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MENA, Generative AI, intelligent economies, digital transformation

Emerging Technologies

4 steps for the Middle East and North Africa to develop 'intelligent economies'

MENA faces several major challenges, but alongside addressing these, it needs to prepare itself for the emerging era - the age of intelligent economies.

Maroun Kairouz

April 29, 2024

Three white wind turbines on the sea: Regional tensions risk the stability needed for business expansion and deepening Asia-Middle East relations for the energy transition.

Energy Transition

The evolving dynamics of Asia-Middle East relations during the energy transition

Exploring the strategic shift in Asia-Middle East relations amid evolving global energy dynamics and economic opportunities.

Hidemitsu Kibe

April 29, 2024

Regenerative agriculture can help farmers protect the ecosystem.

Nature and Biodiversity

How to finance the transition to climate-smart agriculture

A shift towards regenerative agriculture can improve our ecosystems. But farmers need support to change their practices via access to better funding models.

Greg Goodwin and John Stackhouse

April 29, 2024

Electricity pylon in the distance on top of a field: Technological development could help overcome the barriers to industrial electrification.

Nature and Biodiversity

Governments could be the gateway to industrial electrification and a sustainable future

Governments are key gateways to a sustainable future by effectively taxing and subsidizing energy and influencing industrial electrification.

Jan Rosenow, Cristina Oyón, Natalia Zabolotnikova and Xabier Mugarza Zorriqueta

April 29, 2024

A lithium conversion plant in La Negra, Chile.

Energy Transition

Is the world replacing oil dependency with critical minerals?

Growing dependency on critical minerals for the energy transition is leading to anxieties over continuing supply and the geopolitical influence they bestow

David Victor and Joisa Saraiva

April 29, 2024

A scalloped hammerhead in a Marine Protected Area of Costa Rica.

Nature and Biodiversity

How Costa Rica made its seas work for fishermen and for sharks

By incorporating the interests of multiple stakeholders, including fishermen, into its expansion of its Marine Protected Area, Costa Rica is continuing its long history of successful conservation.

Diego Vincenzi

April 29, 2024

Economic Growth

We need to kickstart growth – but this time, it must work for all

In a world marked by unpredictable geopolitics and geoeconomics, we need to restart the economic growth engine and build a new economic model for all.

Saadia Zahidi

April 29, 2024

Video call meeting. Caption: Rising remote work: Our new whitepaper predicts that 92 million jobs will be able to be done entirely remotely in 2030.

Jobs and the Future of Work

These sectors are suitable for remote working digital jobs

The growth in remote working digital jobs can close skills gaps – but there will be challenges, according to the latest World Economic Forum white paper.

Elselot Hasselaar

April 29, 2024

Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria; BÃ¸rge Brende, President, World Economic Forum; Faisal Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning of Saudi Arabia; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, DC; Maroun Kairouz, Head of Middle East and North Africa, World Economic Forum; Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda; Peter Orszag, Chief Executive Officer, Lazard, USA; Speaking in the Opening Plenary: A New Vision for Global Development session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development 2024. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 28 April 2024. King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center, Plenary.Copyright: World Economic Forum/Deepu Das

Forum Institutional

Day 2 #SpecialMeeting24: Key insights and what to know

The World Economic Forum's Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development takes place in Saudi Arabia from 28-29 April 2024.

Gayle Markovitz

April 28, 2024

Energy Transition

Dozens of energy ministers are gathering at the #SpecialMeeting24. Here’s what they're saying

Energy ministers from around the world are gathering for the World Economic Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development. Here's what they're saying.

Spencer Feingold

April 28, 2024

A boy writes in a notebook at a school desk: Education 4.0 is about enhancing not replacing teaching with artificial intelligence.

Education and Skills

The future of learning: How AI is revolutionizing education 4.0

AI is revolutionizing education 4.0, enhancing human-led teaching, promoting equity and preparing students to use and innovate with AI for future work.

Tanya Milberg

April 28, 2024

Tanzania's Dar es Salaam port is partially operated by the UAE's DP World — one of many economic partnerships across Africa.

Trade and Investment

A new economic partnership is emerging between Africa and the Gulf states

In the last 10 years the GCC has invested over $100 billion in Africa. This new economic partnership continues to grow — and is proving a win for both blocs.

Chido Munyati

April 28, 2024

A worker sifts wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. Artificial intelligence and other agritech offers significant potential to farmers.

Fourth Industrial Revolution

From predicting heatwaves to developing climate-resilient seeds: Here’s how agritech can help farmers

Deep dive

The climate crisis and growing populations are straining global food security. But AI and agritech services can positively impact more than half a billion farmers.

Pooja Chhabria and Michelle Meineke

April 28, 2024

Since oil was first found in Abu Dhabi more than 70 years ago, the Gulf region has experienced remarkable development and change.

Economic Growth

These 5 megatrends will shape the Gulf and beyond over the next 25 years

Today, decades since the UAE's oil discovery changed the Gulf's fortunes, these five megatrends herald another economic renaissance in the Gulf and beyond.

Ahmed Galal Ismail

April 28, 2024

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