Tech Revolt Magazine: July 2025

For our July issue and cover story, we went in-depth with leading experts across marketing, cybersecurity, and communications to explore the rise of AI-generated human videos. Industry leaders including Adam Taylor, Director of Marketing at IFZA; Alex Jena, Chief Strategy Officer, dentsu MENAT; Ezzeldin Hussein, Regional Senior Director, Solution Engineering – META, SentinelOne; Gerry McCusker, Managing Director at The Drill; Haider Pasha, Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks; Rania Roxana Akkela, Group Marketing Director at Medcare Hospitals and Medical Centres; Rob T Lee, Chief of Research at the SANS Institute; Santiago Pontiroli, Lead Security Researcher at Acronis Threat Research Unit; and Tertius Wolfaardt, Architecture & Engineering Manager ME at Axis Communications, share their views on this fast-evolving topic.

Plus, as climate change accelerates and the global population edges towards 10 billion, securing sustainable food production in some of the world’s harshest climates has become one of agriculture’s greatest challenges. We spoke to John Keppler, Executive Chairman of iyris, about the company’s mission to empower farmers in hot climates, its rapid growth across multiple markets, and what lies ahead.

We also delve into ‘The Unicorn Reckoning’, featuring insights from Dr Hassan Albalawi, CEO of WakeCap; Karim Cherif, Head of Alternative Investments at UBS Global Wealth Management’s Chief Investment Office; and Dr Adam Fenech, Provost at Canadian University Dubai.

And we sat down with Kevin Quillien, Co-Founder and CTO of Krucial, a pioneering startup redefining remote connectivity through satellite-enabled IoT solutions. He unpacked how Krucial is helping industries overcome longstanding barriers to digitisation in hard-to-reach environments.

Finally, in an exclusive interview, Dr Ryan Dougherty, Co-Founder and CEO of Dawraty Educational Group, spoke to Tech Revolt about the inspiration behind Dawraty — an AI-powered education platform built to localise and personalise learning for university students in the Middle East.

And there’s so much more in this edition, including a closer look at AI in education and the latest news surrounding the start-up scene.