Metaversities, face payment and precision healthcare among future tech

Metaversities, face payment and precision healthcare among future tech

The region’s gaming market, R&D hotspots, tech startup capitals and more are explored in the ‘MENA Tech 2023: Mapping the Technology Landscape’ report from communications consultancy BLJ Worldwide, which is one of the first studies of its kind conducted into MENA’s technology sector. Doha-based strategic communications agency BLJ Worldwide is today launching one of the first umbrella studies into the current state of the technology industry across Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The ‘MENA Tech 2023: Mapping the Technology Landscape’ report is one of the first in the region to bring together various topics within the space, from fintech to gaming, to take an overarching, ‘state-of-the-region’ look at the MENA technology sector. Justin Kerr-Stevens, CEO, BLJ Worldwide commented: “MENA’s tech industry has come a long way in the last decade driven by significant investment and global moments like the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and Expo 2020. With visits from the founder of Chat GPT, and sovereign wealth fund investments in Twitter and other tech unicorns, our report paints a picture of a diverse and rapidly evolving region. Once a relatively disparate collection of markets that largely followed the lead of economies such as