The last two decades have completely reshaped the digital landscape of UAE. By creating a conducive environment for digital technologies through infrastructure and policies, UAE has now grown into the most digital-friendly country in the Middle East. By promoting innovators, the country has also been playing a prominent role in the growth of new digital technologies.
The Emirati population has taken to social media like fish to water. Emiratis, on average, spend 2.57 hours on social media daily. Much like in the rest of the world, social media has become one of the most essential parts of daily internet usage in the UAE. It has given a voice to the ignored and served as a melting pot of ideas of all kinds.
Dropping smartphone prices, have driven the massive increase in the usage of mobile phones across the UAE. The large scale rise in the adoption of social media can be attributed to the easy availability of super-fast internet at very low prices. The explosion in YouTube usage is due to the increased prevalence of fast internet connectivity. Whatsapp’s willingness to keep reinventing its product and keep offering novel experiences to its customers is the reason that it has surged past all other competitors and established a unique niche of its own among chat apps.
No conversation about the UAE is ever complete without talking about the incredible changes that the country has gone through over the last few decades. In recent years, the rate of this transformation has only sped up. We now see an even greater emphasis on technology, global trade and tourism in the nation’s administrative policies and international relationships. UAE is emerging as a global power with an increasing say and influence in world affairs.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is known as the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds. The Kingdom is revered as the land of the two holy mosques and the direction to which Muslims all over the world, turn towards in prayer, every day.
The second largest Arab state, over the past decade, KSA’s GDP (Gross National Product) has grown by about 520 billion USD owing to the positive import-export trade balance. In fact, Saudi Arabia exports revenue is 2.5 times more than its imports revenue. In his Vision 2030 statement, the Crown Prince Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz envisions to build Saudi Arabia as an investment powerhouse and a hub connecting the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.
Known as The World’s Greatest Show, the World Expo is a sheer celebration of human brilliance and achievement. A gathering of nations from every corner of the globe, the Expo has always showcased the world’s greatest achievements, advancements and innovations. A great opportunity to connect with people from all parts of the world, it is also a place to experience the best of art, culture, geography, science, technology, innovation and invention. This will ignite new thought processes and ideas and finally impact and improve lives everywhere.
Expo 2020 is a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of ideas, culture, collaboration and innovation. The largest event ever staged in the Arab world, this is also the first World Expo to be held in this region. Truly an event of massive scale and proportions, everything about the event is in superlatives.
Social media has come to play a decisive role in the rapidly transforming Saudi society. Saudi Arabia continues to be a social media powerhouse, being one of the biggest national markets for Snapchat and YouTube in the world. The global rise in social media amounts to 13% annually and Saudi Arabia leads the race among other nations with an exponential annual growth rate of 32%.
What was once a sleepy little port on the Arabian peninsula has now grown into one of the epicentres of the global tourism industry.
The city of Dubai has been given a central role in the UAE government’s push to make the country into one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. The country’s burgeoning list of tourist attractions includes many iconic buildings and structures located in and around the city. Many of these new attractions, like the Dubai Frame, have already entered the lists of globally-renowned tourist destinations.
Dubai has already solidified its position among the leading tourist destinations in the world. Over the past decade, the city has consistently found itself among the top 10 most visited cities in the world and has also risen to prominence as an important travel hub.
Snapchat works almost the way we communicate with people face to face. What it means is that when we talk to people we meet, nothing is ever saved or stored, these moments disappear. The disappearing photos feature changed the game for Snapchat, going the opposite route of the other social networks where every interaction is stored digitally. This created an entirely new social networking experience which caused teenagers to flock to this newbie platform.
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