Although COVID-19 put a big dent in the micro-mobility sector, it’s not all downhill. In this article, we look at how the pandemic has created new opportunities for escooters – and what the sector must do to leverage them.

The “Netguru take on…” series explains how Netguru approaches important subjects that are often overused or misunderstood in the industry such as values, innovation, and sustainability.

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed companies to rethink their business models. While e-commerce was in a much better position than any other industry to face this challenge, they also had to undertake certain steps to effectively operate in the new reality.

We’re excited to announce that on 17th September Netguru is organizing Disruption Forum Sustainability. If you care about sustainability as much as we do, then this free-to-attend event is something you can’t miss.

The insurance industry has embraced Artificial Intelligence solutions. Both traditional players and insurtech disruptors leverage their strategies on big data analysis and machine learning models for customer service automation, claim processing, underwriting, or fraud prediction.

The pandemic outbreak has put the healthcare sector to a real test and pushed its innovation and operational capabilities to the limit. The whole world counts on healthcare businesses to come up with solutions that will ease the serious health consequences caused by COVID-19. While some companies focus on developing diagnostic measures to help the pandemic spread, others focus on vaccine development. 

How many startups or companies established in any African country can you name? I can help you: too few! And it’s not caused by the fact that there are not many entrepreneurs in Africa, actually – on the contrary!

The COVID-19 economic storm hit all industries, and fintech was no exception. Yet the impact on financial companies differed by the segment of the market they operated in and the solutions they offered.

The data-driven approach is an inseparable part of every successful business. Companies operating in the fintech industry are no different. What's more, a few organizations from this sector have mastered the art of continuously validating and improving all business-related ideas. All their decisions are based on a solid analytical approach instead of trusting guesswork.

A bot is a computer program that automates a task. Chatbots are, therefore, programs that automate conversation, both voice and text. In essence, a chatbot can simulate an intelligent conversation with a human. They generally make use of machine learning to gather conversational rhythm, beat and flow, and thus mimic human conversation.