Qatar can be business hub for generating smart solutions – The Peninsula

Qatar can be business hub for generating smart solutions – The Peninsula

Qatar, which is investing heavily in smart cities infrastructure and emerging technologies can be a business hub for generating smart solutions, a move that will create more opportunities for startups and entrepreneurs to introduce new products and services in the local and global markets, according to experts at the recently concluded Smart City Expo Doha 2022.

Speaking at the panel discussion on ‘A world of data startup solutions making use of urban data’, Faisal Al Kuwari, Chief Technology Officer at MEEZA highlighted how entrepreneurs and startups use urban data to offer new solutions to benefit citizens and public authorities.

He said: “Smart city is a city that uses technology to improve citizens’ lives. It includes services that target citizens, operational excellence for companies to perform better by reducing cost, and is environmental. Data is not only important for planning a city, it is equally important for private sectors and startups.

And data availability depends on initiatives from the government and private sector to improve the services offered for all smart city experts. Without data, startups cannot generate ideas for cities”.

Speaking about Qatar’s smart cities Al Kuwari noted: “If we use our model in multiple cities around Doha we can create and generate more