For the Media

Innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data¬heavy applications have become a driving force in advancing the digital economy globally. The scope and scale of their use cases have reached sophisticated levels of maturity around the world, with feasibility and impact increasing rapidly.

Economic diversification has been a guiding policy theme for commodity producing nations to minimize volatility, support economic growth and development, create jobs. alongside greater private sector activity and more sustainable public finances .

Despite global governments’ efforts, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which usually represent the majority of economic activities at national levels, were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. For many start-ups and SMEs, that period represented an extraordinary phase of insecurity,...