{"id":83166,"date":"2024-05-31T16:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=83166"},"modified":"2025-04-11T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:20:39","slug":"dubai-internet-city-showcases-ai-innovation-at-gitex-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/dubai-internet-city-showcases-ai-innovation-at-gitex-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Internet City Showcases AI Innovation at GITEX Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dubai Internet City underscores the importance of collaboration in driving impactful innovation with technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). At GITEX Africa in Morocco, the tech hub highlighted the entrepreneurial achievements within its ecosystem, marking 25 years of leading the Middle East\u2019s digital transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of TECOM Group PJSC, Dubai Internet City has significantly contributed to Dubai\u2019s economic growth and diversification. By bringing together over 3,500 industry leaders, including Google, Microsoft, VISA, and MasterCard, the hub has facilitated globally impactful innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emphasizing co-creation, Dubai Internet City illustrates how collaborative efforts can unlock AI-driven economic growth. Supported by strategic visions such as the Dubai Economic Agenda \u2018D33\u2019 and the newly launched Dubai Universal Blueprint for AI (DUB.AI), these initiatives aim to provide lasting value for future generations worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA diverse range of accelerators and enablers must collaboratively build pathways to harness the promise of AI and ensure its benefits deliver globally impactful innovation,\u201d said Ammar Al Malik, Executive Vice President of Commercial at TECOM Group. \u201cAs a center for digital transformation and home to early AI adopters, Dubai Internet City is positioned to lead this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guided by the long-term vision of the Dubai Economic Agenda \u2018D33\u2019 and DUB.AI, Dubai Internet City&#8217;s inclusive ecosystem leverages global expertise to drive innovation and economic development. The hub promotes collaboration among stakeholders across the value chain, including policymakers, tech corporations, and start-ups, while showcasing talent at GITEX Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlighting Start-up Success<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai Internet City brings together over 29,000 professionals and entrepreneurs, hosting global tech brands, including Fortune 500 companies like Google, 3M, and Microsoft, as well as start-ups and innovators worldwide. Notable African-backed companies within the ecosystem include Sudanese-owned Neulink, a platform for automating tasks for pharmacists, and mobile-based valet trash service We4Recycle. Other companies include Egypt\u2019s Nile.com and South Africa-founded TravelStart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the \u2018Business Acceleration Partner\u2019 of GITEX Africa, Dubai Internet City provides networking and educational opportunities through success stories from its ecosystem. Featured companies include messaging platform Grambell, AI-powered customer experience management platform Sprinklr, sustainable innovation specialist Abcurr Entrepreneurial Institute, and AI-powered digital twin enabler Twyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubai Internet City\u2019s participation in GITEX Africa follows its role as Innovation Partner of GITEX Global in October 2023, where it announced significant developments. These include the addition of international industry giants Endava, Yango, and Sprinklr, and strategic partnerships with German Entrepreneurship GmbH, Korea\u2019s National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), and Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH), supporting global entrepreneurs in Dubai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Internet City underscores the importance of collaboration in driving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":83169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71,10281,2725,2023,2256,9736],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-83166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-tech-events","tag-ai","tag-ai-innovation","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-digital-transformation","tag-dubai-internet-city","tag-gitex-africa","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-2024-05-31T171819.334.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83166"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=83166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}