RIYADH: Corporate innovation and business building arm of Boston Consulting Group, BCG Digital Ventures, will expand into the Middle East with innovation centers in Riyadh and Dubai. BCGDV is aiming to redefine key markets and industries while creating impact through customer-centric innovation as well as paving the way for new disruptive businesses, the company said in a statement. “In the last few years, we’ve seen growing national efforts to prioritize homegrown digital innovation, coupled with strong demand from private and public sector organizations across the Middle East to embrace digital technology and seize a competitive advantage,” said Joerg Hildebrandt, a managing director and senior partner who heads BCG in the Middle East. This announcement comes after the founder and president of the Global Entrepreneurship Network praised Saudi Arabia’s rising entrepreneurial ecosystem. “I think Saudi Arabia is not just leapfrogging other ecosystems. You’re pole-vaulting over them,” Jonathan Ortmans told Arab News in an exclusive interview.