Bitesize Business Breakfast

Dr. Jurgen Schmidhuber, Chief Scientist at NNaisence at the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research, is the man responsible for putting voice recognition on your phone. He tells us he thinks robots are soon going to be able to think for themselves.

Richard Boxshall, Senior Economist at PwC Middle East, joins us to explain why artificial intelligence could give the Middle East economy a $320 billion boost and how it could affect our jobs.

Mark DeSario, CEO of Investbridge Capital, tells us why it has just invested into an education company in Africa.

Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister, talks to Brandy down at the World Government Summit, on everything from her sustainability goals, the dangers of populism and why nationalist strategies don't work.

Paul Aversano, MD and Global Practice Leader of Consultancy Alvarez & Marsal, tells us what's next for trade relations between the UAE and India, following Prime Minister Modi's visit.

Adel Ali, CEO of Air Arabia, tells us about their 22% surge in full-year profit last year - and the outlook for 2018.

Shane Loomb, Co-Founder at Decibel Live, tells us about a new technology that will make a construction company exceeding noise pollution limits automatically pay residents a Bitcoin fine.

Promoth Manghat, CEO of UAE Exchange, joins us to talk about their launch of a blockchain money transfer system with Ripple - the company behind the 3rd most popular cryptocurrency.

His Excellency Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, tells Brandy his ambitious goals for his new role and his take on how the UAE can use AI as a force for good.

Tim Fox, Head of Research & Chief Economist at Emirates NBD, joins us to look at recent market turmoil.