4 days in the largest congress of the Arab World Digital Economy in Riyadh!

From March 4 to 7, a very impressive Congress – Exhibition of the digital economy took place in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is undoubtedly the largest in the Arab World: the LEAP and DeepFest 2024!

While technological, economical and security issues abound with Artificial Intelligence, and previously the Cloud, Social Networks, and the Internet, the various Saudi Ministries of technological development have supported the very timely project of a regional-scale event and even global in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula, in order to place the Kingdom in the dynamic of growth and acquisition of technologies in the digital economy.

Confirming the words of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, this Congress – Exhibition of the digital economy in Riyadh is at the crossroads of three continents, with its Western World pavilions with Amazon Web Service, Hewlett Packard, Dell, SAP, its representatives from the Arab World with the Saudi telecoms and digital champions STC, ZAIN, TAHAKOM, Mobily, Elm, Mozn, but also Aramco Digital, and from the Asian World with of course the Chinese Ali Baba, but also with the champion of South Korean digital sovereignty, Naver, and many company stands from Pakistan, India.

I had particularly enriching discussions and I was able to see the confidence in the future and the energy that mobilizes Saudi youth, far from the political controversies and ideological pessimism that cross old Europe, and particularly in a France consumed by the fascination with under growth and collapsology.

Looking forward to coming to LEAP 2025 to discover the progress of Digital Sovereignty in the Arab World!

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