of top successful entrepreneurs that started during theCOVID-19. Improving your skillset and/or learning a new skillcan allow you to experience new heights in your career or, incase of newbies, get a kickstart at your job.

WALK THE TALK5 A C T I O N A B L E T I P S T O F A S T - T R A C K Y O U RO P P O R T U N I T I E S

Branka van der LindenCo-Author of Boss Up or Get Bossed AroundFounder of Meaningful Synergies LtdCountry Leader Points of You Cyprus

Reinvent your Routine

We will soon forget what 9-5 job is, just like VHS tapesuccessor wiped out the whole product line. Nobody makesVCRs anymore. You can read more about it by visiting theMuseum of Obsolete Media, or you can just lay back andwatch another series on Netflix... Likewise, you can either embrace new technology and learnhow to make it your most reliable helper or complain aboutit being a vicious job snatcher. Reinvent your routine bylearning one new thing a day, regardless of how small orinsignificant it may appear. By cultivating new healthierhabits, you increase your chances of succeeding.

Simple is Not Easy

I said it is simple, it is by no means easy. To create newworking habits, it requires a lot of repetition, discipline, andcontemplation. Oh, and don't forget inspiration. When youhave a clear WHY (and I don't mean for convincing others,but if your own WHY is crystal clear to you), you suddenlystart to appreciate the simplicity of things. Break yourlengthy plan and the vision to small actionable, attainabletasks, and check the box every time you fulfil one step.Before you know it, you have crossed the street.

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Action versus Reaction

I like to use analogies, especially metaphors. In mylong consulting experience, I find it an excellent, non-invasive method of communication, especially withdemanding, resisting clients. When you look at titleaction versus reaction, you may first think of Newton'sthird law of motion. What association comes to my ead, making an effort of putting sunscreen beforeleaving the house versus using aloe aid lotion afterbeing all day in the sun. We all react to things andevents that waste our energy. Master the habit of beingproactive, and you will feel the power to make thingshappen instead of waiting for them to happen to you.

Expand Points of View

Regardless of religion, beliefs, upbringing, there areperspectives we never even dreamed of. They 're no etter or worse than ours, just different. Learning andaccepting to respect this difference is what makes usgrow. By widening our points of view, we can alsoobserve a plethora of opportunities where we used to seeonly the problem. Walk a mile in their shoes to find thesolution that is suitable for your client.

The current pandemic is affecting numerous businesses allover the world. Maybe your business has already beenaffected, or maybe not; one thing is for sure: eventually,COVID-19 will leave its mark in every business. While yousit there and wait, the effects of COVID-19 on your businesswill become more severe. Meaningful collaborations havebecome one of the most prominent ways to grow yourbusiness amidst the current pandemic. While other ompanies are struggling to survive, your business canthrive, provided the right collaboration. Meaningful synergiescompany and Market Next platform definitely introduce youto a new world of opportunities through such collaborations.

Be a Star at any Age Is it too late to go back to school? Am I too old tostudy? All other students are half my age. Nonsense.Wiseman once said, when you stop learning, youstart dying. Let that sink in for a moment. I wish Ihave chosen a different profession. I wish myparents didn't make me become a... So what is topping you from reskilling now, and fulfiling yourpurpose, feel good with what you do for work? Thereare free resources, or you can save up and invest inyour upskilling. In fact, if you allow for a re-innovative approach, you can even barter. Now, Iwould like you to read out loud: "Out of 7 billionpeople in the world, there is someone in need ofprecisely what knowledge and service I can offer tothem." You can be a Business Star in your industryat any age.

INNOVATIONNEXT |    MAY 2020

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Welcome to Zambia

Zambia is located in the Southern Africa Sub-region,with an area of 752,614 km2. The neighboringcountries are Zimbabwe Botswana , Namibia,Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Angola and theDemocratic Republic of Congo. The country has anestimated population of 17.0 million. About 46% ofthe population, representing an active andproductive workforce, is between 15 and 64 years ofage.

Languages:English is the official language in which all businessis conducted, other main languages are Bemba,Nyanja, Tonga and Lozi.

Though landlocked the county’s Road, Rail andTelecommunication facilities are reasonably welldeveloped for direct access to regional andinternational markets.

ZAMBIA - THERISING GIANTFOCUS ON CHEMBE DISTRICT ,

NORTHERN ZAMBIA

DR . SEBASTIAN C KOPULANDE

Hon . Member of Par l iament ,

Chembe Const i tuency for the

Zambia and Country Director for

Marketnext , in Zambia .

The prime growth sectors for investmentZambia are Manufacturing, Agricultureand Argo-processing, Tourism, Energy,

Mining, Housing Development andConstruction. Others offering fresh

investment opportunities areInfrastructure Development, Commercial

Buildings, Transportation, Education/Human Resource Development, Media,

Telecommunication and IT Services.

CHEMBE DISTRICT: THE NEWECONOMIC FRONTIER OFNORTHERN ZAMBIA

Chembe District was created in 2012 when it was hived offfrom Mansa District, the Provincial Capital of LuapulaProvince in the Northern part of Zambia. The area has greatinvestment potential that still remains to be fully explored byboth local and foreign investors. Chembe District has greatinvestment opportunities in various economic sectors.

Investment Opportunities in Chembe

In 2006, Government promulgated the Multi-FacilityEconomic Zones (MFEZ) policy in Zambia as a way tostimulate industrial development. MFEZs are specificgeographic areas with the highest quality physical andsocial infrastructure and efficient Government licensingprocedures that will attract investment into themanufacturing sector.

Investors under the MFEZ are entitled tothe following incentives:

A corporate tax rate of zero percent for the first five yearsfrom the year that profits are first declared;For years 6 to 8,only 50 percent of profits will be taxed at the going taxrate;In years 9 and 10, 75 percent of profits will be taxed;

Exemption from tax on dividends for the first five years fromthe year when dividends are first declared;

Zero percent import duty on raw materials, capital goods,machinery including trucks and specialised motor vehiclesfor the first five years;

Deferment of VAT on machinery and equipment includingtrucks and specialised motor vehicles imported for use inthe MFEZ. All types of manufacturing as well as severalother activities can take place in an MFEZ and will accessthe above incentives.

These activities includeFloriculture, Horticulture, energyprojects, Education and skillstraining, Information andCommunication Technology,Health sector & its various supportservices as well as Tourism.

In recognition of its strategic location between theSouthern and Northern regions of Zambia, Chembe wasselected by the Government early on in 2006 to host anMFEZ to produce for both the Copperbelt Province whichis a predominantly mining area and for export to thenearby Haut Katanga Province in the Democratic Republicof Congo (DRC). To this effect, a piece of land, 900hectares in extent, was allocated and has been reservedfor this investment which can be undertaken by a privatedeveloper.

The development concept is for one or a consortium ofprivate investors to develop the area by building thenecessary infrastructure such as access roads and attractother investors to build factories for various manufacturingactivities and services activities such as hotels,warehouses, schools, etc. The MFEZ would then operateas a Smart City where the investor will own the land underagreement with the Government while those investing inthe area will have sub-agreements with theDeveloper.Apart from investing in the MFEZ, Investorscan also invest in various other business ventures in theDistrict such as Agriculture, Mining, Forestry, Fisheries,Livestock, Energy, Tourism, Transport, etc.

For the far-sighted investor looking for opportunities in Africa, Zambia is the place to be while ChembeDistrict offers the home for the future success of business.We are looking forward to welcoming you with

the warmest smile.MWAISENI

Expected Impact of the Chembe MFEZ (CMFEZ)

Apart from stimulating economic growth through foreign and

local investment, the CMFEZ will have the following impact

Encourage diversification and movement away from the

historical dependence of the Zambian economy on the mining

sector;

Promote indigenous SME development in the area;

Promote rapid development of infrastructure such as roads,

telecommunications, electricity and an airport

Enhance economic and trade links between the neighboring

countries of Zambia, DRC and the East African region.

Promote innovation and new technology-oriented business in

the area in particular and Zambia in general. Promote well-

coordinated urbanization of Chembeü Create strong

backward linkages that will bring business viability to many

business entities in the area. Fast track the promotion of rapid

industrial development for both domestic and export markets

from Chembe;

Promote a unique opportunity for employment creation in a

rural area where such opportunities had never existed;

Increase Zambia’s foreign exchange earnings;

Increase Government revenue,

Provide an opportunity for value addition to local natural

resources and agricultural produce;

Provide a ready market for local peasant farmers, thus raising

their incomes and improving their standard of living and

effectively fighting poverty;

Promote the rapid industrialization of a rural area;

Allow access to modern social services such as health,

education and water reticulation to a hitherto impoverished

rural community.

Strategic Importance of CMFEZ

The proposed CMFEZ is of national strategic importanceto Zambia for the following reasons:·

New technological direction: Current concerns with theenvironmental impact of oil propelled automobiles hasraised interest in electric motor vehicles. Chembe Districtsits on large manganese deposits which is a major inputin the production of batteries. It is expected thatmanganese mining activities in Chembe will growexponentially in the very near term, hence creatingincreased economic activities in the area.

Size of the investment: The expected investment in agreenfield infrastructure Project will draw a lot of attentionto the area. This attention presents a good potential totap inward investment in CMFEZ.·

Industrial clustering- The CMFEZ will bring up diversifiedindustries with manufacturing as a leading sector in anarea that that has been economically backward hitherto. ·

Strong backward linkages- Investors in the CMFEZ willbe encouraged to produce goods and services for bothlocal and export markets. They will also be encouraged topurchase materials from local suppliers, most of who arepeasant farmers.

Land use- The use of land in the CMFEZ willaccommodate all necessary concerns of development toensure that urbanization and residency is well planned.·

Transportation- The Zambian Government has alreadyrebuilt the Pedicle Road which links Copperbelt andLuapula Provinces through the DRC. This project willenhance exports to the DRC as well as Angola. TheCMFEZ stands at a strategic position to benefit from thefacility in their export activities.

Legal frame work- The ZDA Act provides that a statutoryinstrument shall support the development of an MFEZ.This legal requirement provides the developer of theCMFEZ with guarantees and protection of theinvestment.

EDUCATIONALINSTITUTIONS WILL

NO LONGER BEBUILDINGS OF BRICK

AND MORTAR. THEHUGE CAMPUSES AND

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DISUSE AND WILLSOON PERHAPS

DISAPPEARALTOGETHER.

M P Joseph IAS (Former)Former UN and Indian Civil Servant

Education is all set to change unrecognizably. With facemasks and social distancing becoming the norm,education will look very different in a post Covid future.

This change is not something new. It had started outabout a decade ago, when with MOOCs, the MassiveOpen Online Courses - programmes where a studentcould sit in his home and learn and get a degree from aUniversity or College many thousands of miles away -began.

MOOCs was a new form of Distance Education whichhad been around for quite some time, the differencebetween the two being that in the original form ofDistance Education the teaching institution had to sendreams of hard copy notes by post, or email etc. to thestudent.

MOOCs was Distance Education through online courses.MOOCs and Distance Education were however always,only an insignificant part of the huge canvass thateducation was. MOOCs was largely confined to highereducation, especially those that did not need to havelaboratories and experimentation. But even in suchlimited areas of university education MOOCs did notmake a dent. It had no real presence at all in schooleducation.

The coming of Byju’s made things different. Byju beganto change the landscape of digital education. Withmassive advertising, fairly impressive content, and astrategy of targeting rich kids - which in turn providedByju’s the money for expensive endorsements by starslike Shah Rukh Khan in double and triple roles in multi-cultural and multi- linguistic settings - and Mohanlal in avery Malayali setting - Byju’s became a household namein many middle and rich income households.

Byju’s spawned many such online courses for schoolchildren. Even though innovations and improvementsupon Byju’s became the cornerstone of many of thesenew entrants, none of them have been able to comeanywhere near the commercial success of Byju’s.

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Really however, MOOCs and Byju’s and the newerentrants in online learnings have remained only fads sofar, an additional tool that a rich or a middle-class kidcould use to score more marks. They have never gotanywhere near to being mainstream teaching and learningtools. That will all change post Covid. Schools, Collegesand Universities will change shape and characteraltogether. Today at the height of Covid, we can seeglimpses of what that very different new education is likelyto be.

Firstly and primarily, Post Covid there will be aUberization of education. Like the way our shopping hasbeen changing in the last decade and half, so willeducation. Fifteen years ago if anyone had told us aboutonline shopping through Amazon, about Swiggy deliveringbreakfast, lunch and dinner to our homes and offices, wewould have hardly believed it. But today, shopping hasmoved online so much that many state governments arechanging their Excise or Abkari laws to allow for theAmazonization of the sale of liquor, when liquor can beordered online and delivered to our homes.

This Amazonization of shopping means that the brick andmortar shops and Malls that we are so used to wouldbecome rarer and rarer and perhaps even disappearaltogether in one or two decades. When you can haveyour necessities delivered at home, why bother to goshopping in crowded shops and Malls? You would go to aMall, perhaps only to socialize over a coffee or dinner. Inthat process if you shopped a little, that was it. But yourmain shopping would have gone online.e shopping, post-Covid education would be delivered largely to our homes.

The concept of a school or a college or a university thatwe have in our mind will alter unrecognizably. The hugecampuses, the impressive buildings with students in smartuniforms coming out of them that we see inadvertisements would all change.

Educational institutions will no longer be buildings of brickand mortar. The huge campuses and buildings will beginto be in disuse and will soon perhaps disappearaltogether.

T H E F U T U R E O F E D U C A T I O N P O S T - C O V I D

Most of the teaching will go digital and online. Many schoolshave already begun such online courses and others arelikely to do so in the next few days or weeks. Teachers areeven now sitting down and preparing online courses for theirstudents. Zoom – and its equivalents - is the newClassroom. Once that happens in larger and larger numberof schools, schools as we know it will disappear. So wouldcolleges and universities. Cambridge University for examplehas already decided that their 2020-21 academic yearwould be conducted completely online.

And if that succeeds, as it most likely would, then even postCovid – and indeed even after a successful vaccine is found against the Corona virus - digital courses will continue asthe key tool for delivery of education. Hologram 3D teacherswill be present in every student’s home to guide the studentalong and teach the online courses. Surgeries will beexplained to medical students online through holograms and3D images. So would the use of tools and machines inengineering coursers.Artificial Intelligence will gauge the capacity and the learningof each individual student and tailor courses to suit eachstudent.

Coming to a class room for a lecture may not altogetherdisappear, but would be a rare event, perhaps happeningonce in a term or a month, more for the sake of peer to peerand teacher-student socialization and for establishing aclient (student)-business (college, university) relationship,rather than as a learning or teaching need.

It would be far cheaper to conduct an online course throughZoom than to conduct a one-year physical degree ordiploma course on the campus. Which means also that thecost of education, the cost of a degree will come downdramatically. This will open up higher education to a largernumber of students. Poorer students will be able to join insuch online courses at a fee much lower than the oncampus physical courses of the past.

With the development and widespread recourse to three-dimensional digital courses with extensive use ofholograms, Artificial intelligence etc., education will becomeas widespread as the mobile phone today. For truly anyonewith a mobile phone and willing to invest a very smallamount can join a virtual university and get a graduate, or apost graduate degree, an MBA and even an Engineering orMedical degree.

Education and higher learning with graduate and postgraduate degrees will become truly socialized. I would theneven venture to predict that we will see in future a far largernumber of educated citizenry with a good graduate or postgraduate degree than in the past. Like the mobile phone,higher learning and education will become very widespread.Any student with a smart phone can for a small fee enroll fora degree or a post graduate course and make the grade.

If university courses and degrees are going to be cheaper,then how would the finances of a college or university workout? Would the highly competitive nature of educationwhich will reduce the cost of a degree, discourage privateinvestment in education?

The uberization of education is not likely to be one ofunalloyed good. It will come with some negatives as well.Just as a swiggy delivered meal at home can not replacethe ambiance of a dinner served in a fine restaurant, withthe waitresses and maître de fawning upon you, soonline courses can never fully replace a full course classroom course. One of the processes by which we learntoday is through peer to peer learning in the school, collegeor university. The biggest causality of digital education –howsoever sophisticated it becomes – would be theabsence of direct contact peer to peer learning.

My sense therefore is that just as post Covid there wouldbe fine dining experience in star Michelin restaurants andeven in not so top-end ones, so too there would beschools, colleges and universities offering class roomcourses. Only these courses will like a dinner in arestaurant be extremely expensive which only the childrenof the very very rich can afford. Just as there are today veryexpensive private schools – like for example the Eton inEngland, the Doon School in India – across the world, sotoo would there continue to be a very small number of veryexpensive campus-based courses, which while continuingto have person to person classes with student-teacherinteractions, will also have a fair number of online 3-D andhologram based and Artificial Intelligence aided onlinecourses.

Every digital university or college or school would also liketo bring their students to a campus at intervals. But insteadof separate campuses for each different school as we havetoday, the concept of a shared office space that we seetoday in the workplace may also be replicated in schoolsand colleges. We would have campuses for weekly or dailyrent say with the Campus being hired out by one schoolthis week and a different school the next week.

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One of the species that may be endangered because ofdigitalization of education – and may even go extinct, atleast as we know it today – are teachers. Already Byju’shas been replacing the role of teachers. In a verydigitalised scenario, there would be no need for ateacher for every classroom and for every subject. Onehologram image of a teacher can replace hundreds ofactual teachers. That is of course a very saddeningthought.

Will digital education as described above be meaningfulif a good vaccine is invented against the Corona Virus.My answer, for a couple of reasons, would be a yes.Firstly, technology has a momentum of its own andcannot be stood in its tracks. As we have seen in thecase of phones, digital technology in education willinexorably lead to a digitalization of education. A goodvaccine will not be able to stop digital education. It willonly ensure that Campus based education as we know itwill linger on for a longer period. After all the virtual worldcannot replace the joys and pleasures – and the sorrows– of waking up in the morning, reluctantly bathing andchanging into a school uniform, and even morereluctantly going to school. Most of all it cannot replacethe joy of meeting your friends, talking to them, playingwith them, fighting with them, falling in love with them,and the pain and joy of growing up with your friends in aschool or college.

The idea of an Assembly in the morning will also look different. The Assembly ground followingthrough with the principles of social distancing. Class rooms in such shared campuses would alsolook different.

The class rooms will be larger with chairs and desks forstudents at safe social distances. There could even be aconcept of see through cubicles, so that physical contactbetween students in a class is minimized.Another possible challenge for the fullest quick expansionof digital education post Covid, is – like the case of thesmart phone – be the absence of reliable high-speedinternet across swathes of the world, in South Asia –including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh etc. – parts ofSouth East Asia, Africa, South and Central America etc.This will be a major challenge for the expansion of digitaleducation.

Another challenge to expanding digital education is thatunlike a class room a home is not under the monitoring eyeof teachers all the time. In a school the presence ofteachers, the class monitor, and peers ensures that thestudent is in the class always. In a home setting, thestudent supposedly attending an online class, can veryeasily scoot from the virtual class room.

Children are very inventive and can do this by switching offtheir cameras, blocking it, claiming a fault with the internetetc. Parents are not likely to be able to monitor childrenlearning in homes as much as teachers, and their peers ina classroom. During the Covid period, many parents havecomplained that their children scoot the online classesmaking up inventive excuses. This is only likely to increasein a full fledged digital system of education.

PIVOTING

We are well into a global pandemic withmore than 200,000 people dead and 3.3million infected.

Many economies have been ravaged by the lockdowns

introduced to slow the spread of the disease. At the time

of writing, around one third of the world’s population is

under some sort of restricted movement. It is clearly not

business as usual, even for the rest of the world. The

biggest question entrepreneurs around the world are

trying to find the answer to, is how best to pivot their

businesses to take advantage of the new opportunities

that present – yes opportunities. If entrepreneurs are able

to do one thing, it is to spot the opportunities that

inevitably arise with change. Large disciplined

companies with rigid structures and well established,

iterative methods of developing innovative solutions are

less able to come up with the disruptive, game-changing

solutions that are needed when there are huge changes

in the external environment as we are witnessing now. As

international trade specialists, we have been at the

forefront of the shifting trade winds. We helped our

customers in China procure PPE from India in early

February; we then helped Chinese manufacturers to sell

around the world. One of our business partners, UKLED,

with has been particularly successful at pivoting in this

environment. UKLED is a mid-sized LED manufacturer

based in Liverpool in the UK.

The company had successfully developed a niche in

large scale LED re-lamping projects. Quickly custom

manufacturing LED solutions that retrofit into existing

fixtures and fittings, the company is able to give its

customers an ROI within 3 years on average. In early

February it was clear that this virus was more virulent and

infectious than the previous SARS and MERS viruses.

UKLED began pivoting, branching out into the

development of UV light for sterilisation. UV technology

for sterilisation is not new, however, there was a need for

a packaged solution that could be used to sterilise

enclosed spaces and surfaces. UKLED responded to the

need in the market quickly to develop a suitable solution

that satisfied business needs. In doing this, the company

helped to serve the current needs of the market, for a

quick and effective sterilisation technology, and is seeing

its business grow by leaps and bounds.

THE COMPANY HARNESSED

ITS CORE COMPETENCE ,

THE TECHNOLOGICAL

KNOW -HOW

The company harnessed its core competence, the

technological know-how and manufacturing capability of

lights, and deployed this to solve a current and urgent

problem in the market. Thus it has also successfully

utilised its current resources in this pivot. The key take-

away for us all as entrepreneurs is to take a good look at

our capabilities and resources, and look at the market to

find that opportunity which is the best fit for us. To find

that trapped value in our know-how and resources, and to

find the best strategy to release it. A successful pivot does

not come without some planning and strategy

development; most entrepreneurs however can do this

very well. I wish you all success in your pivot, if you find

the need for it and embark on this challenging path!

Let’s be clear – to pivot is more than to adapt to change. It

is to make substantial changes, to take advantage of new

opportunities that are presenting in the market. These

opportunities may arise as a result of changes such as

technological development, or by external disruption such

as the ongoing pandemic. The need for change can be

clear, but the direction of change may or may not be. The

implementation of change is however the key factor that

differentiates a long term and successful pivot from a

short term, or an unsuccessful pivot. Clearly a pandemic

offers many opportunities for disaster capitalism – the

shorting of stocks, the speculative purchases of products

that go up in demand and price, etc. However this is not

pivoting. A successful pivot brings about lasting value

from the changes. This is why UKLED’s pivot is successful.

The pandemic has highlighted an area in which a value

contribution can be made, i.e. the offering of cost-effective

and efficient method of sterilisation of spaces and

surfaces to the market. This service is likely to be required

long into the future and therefore UKLED’s new

technological know-how and service offering will be in

demand long after the pandemic has been written into

history.

Sujita Purushothaman Director, Earth Digital Ltd.

The word Ghana means "Warrior King" and derives

from the Ghana Empire in pre-colonial times. The

name Ghana was chosen for the new nation to

reflect the ancient Empire of Ghana, which once

extended throughout much of West Africa. Formed

from the merger of the Gold Coast and British

Togoland by a United Nations sponsored plebiscite

in 1956, Ghana became the first sub-Saharan

African country to gain its political independence in

1957.

Gateway toAfrica

G H A N A

IVY LAWSONSerial Entrepreneur & Country Director, Marketnext Ghana

The Republic of Ghana is located in WestAfrica and bordered by Côte d'Ivoire (IvoryCoast) to the West, Burkina Faso to the North,Togo to the East and the Gulf of Guinea to theSouth Ghana is a member of manyinternational organizations including theCommonwealth of Nations, the EconomicCommunity of West African States, the AfricanUnion, La Francophone (Associate Member)and the United Nations. Ghana is the secondlargest producer of cocoa in the world.

Ghana is the best place for doing business inWest Africa, and the fastest growing economyin the world according to the World Bank'sEase of Doing Business Report 2019.

Ghana is strategically located within WestAfrica and have access to one of Africa'sbiggest markets, with a population of about 400million people. Ghana's location together withits relative stability makes Ghana a gateway forregional trade and unique investmentdestination of choice in the sub- Saharanregion.

Doing business inGhana

Value proposition of MarketnextGhana Chapter

We manage Free zonesenclaves developed into amultipurpose industrial park toenable non-free zone investorsglobally access the industrialsite and its superior services toboost their productivecapacities. MarketNext Ghana,facilitates by the deliberateconvergence of all front-lineexport/investment promotioninstitutions such as GhanaRevenue Authority, Police,Immigration, EnvironmentalProtection Agency into a one-stop-shop.

A range of property options including Wholesale Mall, Car Mall,Bonded Warehouse, Factories, Office spaces, Logistics Centres,Manufacturing Centres, Business Incubation Centres, Leisure &Recreational Centres, Villas and parcels of serviced Lands withgood quality roads, rail services, drains, water, electricity anddependable sewerage systems are readily available for use byprospective investors. We are well equipped to provide businessservices and assist enterprises meet the necessary registrationrequirements at the shortest possible time. We attract businessprocessing orders and outsourcing/back once jobs globally.

We offer Business Process Outsourcing Services such as customersupport, technical helpdesk, telemarketing, administration andsupport, web moderation, translation, recruiting, valuation and talenthunting. Our mode of cooperation systems offered are flexible andsuitable; joint ventures, policy-oriented funding operations,application for preferential policies as well as customs clearingservices, facilitate business registration and certification.

100% exemption from payment of direct and indirect duties and levieson all imports for production and exports from free zones; 100%exemption from payment of income tax on profits for 10 years which willnot exceed 15 per cent thereafter; Total exemption from payment ofwithholding taxes from dividends arising out of free zone investments;Relief from double taxation for foreign investors and employees whereGhana has a double taxation agreement with the country of theinvestors or employees. No import licensing requirements; or nationalMinimal customs formalities;100% ownership of shares by any investor;foreign free zone enterprise is allowed;

There are no conditions or restrictions on repatriation of dividends ornet profit; payments for foreign loan servicing; payments of fees andcharges for technology transfer agreements; and remittance ofproceeds from sale of any interest in a free zone investment; Free Zoneinvestors are permitted to operate foreign currency accounts with banksin Ghana; At least 70% of annual production of goods and services ofFree Zone Enterprises must be exported; consequently up to 30% ofannual production of goods and services of a free zone enterprise areauthorized for sale in the local market.

Abundant, adaptable and easily trainable labour force, Bilingual labourforce ideal to serve the English and French market.A competitive daily minimum wage rateNo restrictions on issuance of work and residence permits to investorsand employeesDuty free access of manufactured exports to USA (AGOA) andEuropean Union marketsExcellent sea and air connections with Asia, Europe and USAAn already existing industrial baseAvailability of a stock exchange, International banks and non-bankingfinancial institutionsA dynamic private sector willing to collaborate with foreign partnersA committed and progressive Public Private PartnershipsA high degree of personal safetyA truly hospitable peopleClient stabilityRobust economy

A stable political environment within the West Africansub region:

Why GhanaB Y I V Y E V A L A W S O N

IncentivesMonetary Incentives

Ghana Government has strong support for preferential tax policiesand incentives as well as a good tax reduction policies to open the

market to attract more investment.

Australia is a business and investment land of opportunity.

Boasting a mature marketplace and ecosystem which

supports start ups in their journey and back established

businesses to help everyone flourish and survive. Although

Australia has an enormous land area spanning some

7,682,300 km 2 , with a population of 26 million, highly

urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern

seaboard. This vast land area and growing population is

prime for new businesses, industries, expansions and growth

in the Australasian region.

Business opportunities are consistently developing with an

ever-present need for these to be fulfilled. With Australia

being home to many different people, spanning cultures

from all corners of the world, there is a market for every

industry found across the globe. Within the metropolitan

areas of Australia, your well-known capitals for example

Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are areas where you will

find a booming and established sector which is always

looking for ways and innovations to optimise and create

solutions. From the IoT to service delivery, the metropolitan

areas still have a great deal of offerings for businesses, both

large and small, to play a role. Although, these opening may

not be easily observable in such a mature market,

consultation with the right knowledge partners can open

doors never thought of.

Although most of the population is found in the major

metropolitan areas, there is a sizable and growing

community found in the regional and outback areas of

Australia. With the support of the government and private

organisations, many businesses and international

organisations have opted to invest in and provide for these

remote areas, as an emerging market within a market is

forming. From the bare necessities to sophisticated

telecommunications and IoT solutions, the regional areas of

Australia are a thriving market that is fast growing.

For entrepreneurs the opportunities are endless. On top of

the needs of the population, there is the enormous import

and export trade that spans the east coast of Australia and

directly into the Australasian markets and the Trans-

Tasman market between Australia and New Zealand. This

network sees livestock, consumables, mining, engineering

solutions and innovations pass through several market

networks funnelling into a vast eco-system of trade lines.

From large companies to Small and medium-sized

enterprises (SMEs), the market is an open playing field

with the governmental support and private backing in all

fields.

To the critical business topic of 2020, COVID-19. COVID-

19 has seen many businesses fall, and on the other hand,

many businesses rise. One of the single greatest factors of

this, is a company’s ability to diversify and adapt to the

market. As aforementioned, Australia being a country with

a market that always has problems needing solutions, a

large group of businesses, both local and internationally,

adapted to the decline of in store movement and this saw

an exponential rise of the e-commerce world for both

goods and services. Further to this, the Australian people

and government have been extremely understanding of

the difficulties faced by businesses and for this, there are

an ample number of support departments and packages

for any and all businesses and entrepreneurs wanting to

join or are already in, the Australian market.

With all that is happening, and the post COVID-19

conditions most Australian states are currently in or fast

heading toward, business prospects have never been so

open. There are plenty of opportunities on offer and new

niches to be explored. There is very much a market here in

Australia and New Zealand to be explored, thrive in and

successful. For more information do not hesitate to

contact us:

A U S T R A L I AA L A N D O F B U S I N E S S O P P O R T U N I T Y

By Mark & Mark Govender

MG STERKSpringfield, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 451602902Email: marketnext@mgsterk.com

Country Director- MarkeAustralia

Since we live in an age of innovation, a practicaleducation must prepare a man for work thatdoes not yet exist and cannot yet be clearlydefined. – Peter Drucker

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Go hand in hand.

Companies can get better at implementing innovation in

their businesses by encouraging more entrepreneurial

thinking. Innovation is increasingly becoming critical to

entrepreneurship. Innovation is a facilitator of

entrepreneurship and a way of empowering people to

take charge of their lives and economic prosperity.

Innovation quintessentially is about seeing, perceiving

and solving problems in creative ways.

Entrepreneurship is a behavior rather than a personality

trait. The purposeful and organized search for changes

and the systematic analysis of the opportunities such

changes might offer for social and economic

innovations. Be systematic, keep it simple, start small

and aim for leadership. Your energy introduces you

before you speak. This Covid season in 2020 has

presented us with challenges to deal and opportunities

to explore. Let us move on with an entrepreneurial mind-

set, culture and drive into our new future of changing

demands and different expectations at all levels.

We have to be leading in uncertain times to experiencethe next generation leadership realities. This can beachieved only by thinking and working different for thebenefit of the younger generations and the economicdevelopment of our nation which will all help to leavethis world a better place to live for others. Innovation is afacilitator of entrepreneurship and a way of empoweringpeople to take charge of their lives and economicprosperity. At the same time, entrepreneurship is theanswer to innovation both at individual and business-

level. It also stimulates general business sector growth ofa nation and our world on a larger scale.

Our world of business is changing so rapidly than noother time, so challenging for any Leadership todemonstrate actions compassionate, care and couragerather than confirm, chaos and fear. The only best way isto quickly change and adapting to changing, uncertainand unprecedented times of our world in an extraordinary way.

Innovation and

entrepreneurship

The successful leaders are the ones that demonstrated

and operated well in crisis and managed well under

uncertain times. We have a lot of role models from our

past from generations that have managed well in crisis

like Martin Luther, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many

others. We need work together and transform lives and

business by building impact leaders who have good

rational and higher order of thinking. Leaders need act

with genuine care and show emphatic concern for

people and their development and build progress in the

country.Building relationships by making thoughtful

decisions and have a positive impact on people.

Rigidity kills innovation, destroys creativity and leads to

stagnation. Being flexible and adaptable is the new

ways to create and build ideas. Reinventing business

models by practicing frugal innovations. Given how

much things have changed, what has worked in the

past almost certainly won't work in the future.

Today anyone, anyplace at any time can develop an

internet based business that builds scale through the

application of lean methodologies thus creating more

value for customers with fewer resources. Use the

existing limited resources to create innovative

solutions. Don’t hesitate to take the risks.

Communities rapidly develop solutions. Network and

Masterminds support encouragement and such group

or mass interactions enable teams to rapidly develop

solutions that one person probably could never come

up with independently even with an unlimited amount

of time.

Koshy SamuelSenior ManagementProfessionalOMAN

“Surround yourself with only people whoare going to lift you higher.”

Modern world is getting faster every day and the effectsare seen as changing cultivation, food processing,cooking utensils, fast food & toxic atmosphere and this ischanging man’s landscape to newer health challenges forwhich there is no cure. Apart from these, effects are seenin community as fast changing life style. leading to utterchaos, distrust and violence. In modern health care,personalized medicine was a distant dream, but theintroduction of nutrigenomics in medical care has madethis dream come true. Medical profession and health careorganisation have to adopt necessary changes andattitudinal changes to deliver the scientific growth to thebenefit of mankind for better health. As man evolved withthe so-called science & technology, sufferings increased,restrictions increased, freedom in every segment ofhuman life is stopped and so is his life style. We calledthem rules and regulations. Initially it was religion, nowit’s politics. The world and people are divided, there’boundary in every cent of land on earth and also in ourown body. The sufferings increased in severity to theextent of covering all part our body with the exception ofnose & mouth through which precious air, water and foodenter our body. Now this area is also covered fearing thatit will spray our body with chemicals and microbes thatour body or mind doesn’t like. Even after covering thisarea we were instructed to spray with chemicals, alcoholetc. and ordering DO NOT MOVE.

Evolutions of medicine is a necessity from timeimmemorial when man started farming or agriculture tofeed themselves. Till that time, we were dependent onnature and wild vegetables and other animals for food.It’s a real fact that National Geography pointed out inthe article stating that “Grains were the worst discoveryof mankind”. Understand that revolutions are mandatoryin health. Changes in health and life can be noticed fromthe point of Hippocrates in 500 BC, the father of modernmedicine Medical systems can be traced to Ayurveda3000 to 1500 BC and TCM 3000 to 2000BC. Modernmedicine originated in 19th century. Wellness has beenevolving for two decades now and now high time tochange to the most scientific and evidence-basedNUTRIGENOMICS as Personalized Functional Medicine.

B Y D R . A . S R E E K U M A R

NUTRIGENOMICST h e N e w A g e H e a l t h C a r e

WELLNESS EVOLUTIONWellness has been evolving for two decades now

and now high time to change to the most scientificand evidence-based Nutrigenomics as a

personalised functional medicine.

Know your Genetics & Genomics

To understand yourself,consider you as not a single selfbut a co-operative group of individual cells. Peep insideyour cell and first you encounter a fort outside called ascell membrane that is made up of fat, the most dreadedthing in your life. Just bear this fact in your mind this fattymembrane is your protector and cellular health dependson the quality of fatty layer. There are so many gateshere and we call them as channels which are highlyselective to various molecules necessary for cellularfunction. So, the entry is limited only for nutrients and exitfor metabolic waste produced by millions of biochemicalprocesses occurring inside.

This membrane also expresses out as signalsdescribed below. There are trillions of similar cells inyour body and in our body reside three times thenumber of cells. Once you enter this cell wall, we cansee jam packed smaller molecules, we call them asintra-cellular structures and they are all busy workingfor us. The events happening are energy production,protein manufacture, collection & disposal of metabolicwaste and harmful chemicals and organisms that isdestroyed by our defense. All these are initiated,coordinated and controlled by gene situated in thenucleus. Genes are DNA (Deoxy-ribo Nucleic Acid)present in chromosomes present inside the nucleusand is made of 4 chemical bases Adenine (A), Thymine(T), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G). %% The manufactureof protein is as per the instruction of the expressedgene (genome) in that particular cell. Out of 3.2 billiongenes present in each cell only few genes expressdepending on the function of that organ.

This is the crux of the issue, if this expression ischanged or mutated by some factors, the function isaltered and a disease state sets in. In fact, the effectsof cellular expression are electro-chemical and electro-magnetic signals. These are collectively converted intovarious actions or state that we can visualize in allhumans as character, behavior, health & disease.Nutrigenomics denote a complex partnership of genes,nutrition, health & disease. This consist of thedevelopmental program that decides on resistance ofdiseases or susceptibility, how to struggle, survive andeven death.

Disease is nothing but the

expression of the person to

outside based on the overall

effects of cellular

metabolism.

That’s why medicine has only limited valueas they have no entry into the cell formanipulation of the cellular mechanism. Inolden days this was enough, as blocking theexpression outside the cell or removal of fullydiseased cells or organ was curing becausenature (air, water & food) used to replenishthe cells while taking rest. I think we all knowwhat we get today from our nature and so theadvancement in extra-cellular modernmedical care advancements have only limitedvalue.

Know your Genetics & GenomicsNutrigenomicsScience also revealed lot of things that we have not been paidmuch attention. Genes issue instructions, intra cellularorganelles carry out instructions and effects are beingexpressed out as actions. So, we have to address all the threedimensions of cellular health – Gene inside the nucleus (Mind),Intracellular or cytoplasm (Body) & extra cellular (spirit orenvironment). When these three dimensions are in union and iscarried out by trillions of cells, a human being exist in goodhealth.

Practical delivery of this medicine is termed as FunctionalCellular Medicine. Our experience at Wellness Solutions,Cochin span for more than fifteen years covering more than25000 clients. We were delivering this innovative health care byFunctional Geno-metabolic Assessment – This is done inperson or can be online· Functional Metabolic NutritionalTherapy – Personalized, exercise, relaxation, diet, fasting,nutritional supplements & medications.·Functional Metabolic Monitoring – This is the mainly bymonitoring of QALY (quality of life in years)

I hope you got something beneficial from this brief journeythrough your forbidden secret areas. This give you the feel thatthere is good hope and so the belief in NUTRIGENOMICS isnecessary for better cellular metabolism and better life with lessfear & sufferings. This is the New age Health care that is thenecessity of today and the personal goal is to improve quality oflife.can visualize in all humans as character, behavior, health &disease. Nutrigenomics denote a complex partnership of genes,nutrition, health & disease.

This consist of the developmental program that decides onresistance of diseases or susceptibility, how to struggle, surviveand even death. Disease is nothing but the expression of theperson to outside based on the overall effects of cellularmetabolism. That’s why medicine has only limited value as theyhave no entry into the cell for manipulation of the cellularmechanism. In olden days this was enough, as blocking theexpression outside the cell or removal of fully diseased cells ororgan was curing because nature (air, water & food) used toreplenish the cells while taking rest. I think we all know what weget today from our nature and so the advancement in extra-cellular modern medical care advancements have only limitedvalue.

DR. A. SREEKUMAR MBBS; DLO; FACNEM(AUSTRALIA) CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER

WELLNESS SOLUTIONS & SOUKHYAFOUNDATION

WWW.THEWELLNESSOLUTIONS.COM

NUTRIGENOMICS

MicrobiomeOur body is house for trillions of micro-organisms. They also have genes andtheir expression is called microbiome.The ratio of our genes to microbes are1: 150 which denotes that we aredictated by our microbes. When ourgenome & microbiome go in union weare in perfect health. Our microbes helpto adapt very easily to new conditions,new spaces & environments. So, theydecide everything about person’s life.

SOUTH AFRICARISINGWe have all been affected by the current crisis in one way oranother. And what of the world of business?  Businesses of all sizeshave been forced to review their internal business models and goback to their core, thus shedding costs, including staff, that are notdeemed to be critical to the survival, continuation or growth of theentity. What does all of this translate into in an emerging economysuch as South Africa?

To provide some context, South Africa is actually the 21st

largest power producing country in the world, exporting

this commodity to seven African countries and producing

more electricity than the Czech Republic, Singapore,

Hong Kong, Ireland, and Denmark combined. The recent

growth of domestic, industrial and trade demand has

caused increasing countrywide energy shortages due to

the generation and capacity challenges of Eskom (a

State-owned entity dominating the energy space). As a

result, the South African government has embarked on a

modernization and refurbishment of traditional energy

generation, and has identified renewable energy as a

critical sector in its new industrialization campaign which

it is supporting with various funding initiatives. Africa at

large has seen an increased undertaking of renewable

and alternative energy sources - South Africa, Kenya,

Egypt, Namibia and Ghana were named the fastest

growing PV markets on the continent in 2018.

Furthermore, South Africa has proprietary technologies

which allow the conversion of coal to petroleum. And

although South Africa does not have her own oil fields, to

her East lie some of the world’s largest reserves of natural

gas.

In the agricultural space, the African continent as a whole

remains the only region yet to experience a “Green

Revolution” and will require substantial investment in

order to guarantee food security. Reports have shown

multiple agricultural opportunities such as wheat

production in Ethiopia, cassava in Nigeria and maize in

Tanzania. Despite the current crisis, a rapidly growing

African population means a soaring demand for food,

creating new growth opportunities in agriculture.

In spite of the one million jobs lost in South Africa

since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic (over

and above the 29% unemployment rate prior to Covid-

19), surprisingly enough, now more than ever do we

face a battle for talent. Businesses can no longer

afford to NOT have the best staff with the ability and

drive to execute and deliver on a vision that will help

to take an organisation to its next new level of

development and growth. To add to this challenge,

global talent that was previously hired to implement

projects in niche areas such as robotics automation,

IOT, machine learning and other emerging

technologies, is now limited due to travel bans and

has caused a very real skills shortage, as well as a

delay in necessary skills transfer.

What does this mean on a practical level in the

recruitment world? Organisations will require

increasingly robust and reliable search and

recruitment processes to screen amongst the

thousands of available candidates in the marketplace

to find the select few stars who not only fulfill the

technical competencies of the role, but align to the

culture, values, and vision that will ensure a long-

lasting partnership and growth for both candidate and

client in a challenging climate. Whereas a larger

market has been created, new challenges have arisen

as apparently enthusiastic candidate pools are

plagued by financial and psychological distress that

could indeed affect performance. Retention strategies

will take on a different form as companies tighten their

purse strings and still wish to ‘’lock-in’’ their best

people. Will change management and harmonization

take on a more practical form? Or will a lack of job

security encourage people to stay put instead of

considering that next potential growth move?

Elena DowdenRegional Director

MarkegtnextJohnannesburg

So where-in lies the opportunity?

And what of manufacturing? South Africa has set up special economic development zones to stimulate the

manufacturing space. Considerable efforts being made by government to support the manufacturing industry

including the establishment of various ministries and programmes specifically designed to develop various

industries and attract direct foreign investment. Recently, one of Africa’s first smart phone manufacturing

plants has been established in South Africa to build smart phones that are designed specifically for the African

continent and its context.

Furthermore, several of the world’s largest automotive companies have manufacturing plants in South Africa,

where they benefit from ease of access to and supply of raw materials. With a reduced labor cost in

comparison to first world markets, the support of first world infrastructure and access to a competent and

effective pool of talent, as well as a desire for organisations to become increasingly more independent from

China, South Africa and Africa are poised for massive growth. Not to mention great cost of living with the

benefit of an established financial infrastructure.

In terms of general infrastructure, South Africa already has 5G technology deployed and operating in a

commercial capacity with large coverage in the more densely populated provinces. Over and above this, two

of the main telecommunications companies have partnered in a new initiative of laying thousands of

kilometres of under-water cables that will significantly increase the capacity and speed of internet

connectivity of coastal African countries to the rest of the world (this is due to be completed in 2024/5). The

financial services sector is also highly advanced and in several areas eclipses the functionality and complexity

of systems and product offerings found in various first-world markets such as the USA, UK, and Europe. Health

services are the best on the continent and range from a wide array of private operators (increasing medical

tourism industry) to a robust public system. Similarly in the education space, South Africa is home to several of

the leading universities on the continent, including a large private sector primary, secondary and tertiary

education space.

In essence, Africa and South Africa specifically are positioned for phenomenal growth for decades ahead with

the benefit of strong infrastructure, commitment from government to increase stability and capacity of

supporting infrastructure, supported by a robust financial services industry, easy access to raw materials and

an abundance of labor. Moreover, she holds a rapidly growing, highly skilled workforce which has come

through and educational system supported by a continental market of over 1 billion people with growing

propensity of disposable income. If you’re not already here, the question you should be asking yourself is,

‘Why Not’?

Coimbatore is heavily influenced by Information Technology, Engineering &Textiles. Coimbatore is called the Manchester of South India due to itsextensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields. The city hasfour special economic zones [SEZ], ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN VentureSEZ, Aspen SEZ.

Coimbatore has trade associations like CODISSIA, COINDIA andCOJEWEL The city is one of the largest exporters of jewelry, wet grinders,poultry and auto components.

Coimbatore has a large and a diversified manufacturing sector facilitated bythe presence of Larsen & Toubro, Baker Hughes, Alstom, ZFFriedrichshafen, Konecranes, Pricol, Lakshmi Machine Works, V-GuardIndustries, Suzlon, ARGO-HYTOS, Titan, Flowserve, KSB, Makino, Messer,Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Rieter, VWR International, Hella, Shanthi Gears, ITCLimited, ACC Cements, TTK Prestige, Kirloskar Group, Hirotec, ELGIEquipments, Roots Industries, Salzer Electronics, Mak Controls andsystems, Texmo Industries, SE Electricals and others. Larsen & Toubro hashuge manufacturing facility spread over 300 acre own campus. And thereare more than 25,000 small, medium, large sale industries in the city.Coimbatore also has Engineering SEZ in the outskirts of city "Aspen SEZ"spread over 376 acres. CODISSIA Industrial Park is being set up atMoperipalayam nearly 260 acres and at Kallapalayam nearly 150 acres.Thecity already has industrial estates owned by SIDCO at Kurichi, SIDCO atMalumichampatti, Electrical & Electronics Industrial Estate at Kalapatti andSree Suba Ganesh Industrial estate near Kovilpalayam. The large numberof engineering colleges in the region producing about 50,000 engineers.Indian Railways has "Southern Railway Signal & Telecom Workshop" inPodanur which is a manufacturing unit for Electrical & Communicationdivision of Indian Railways. "L&T - MBDA Missile Systems" is a joint venturesetting up a new unit in Aspen SEZ, Coimbatore to manufacture defenseproducts.

Coimbatore 1) Textiles2) Manufacturing

2.1 Engineering procurement andTooling2.2 Automotive engineering andcomponents2.3 Wet grinders and Home appliances2.4 Motor and pumps2.5 Jewelry and gems

3) Information Technology and BPO4) Aerospace & Defense5) Railways6) Paper7) Poultry and food products8) Retail and e-commerce9) Hospitality10 ) Education sectors schools /colleges/universities.

By Sudhir Nair -Regional DirectorMarketnext

T H E M A N U F A C T U R I N GH U B O F I N D I A

HOW THE COIMBATORECHAPTER CAN HELP

Main Industries

The Coimbatore Chapter has formed a

cluster to provide a one window

solution for global companies looking

for setting up a manufacturing facility

in Coimbatore. The chapter has

formed a group of specialists who can

handle all aspects of setting up the

factory – both technical and

commercial. From feasibility study,

land procurement, location approvals

and registrations & clearances from

different agencies to build and operate

a factory. We find the right architects,

PMCs, contractors and vendors as well

as coordinate between agencies

working on the project. Our team will

also co-ordinate with all the authorities,

contractors, suppliers, etc. Plus the

Chapter will take responsibility for the

entire administrative / commercial

management (finance / accounting /

HR compliance) of the project even on

a BOT model.

THE LIBRE-SOC PROJECTMarketNext is delighted to present the Libre-SOC

Project, a commercial game-changer and Libre

Hardware project, conceived by Luke Leighton, a new

member of the Marketnext Global Family.

The Libre-SOC Project is designing and manufacturing

a brand new state-of-the-art microchip with built-in

Video and 3D Graphics capability funded by NLNet

under their Privacy and Enhanced Trust Programme.

This design is being developed, using Libre-licensed

principles meaning that everything associated with

bringing it into being is open and transparent. Once

fully scaled, anyone, any entrepreneur, anywhere in

the world will be able to buy and use the chip to meet

the computing needs of their local market. To date, this

kind of development activity has been exclusively the

realm of very large corporations.

Chips based around this design will allow individuals

and SME’s to manufacture all kinds of computing

devices from Smartphones, tablets & notebooks to

single board computers. Suddenly, anybody with a

small workshop will be able to create sophisticated

computing devices with minimal legal and technical

hurdles. Countries and citizens will gain Sovereign

control over their computing technology.

The potential applications are limitless. The concept

has the potential to revolutionise the current internet

making it better suited to developing economies, and

providing access to management heuristics within that

network.

The beauty of the design being conducted entirely in

the open is that developers do not need to sign

License agreements or NDAs (Non-Disclosure

Agreements). They can download the drivers and the

full hardware design immediately. Mistakes are

rectified faster and more elegant solutions are

incorporated earlier. The open design process always

creates better results which are more user and market

friendly.

When a planned Quad-core SMP version is ready, its

cost in volume will be around $4 (74 ZAR, 302 INR,

£3.22).

Libre-SOC is inviting anyone to co-create empowering

opportunities for the people who use it. Luke Leighton

conceived this design, and, on the comp.arch

newsgroup, gained the advice and help of Mitch Alsup.

Mitch has over 40 years experience designing

processors for brands including Motorola, AMD and

Samsung.

MarketNext working withLibre-SOC to Develop a

Revolutionary New SiliconChip

By John ScottUnited Kingdom

“We’re not trying to build the fastest", Luke said."or the most powerful computer processor ever.[We are building] the most radical design”.

Libre-SOC is a system which has grown followingLibre principles. In essence it extends the ethicalFOSS (Free Open Source Software) principles intohardware. When this chip exists there will be nocorporate stranglehold on any part of the softwareor hardware stack. This allows massive revenuetransfer. Closed markets will be opened andproduct income will be created for all members ofthe network closer to the point of use. Theastronomical revenues kept in tax havens by thehuge corporations can now be shared by localcommunities all over the whole world

Libre-SOC is a system which has grown followingLibre principles. In essence it extends the ethicalFOSS (Free Open Source Software) principles intohardware. When this chip exists there will be nocorporate stranglehold on any part of the softwareor hardware stack.

By October this year, we aim to have around 30180nm test chips manufactured with the help ofChips4Makers. Those precious chips will beavailable to exclusive and strategic partners.

WHA T I S Y OU R

P E R C E P T I O N O F

T H E P R E S E N T J O B

MAR K E T ?

H O W H A S C O V I D -

1 9 A L T E R E D Y O U R

F I N A N C I A L

P L A N N I N G ?

Nobody knows what i s happen ing . . . Too

many va r i ab le s .

We wi l l have to wa i t f o r anothe r 2 -3

months to see how the s i tua t i on

changes be fo re dec id ing on how to

p roceed wi th our f i nanc i a l p lann ing .

And wa i t f o r j ob s tab i l i t y as our l i v i ng

cou ld be j eopa rd i zed .

Al l the d ic tum tha t had pegged the

r i se and f a l l o f ca ree r s to sk i l l and

ha rd work , can now add a new

at t r ibu te : co rona v i ru s . An i n v i s ib l e

f ac to r tha t can sp r ing up sudden l y to

no t on l y make o r break ca ree r s , but

a l so wreak havoc on l i v e s and

l i ve l i hoods . S ince the beg inn ing o f th i s

yea r , when the mic roscop ic v i ru s

popped up on the g loba l scene , i t has

a l t e red the economies and budget s o f

na t i ons and i nd i v idua l s wor ldw ide I n

Ind ia , the l ock down s ince March -end

has seen the count r y and i ndus t r i e s

come to a gr ind ing ha l t , wip ing out

s ta r t -ups , br ing ing sma l l and medium

sca le bus ines se s to the cusp o f

co l l apse , sow ing widesp read

unemployment and sa l a r y cu t s , and

a l te r ing the workp lace and l i v e s o f

mi l l i ons o f employees . Whi le the

In te rna t i ona l Labour Organ i sa t i on ( I LO )

es t imates the l o s s o f f u l l - t ime j obs

wor ldw ide to be 305 mi l l i on , i n I nd ia ,

the to ta l number o f j obs l i ke l y to be

impac ted i s 1 36 mi l l i on , as per the

Nat iona l Sample Survey and Per iod i c

Labour Fo rce Survey .

‘Th i s I s the T ime ’ : Mic roso f t CEO Sa t ya

Nade l l a say s to So f twa re ’ s Ro le i n

Cov id - 1 9 Response and Recove r y As the

CEO o f the wor ld ’ s most va luab le

company , one tha t works wi th

hundreds o f mi l l i ons o f cus tomer s and

employ s more than 1 50 ,000 peop le ,

Sa t ya Nade l l a has a un ique van tage

po in t f o r obse r v ing t echno logy ’ s r o l e i n

combat t ing Cov id - 1 9 .

NOBODY KNOWS

WHAT I S

HAPPENING . . . TOO

MANY VARIABLES .

Rajmohan PillaiChairman of Beta Group

A

“That’s just a leap,” says Nadella. “We’ve talked about these

things for decades, but this is the time where we are doing

it at scale. So the question is, what are we learning? What

does it show which is sustainable? What should we re-

imagine when we get back to ‘normal?”

Most employees are worried lot... Many Bengaluru-based

company has slashed salary by 25%. But in other parts you

lose your job or are asked to take leave without pay.

For the people adversely impacted: Will have to alter

lifestyle and focus only on essential expenses for now.

Smart steps to be taken

Adjusting budget to cut the discretionary spending so that

essential expenditures like child’s education goal is not

impacted. Have life and health insurance.

Have to identify how to supplement income.

Bigger problems are for soul breadwinner for family that has

quit job recently or being put on indefinite unpaid leave.

Still searching for a new job and emergency fund might last

only for a month or two months.

In India, the lockdown since March-end has seen the

country and industries come to a grinding halt, wiping out

start-ups, bringing small and medium scale businesses to

the cusp of collapse, sowing widespread unemployment

and salary cuts, and altering the workplace and lives of

millions of employees. While the International Labor

Organisation (ILO) estimates the loss of full-time jobs

worldwide to be 305 million, in India, the total number of

jobs likely to be impacted is 136 million, as per the National

Sample Survey and Periodic Labor Force Survey.

“Any sector that delivers to discretionary spends or involves

high people connect, like travel, is likely to get impacted

more than others,” says Rajul Mathur, Consulting Head,

Talent and Rewards, Willis Towers Watson, India. Agrees

Neeti Sharma, Senior Vice-President, Team lease Services:

“Most people who plan vacations around this time have

stalled and so has the travel business. The automobile

volume may decline by 15-16% in 2020 as the companies

have shut down manufacturing and put production on

hold.”

As companies try to ensure their survival by cutting costs,

many have resorted to slashing salaries and laying off people.

Others have put employees on indefinite leave without pay or

put freshly hired staff on hold. According to an online survey

conducted by the Economictimes.com on the impact of Covid-

19, as many as 39% of the 3,074 respondents who took the

survey are facing a salary cut, while 15% are set to lose their

jobs. Despite the fact that 15% respondents are facing a salary

cut of more than 25%, almost 43%of these are likely to

continue with their current jobs and not look for new ones.

Response, recovery and re imagining is the way forward.

I don’t think we go forward with exactly the same type of

workflows or how we do work or business process the same

way. We need to collect as much data as possible on how

smart people have adjusted and is working. Plans to publish

what we find and start adapting the each of our life’s at-scale

and experiment. One of the areas I as a manager is particularly

watching: How managers can empathize with and connect

with employees more emotionally in a remote setting.

All of us are doing lots of meetings. They’re all video meetings.

That’s fantastic, we’re getting a lot done. We have more stand-

ups [meetings], even more so because of the crisis. But we

have not checked-in, had those hallway conversations, those

few minutes that you have the person sitting next to you in a

meeting where you are able to connect with them. How do

you recreate that mechanism? I think it requires a new type of

culture.

As most companies are experimenting with work from home

we need to create a new “hybrid,” type of working. Like sales

field offices, most employees are already remote or remote

most days of the work week. There will be no monolithic way

we need to keep learning and adapting. I think we want to

accommodate for more and more flexibility. If anything, this

shows let’s be even less monolithic and accommodate for a

variety of workflows and work styles, and accommodate for it

versus being dogmatic.

I recently got a reality check from studying on Walmart and

Microsoft about work during the pandemic. While Microsoft

staff might be productive working from home, Walmart was

sending in more than one million workers daily to its stores to

allow them to do so. “I think the worst mistake anyone can

make is to be dogmatic and say that everything needs to be

done in a particular way.

The Microsoft chief says he is seeing a migration to newer cloudtechnology in local governments, schools and hospitals that is in

some cases skipping multiple generations of tech.

Make inIndia

the antidoteby Mithun DL Technopreneur,

United Kingdom

Why India Has a Chance to

Replace China as Global

Economic Leader Post

Coronavirus Crisis ?

The novel coronavirus which was Identified Initially in

Wuhan, China, is continuing its destructive expedition

affecting millions and refraining the travel of the

highly mobile global population, impeding the

sustainable growth around the world. This outbreak

has brought the world to a Panic situation which may

result in a Global Recession & economic

turbulenceAmid this arena, could also witness some

“speech of hope” by the prime minister of India about

transforming India as a global manufacturing hub

surpassing china.

Whether this hypothetical statement may remain as

same or this was any endorsement for the precedent

course of actions. Historically, India was the largest

economy in the world for most of the two millennia

from the 1st until 19th century, depending mainly on

natural resources and trade. After the colonisation,

depletion in its prominence eventuated the economic

degradation.

Being in an inferior position until the last decades of

20th century, begin witnessing major economic

reform initiatives to transform its developing

economy. In this 21st century, it is the world's fifth-

largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest

by purchasing power parity (PPP).

India has the world's fourth-largest natural resources,

second-largest coal , cement , steel and the third-

largest electricity producer. Apart from theses

conventional sectors, India have made significant

achievements in contemporary Hi-Tech Industries; the

Indian IT industry is one of the major exporter of IT

services across the globe with $180 billion in revenue,

telecommunication industry is the world's second

largest by number of mobile phone, Smartphone, and

internet users, its automobile industry is the world's

fourth largest by production. The $672 billion worth of

retail market is one of world's fastest growing e-

commerce markets and the largest producer of

generic medicines.

There are some contradictory figures also to point out

like a country with one of the world's highest number

of billionaires have barely 2% of its population eligible

for paying income tax. The second largest country

with uneven wealth distribution, the richest 10% is

controlling the 81% of wealth. With The highest Net

migration Rate, Unemployment and under-

employment was always a long-standing problem in

the Indian economy.

With 520-million-workers, the Indian labour force is

the world's second-largest as of 2019, when

significant success acquired by the migrated Skilled

labours around the globe also taken in to

consideration it can be considered for the mogul for

Human resources. It was a high time for the authorities

to think for a consolidated Development Policy

covering all the industries and utilising technology for

using its resources to the best of its abilities. This was

the reason for the development of the Project “Make

in India”

How the “Make in India” project will transform Indiato a global manufacturing Hub

Make in India, articulated to be a Swadeshi movement

covering 25 sectors of the Indian economy, was launched

by the Government of India on 25 September 2014 to

encourage companies to manufacture their products in

India and enthuse with dedicated investments into

manufacturing.The attributes of this Target are 10 missions

which are defined below.

Digital India – For the Technology Infrastructure Digital

India is a campaign launched by the Government of India in

order to ensure the Government's services are made

available to citizens electronically by improved online

infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or

making the country digitally empowered in the field of

technology.

Startup India – For the Human Recourse and Knowledge

InfrastructureStartup India is a flagship initiative of the

Government of India, intended to build a strong eco-system

for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country that will

drive sustainable economic growth and generate large

scale employment opportunities.

AGNII Accelerating Growth of New India’s Innovations or

AGNIi is a national initiative to support the ongoing efforts

to boost the innovation ecosystem in the country by

connecting innovators across industry, individuals and the

grassroots to the market and helping to commercialize their

innovative solutions and thereby propelling India into a new

era of inclusive economic growth.

Industrial corridors – For physical infrastructureAn industrial

corridor is a package of infrastructure spending allocated to

a specific geographical area, with the intent to stimulate

industrial development. The different sectors of an economy

are inter-dependent on each other. Industrial corridors,

recognising this inter-dependence, offer effective

integration between industry and infrastructure, leading to

overall economic and social development

Bharath Mala Pariyojana – For Transportation

Infrastructure Bharatmala Pariyojana is a new umbrella

program for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing

efficiency of freight and passenger movement across the

country by bridging critical infrastructure gaps through

effective interventions like development of Economic

Corridors, Inter Corridors and Feeder Routes, National

Corridor Efficiency Improvement, Border and International

connectivity roads, Coastal and Port connectivity roads and

Green-field expressways.

NITI

AAYOG

Sagar Mala project The Sagarmala Programme is an initiative by the

government of India to promote port-led development in

the country by exploiting India's 7,500 km long

coastline, 14,500 km of potentially navigable waterways

and its strategic location on key international maritime

trade routes , which will enhance the performance of the

country's logistics sector. It has it objectives to set up

new mega ports, modernizing India's existing ports,

developing of 14 Coastal Economic Zones (CEZs) and

Coastal Employment Units, enhancing port connectivity

via road, rail, multi-modal logistics parks, pipelines &

waterways

UDANUDAN-RCS, UDAN : is a regional airport

development and "Regional Connectivity Scheme" (RCS)

of Government of India, with the objective of "letting the

common citizen of the country fly", aimed at making air

travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive

national economic development, job growth and air

transport infrastructure development of all regions and

states of India. The scheme has two components. The

first component is to develop new airports and enhance

the existing regional airports.

SMART CITIES MISSION : National Smart Cities Mission is an urban renewal and

retrofitting program by the Government of India with the

mission to develop smart cities across the country,

making them citizen friendly and sustainable. The Union

Ministry of Urban Development is responsible for

implementing the mission in collaboration with the state

governments of the respective cities. Role of Niti Ayog in

transforming India.

This move can be considered as a positive stride in the

transition to a New age India. Mr. Amitabh Kant CEO,

Niti Aayog – The mastermind in this Initiative, is one

such bureaucrat who have transformed the perspectives

in this transition, The pioneer in elevating the Tourism

Industry in the country with initiatives like ‘Gods Own

Country’, ‘Incredible India’ and ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, was

also the driving force of the first Industrial corridor DMIC.

On the release of the strategy in February 2020 he have

quoted that “Governance in India faces unique

challenges in the scale, diversity and complexity of

processes involved for delivery of varied public services.

Blockchain offers unique possibilities of addressing

issues relating to improving governance” This can be

considered as an integration of latest technologies for

confronting multifarious objectives. This was evident

with the successful accomplishment of Aarogya Sethu &

Mitr Application were a number of technologies like Geo

– Fencing , remote monitoring, data logging, data

encryption with unique digital ID (DID), cloud Hospitals

and Tele medicine and advanced technologies was

incorporated for extensive services during this

pandemic.

For the last two decades, China has been the hardware

base of the world, while India has been the software

base. In 2010, China surpasses the US to emerge as the

world’s largest manufacturing sector. However, the

concept as world’s factory began way back in the 1980s

initially as a producer of low-end products which

emerged to become a multifarious manufacturing hub,

thereby accounting for 28 percent of global

manufacturing output in 2018.

The factors prompted China’s success can be

comprehended as world-class infrastructure, logistics,

and complete policy support to the sector as well as low

labour wages. Realizing the drawbacks of being

excessively dependent for manufacturing on a single

country and the supply shock created During the

Epidemic Shutdown has prompted the global firms to

look for new manufacturing centres as a part of risk

hedging strategy for the future and looking to expand

the geographic spread of their facilities.This moment of

opportunity can be harvested if India can create a

manufacturing-friendly environment and offer lucrative

deals to global players for setting up units in India.

Reports have indicated that a large number of

companies have already initiated talks with Indian

authorities seeking to pursue production plans in this

country in sectors such as electronics, medical devices

and textiles, among others, India needs to capitalize on

this opportunity and present itself as a viable alternative

manufacturing destination.The prominence and

expectation for the ‘Make in India’ project is always high

and if India can learn from the experiences and creates a

favourable ecosystem with a cluster of buyers, sellers,

skilled labour and integrate technology for the effective

utilisation of this , yes India Can become a Global

Manufacturing Hub.!!!!!

Niti Aayog the Policy Think Tankof the Government of India have

come up with a ‘Block chainstrategy’ - Utilising latest

technology for the effectiveimplementation of projects and

integrating its stake holders .

Whats new in our community.

Initiatives Announced by ourcommunity

Initiated the Hackathon in Associationwith Libre-SOC for development of anew Chip

Initiated the establishment of a largeecommerce ecosystem in Africa &Carrebeian islands in association witha leading business Group

Setup the Manufacturing ConsultingGroup in Coimbatore, India forhelping overseas companies withone-stop solution for establishingtheir production hub in India

Manufacturing & Trade Hub inAccra, Ghana for helpingoverseas companies to setuptheir trade & Manufacturing hubin Ghana

Initial concept announcementof setting up a PhyDigitalUniversity 

Announced the Manufacturing & TradeHub in South Africa, for helpingoverseas companies to setup theirtrade & Manufacturing hub in SouthAfrica

A forum was incepted in Zambia forglobal manufacturers to setup plants inthe Chembe Special Economic zone inZambia, under the leadership of Dr. Sebastian C Kopulande, MP ofChembe Constitution in Zambia.

Proposal submitted for the inception ofa high-tech wellness park in Chennai -India. for building an integrated facilityof holistic wellness solutions. 

Initiated the venturedevelopment activities of settingup a technology park in printedelectronics in India.

Find out the latest from our community of businesses and partners,Members of Marketnext can actively take part in these initiatives.

MARKETNEXT EVENTS IN MAY - JUNE 2020

MARKETNEXT Bizconnect conducted on May15, 2020, which was well recognized for itsmassive participation of 74 Entrepreneursfrom 15 countries Japan, Cyprus, UnitedKingdom, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, SouthAfrica, India, Oman, Botswana, Australia,Cameroon, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Ghana, Nepal,Singapore - Creating Collaborative Economyacross the world. We had some greatpresentations, proposals, and ideas.

MARKETNEXT Bizconnect on Cross BorderPartnership happened on 29th April 2020which was a webinar and irrespective ofCOVID difficulties the event was a grandsuccess with   75 entrepreneurs from 14different countries joined hands together tocreate global collaboration and thinkinginnovatively to excel in uncertaintimes.  Participants were mainly from India,South Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Australia,Nigeria, Zambia, United Kingdom, Singapore,Ghana, Botswana, Oman, UAE, and Malaysia

Marketnext hasconducted an ElevatorPitching session  on May15, 2020  Our global teamshowcased variouslucrative businessopportunities of thecurrent times, during theBizconnect meet

Marketnext hasconducted a VirtualManufacturers Sumit on10th, June 2020  Ourglobal team showcasedvarious lucrative businessopportunities of thecurrent times, during theSummit

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What's new  withMarketnext

We are invitingPartners.We are inviting partners from

unrepresented countries &

regions, reputed individuals

can connect with

ceo@marketnext.org for

joining our partnership

program

New in Trade HubWhat's new in Tech HUB

10th June: Manufacturing virtual Summit12th June: Hackathon 2020 - Meet15 th June: Cross Border Meet 25 th June: The Knowledge Meet 21-24 June: Members Boot Camp30th June: Cross Border Meet

Digital Banking & wallet systems for banks and forcard systems.

Award winning application for Managing retail chains,supply chains management and franchisee network

E-platforms for Academies, LMS, OnlineIntegrated School management suite.

E-platforms for Tele-medicine , Online consultationfor hospitals, clinics and for individual practitioners 

Innovation in Printable Electronics, display screenswhich are foldable for various applications.

3D - Building Printing robots for printing realBuilding / homes / offices etc

Covid Supplied / Masks / PPE items

Events

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Stones, Marbles and Granites

Machinery for Textiles

Weighing Machines & Scales

Sports and fitness equipment

Farm Equipment and Machinery

Sports and fitness equipment

www.techoo.org for more info

Mark (2)Country Director

Australia

Seun OnakoyaCountry Director

Nigeria

Shine GopalChairman

Sharon S CEO & Director

Linz AyannatManaging EditorInnovation next

Sastri RamiahGlobal Director

South Africa

Dr. Vinaykumar Director

Media & PR

Basadi TamplinCountry Director

Botswana

MarkCountry Director

Australia

Ivy Amy LawsonCountry Director

Ghana

Indrani GovinderCountry Director

South Afria

Dr. Sebastian CKopulande

Country DirectorZambia

Abdul AzeezNational Director

India

Ashwin MathewRegional Director

Kochi, India

J ParthasarathyAdviser

of Technology &Industrial Parks 

Sudhir NairRegional DirectorCoimabotre, India

Elena DowdenRegional DirectorJohannesburg

YannisDirector Greece

Koshy SamuelAssociate

Middle East

MARKETNEXT GLOBAL TEAM - 2020

Tom PerfaniukChapter President

Canada

Sylvia MartinChapter President

Germany

Rahul N KuttyVice President

India

Presanth KumarGlobal Director

West Africa

Carolyn WilliamsDirector of

Communities

Branka van derKnowledge Partner

Cyprus

Presanth SomanGlobal Director

Singapore

RavichandranNational Director

India

US KuttyRegional Director

PR - Kerala

SanthoshNarayananan

Director

Mithun DLDirector of

Technology ClusterUnited Kingdom

Christian RanganAdviser for

Super ClusterDevelopment Council

M P Joseph Former IAS

Adviser

Abraham PaulVatakkancherry

Associate Director

Prof . Ujjwal KumarChowdhury

Mentor - Academia

CA. JayarajThannimangalamInvestor Forum

VENTUREDEVELOPMENTBY RAHUL N KUTTYVICE PRESIDENT - IMARK GLOBAL

Venture Development is a newmodel for the creation and nurturingof scalable ventures. We workcloser with entrepreneurs,governments, public and privatecompanies and innovators to createdisruptive new ventures. Ourexpertise combines in-depthventuring knowledge in theintersection of productdevelopment, market insight,entrepreneurial experience and adeep understanding of the drivingforces and trends of the future.

As Venture Developers we act aspartners from ideation, creation,strategy, investment facilitation tothe launch of each project weundertake.

WE ARE PARTNERSNOT CONSULTANTS

In Venture Development, one looksat building a company as a puzzle,where one finds and assemblesindividual components, crafts adesign, then brings thosecomponents together in just theright way to make a successfulventure.

We are based on the knowledgeeconomy and our team is specialisedin setting up large scale digitalventures, technology and innovationbased projects, knowledge &innovation parks & ecosystems,Innovation Superclusters, Scienceparks, Universities etc.

WHAT KIND OFPROJECTS

WARREN BUFFETT: “SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THESHADE TODAY BECAUSE SOMEONE PLANTED A TREEA LONG TIME AGO.”

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WILL IAM BRODY

SCIENT IST

“What is the calculus of

innovation? The calculus of

innovation is really quite

simple: Knowledge drives

innovation, innovation drives

productivity, productivity

drives economic growth.“