{"id":98724,"date":"2025-06-19T12:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=98724"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:52:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T08:52:30","slug":"google-contributed-aed-21-8b-to-uae-economy-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/google-contributed-aed-21-8b-to-uae-economy-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Contributed AED 21.8B to UAE Economy in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has revealed the findings of its <a href=\"http:\/\/googleuae.publicfirst.co\/\">2024 Economic Impact Report for the UAE<\/a>. The report, developed in partnership with research agency Public First, highlights how Google\u2019s products and services contributed an estimated AED 21.8 billion to the UAE economy last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, AI-powered tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search\">Google Search<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\">Google Play<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/\">Google Maps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ads.google.com\/\">Google Ads<\/a> helped individuals, businesses, and communities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Google reported that its Search and Ads products alone generated AED 20.2 billion in business-related economic activity in the UAE in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Nakache, Managing Director for Google in the Middle East and North Africa, stated that the findings reflect Google&#8217;s role in supporting the UAE\u2019s transition to an AI-enabled and diversified digital economy. He added that Google\u2019s local investments, AI tools, and strategic partnerships are contributing to long-term growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report also noted Google&#8217;s skilling initiative, Maharat Min Google. Since its launch in 2018, the program has trained over 430,000 individuals in essential digital and AI skills across the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the Android and Google Play app ecosystem supported the creation of 30,000 jobs in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?s=google\">Google<\/a> reported that AED 455 million in revenue was generated by the Android App Economy for UAE-based developers last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public First\u2019s findings were based on a mix of consumer and business polling, case studies, economic modeling, and third-party data. The report assesses Google&#8217;s impact in three areas: people, businesses, and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among consumers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google services generated an estimated AED 683 per month in average consumer benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>63% of adults in the UAE said they used Gemini, Google\u2019s AI assistant.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90% agreed Gemini helped them be more productive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>71% said Gemini was easier to use in Arabic than other AI chatbots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further insights showed that 50% of adults considered Google Search essential to daily life. Around 89% found Google Maps or Waze useful for navigation, while 90% said contactless payment options like GPay or GWallet made life easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For businesses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>91% of UAE businesses used at least one AI tool in their workflows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>73% of people aged 18\u201324 used Google Search weekly to browse or shop online.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>86% checked Google reviews monthly before visiting venues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>94% used Google Search monthly to compare prices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>97% of public sector workers said Google AI tools improved their work productivity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The report also touched on the broader content ecosystem. Google reported that over 600 YouTube channels in the UAE had more than one million subscribers in 2024, reflecting a 15% year-on-year growth. Additionally, the Google News Initiative trained over 20,000 journalists and journalism students in the MENA region, including in the UAE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Economic Impact Report underlines how Google\u2019s digital tools are playing a role in the UAE economy by supporting job creation, digital skills development, and business productivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has revealed the findings of its 2024 Economic Impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":98725,"comment_status":"closed","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":[9619],"tags":[73],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-98724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-uae","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GOOGLE-31-31.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Techx Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/techxadmin\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98724","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\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98724"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=98724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}