Emerging Insights

Executive Summary Emerging and frontier markets are at a critical juncture, facing immense pressure to adopt and develop sovereign technologies, particularly in the realms of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and national artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. Driven by the promise of technological leapfrogging and geopolitical positioning, many governments are launching ambitious, high-profile projects. However, a closer examination reveals a perilous trend: a rush

Well-meaning EU regulations, from privacy to competition policy, have tended to accidentally favour big American tech firms over scrappy local challengers. Europe's digital protections throttled the online businesses that make the new economy since digital copyright rules landed a blow to home-grown tech stars Spotify. Brussels' new artificial intelligence (AI) act seems destined to further relegate European companies to the role of an “also ran” in the global technology rac