Equity (Details 1) - Stock Options [Member]	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure Of Terms And Conditions Of Sharebased Payment Arrangement [Line Items]
Expected life	5 years	5 years
Expected volatility in market price of shares		50.00%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Expected forfeiture rate	15.00%	15.00%
Bottom of range [member]
Disclosure Of Terms And Conditions Of Sharebased Payment Arrangement [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.32%	1.17%
Expected volatility in market price of shares	72.00%
Top of range [member]
Disclosure Of Terms And Conditions Of Sharebased Payment Arrangement [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	0.39%	1.83%
Expected volatility in market price of shares	77.00%

The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time.

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The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]]

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