UAE’s 5 Most Prominent Women in Tech Industry

UAE’s 5 Most Prominent Women in Tech Industry

Kinda Ibrahim, Global Content Partnerships director for MEA and Turkey at Twitter; and Ming Hu, co-founder of Women In Tech Dubai, are the other two among the top five most prominent women, according to NordVPN. The list comes on the eve of Women's Day which is marked on March 8 globally. "Such inspiring UAE-based examples help to combat misconceptions about the tech industry and encourage women to be more determined to pursue a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Women should believe that the technology sector is a place where they belong," says Laura Tyrell, head of PR at NordVPN. "Girls are globally held off STEM following stereotypes according to which that's not something women do. Gladly, there are numerous UAE-based women examples to prove the opposite. We need to talk more about such inspiring women to encourage the rest to break through the stereotypes and pursue tech careers," says Tyrell. According to the Arab Gulf State Institute, 40 per cent of university students specialising in computer science and IT in the Middle East are women. The percentage is even higher in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where women represent 70-80 per cent of computer science and IT