Step Conference, the region’s foremost tech festival, is celebrating a decade of inspiring entrepreneurship, supporting innovation, and creating economic benefit. The milestone celebration will include more than 400 global tech start-ups.

“There are direct parallels between Dubai’s increasingly advanced digital infrastructure and growing economic competitiveness. The announcement of these data centers marks a new milestone for the UAE as it boosts digital adoption,” says Al Malik.

Beyond Limits aims to equip enterprises to take advantage of revolutionary benefits that Cognitive AI can give to help in the most demanding industries they operate in response to the region’s accelerating digital transformation.

The first initiative of its kind in the Arab region seeks to equip young Arabs with vital technology skills and provide them with the opportunity to drive the development of the digital economy in their countries.

Hadi Raad, Vice President & Regional Head of Digital Solutions at Visa, announced that the digital payment provider had launched its ‘Where You Shop Matters’ campaign to encourage consumers to support small businesses adversely affected by the pandemic.