The Uber–Delivery Hero deal is being described as the largest merger in the history of food delivery. That is true, and it misses the point. The transaction redraws the map of a sector that has become central to the Middle East's digital economy, and it sets Arab competition authorities a real test of what they are for.
The deal
Dans une salle d’opération, beaucoup de choses que nous considérons comme extrêmement importantes dans la vie quotidienne disparaissent. La nationalité, la langue, la couleur de peau, la religion et le statut social s’effacent. Il ne reste, devant le médecin, qu’un être humain qui a
In sala operatoria scompaiono molte delle cose che, nella vita quotidiana, consideriamo estremamente importanti. Scompaiono la nazionalità, la lingua, il colore della pelle, la religione e lo status sociale. Davanti al medico rimane soltanto un essere umano che ha bisogno di una nuova possibilità di vivere.
Quando il cuore
In the operating room, many of the things we consider deeply important in everyday life simply disappear. Nationality, language, colour, religion, and social status all fade into the background. What remains before the physician is a human being in need of another chance at life.
When the heart is diseased, the surgeon does not ask where
To what extent can Uber’s acquisition of Germany’s Delivery Hero be considered the largest deal in the food delivery sector so far?
The answer seems obvious: the 14.8 billion-dollar deal is not merely a stronger player gobbling up a rival; it is a fundamental redrawing of an industry that has become one of the core pillars of
