The Middle East, renowned for its history, culture, and economic strength, is experiencing a pivotal moment where urban development converges with tech innovation.
Data-driven video technology, utilising AI and smart city infrastructure, is a crucial catalyst for this evolution. Analysing real-time video data from cameras and sensors enhances security, optimises traffic management, and informs urban planning. This technology drives the region towards a safer, more efficient, and interconnected future.
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The Middle East is currently experiencing a digital transformation that promises significant economic and social growth. Governments, businesses and individuals in the MENA region are increasingly embracing technology to improve their processes, enhance their services and connect with customers and stakeholders.
What you need to know is that both hurdles and prospects lie ahead for investors ready to pioneer the Middle East's digital transformation.
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David Shi, President, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Middle East explains how the shift to a more digital economy across the Middle East has taken root in smart city innovation, and illustrates the types of technology and skills that are helping governments create more intelligent communities.
If smart cities are partly defined by the digitalisation of processes, services and experiences, then there’s nowhere that has pushed the envelope more in that regard than the Middle East during the last decade.
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Innovations in 5G, cloud, AI and other 4IR fields are driving this shift. The Middle East is ahead of many other regions in this respect.
Increased investment in the digital economy, cybersecurity, and advanced technologies has set the Middle East on an accelerated path toward knowledge-based economies. A recent report by the World Bank indicates that fully digitalising the MENA economy could lead to a rise in GDP per capita of at least 46% over 30 years or at least $1.6 trillion in long-term gain. The report estimates that the region’s GDP per capita gain would be almost $300 billion during the first year.
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WeRide, a global leader in autonomous driving, joined hands with Saudi Company for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI) for the first test ride of driverless robobus in the Middle East. WeRide had earlier launched the driverless robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi.
This is the first fully driverless test ride of robobus in the Middle East country which will run from today (September 19) until September 22.
Read more: WeRide launches first fully driverless robobus ride in Mideast