Thursday, January 21, 2016

cost per installs across iOS device lowest across north america

"mobile app downloads across north america"

 Mobile app downloads across North America

US and Canada  mobile users  lead in gaming app downloads , while cost per installs across iOS device is lowest in United states





Wednesday, January 20, 2016

top 10 venture capital investors with a stake in the billion dollar start up unicorns

"the movers and shakers of VC funded billion dollar star ups"
SEQUOIA  CAPITAL, KLEINER PERKINS ,ACCEL PARTNERS AND GOLDMAN SACHS are among the biggest 5 VC investors  who have a investment across the world's hottest billion dollar unicorn start up clubs



"the top VC fund houses invested across billion dollar start ups"

This chart sums up ' the hottest VC investors" who have their hand on the pie of worlds top 150 billion dollar start up clubs.The combined valuation of 2016 biggest 150 unicorns exceed $525 billion . Incidentally all the VC funding players are the ones that have invested early,spotted a potential start up early and have stayed invested..The chart also shows which are the top 10 VC funding firms have,    surprisingly good hit rate when it comes to "spotting businesses with sustainable revenue model.


3 biggest wearable device categories by shipments : infographic





"smartwatch, fitness trackers ,cameras top 3 wearable market"


THE STATE OF THE GLOBAL WEARABLE MARKET BY PRODUCT CATEGORIES


Global wearables market will grow at a compound annual rate of 35% over the next five years, reaching 148 million units shipped annually in 2019, up from 33 million units shipped this year.The chart above shows the biggest wearable categories that will be picking up pace in the next couple of years. Smart Watches , Fitness Trackers and wearable cameras will see the biggest growth in the coming years.

The merging of wearable cameras and virtual reality (VR)  along with  integration of smart augmented reality (AR) glasses  will  be the biggest disrupter in the future of computing platforms.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Samsung take a beating in MENA region as local brands gain momentum

Middle east and North african ( MENA ) region continue to show brisk sales of overall mobile phones (smartphones + feature phones)  as the region 'mobile sales grew 23% Yoy.  Smartphone sales across these regions have been  growing 3  times faster that global  smartphone growth

"mobile marketshare in MENA nations"

MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN MARKET : MOBILE OEM'S ACROSS THE REGION


  • Samsung , Huawaei and Tecno were among the top 3 biggest players in this regions,
  •  Samsung's share in 2015 declined to 41%, a 9% decline from 50% share it had in Q3,2014
  • Samsung loss was, was Tecno's gain .The local brand Tecno saw its marketshare grow from 4.8% to 8.2% 
  •  Tecno became the 3rd largest mobile player, notching up 123% increase in mobile shipments in juts under a year 
  • Apple' increased its marketshare in the MENA nations from 2.2% to 4%and broke into the top 5 largest players



the demographic divide in america: baby boomers vs millenials




"demographic dividend in america: population by age group"

REAL TIME DEMOGRAPHICS IN UNITED STATES 



which african country has the highest start ups




" which country in  africa had the biggest start up"

NIGERIA, KENYA AND SOUTH AFRICA HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF START UPS IN AFRICAN CONTINENT


8 out of 10 asia's biggest billion dollar consumer internet start ups are chinese

biggest asian internet start ups with highest valuation"

80% Asian Consumer Internet Start Ups are Chinese and rest from India

























8 out of 10   Asia's biggest consumer Internet start ups, with over 1 billion USD valuation   are from China  and the rest from India

No 3 : Didi Kuaidi :Apart from Xiaomi and China Internet Plus .. China has its own equivalent of uber and ola. Didi Kuaidi  which is ranked 3rd biggest consumer internet start up in Asia is a company made up of China's two largest taxi-hailing firms- Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache as result of a merger in Feb. 2015.

No 4: Flipkart is India's biggest ecommerce marketplace and  the country's biggest unicorn, which is currently valued at over $15billion

No 5: Asia's 5 largest Unicorn is chinese peer to peer lending Lufax  which us valued more than $19billion recently.Lufax was   launched in 2012  and the company is a  part of Pi.ng An Insurance group ,which is  china's  largest insurer by asset

No 6 : Asia's 6th largest start up is  chinese technology company DJI  valued in excess of $8 billion . DJI manufactures commercial and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for aerial photography and videos

No 7 : Zhong An Online is among the first insurance company in china to sell all kinds of insurance policy as well as handle claims online .Zhong On is valued over $8 billion and it is  China’s first truly digital insurer.Ranked 7th as Asia's biggest start up across consumer Internet space

No 8. :Ola Cabs is India's  cab booking along with aggregation  service is ranked 8th biggest asian  consumer Internet unicorn .Ola's currently valuation  is  $5  billion

No 9 :Snapdeal  is India's 2nd largest e commerce marketplace after flipkart, and valued over $5billion

No 10 :UCar provides a chauffeured car service in China, located at Tianjin china and founded in 2014. Ucar  is valued currently at  $3.4 billion




With the exception of British Airways, the European brands in the table have seen minimal growth or a decline in their brand values. Iberia has been the worst affected, its brand value has fallen 23% to $951m. Southwest Airlines achieved a 52% growth in brand value Airlines 50 Sector Analysis – Airlines after a strong financial year and American Airlines’ brand value soared 39% to $3,649m, moving it up to 5th place