SEF 2024 explores gaming industry’s potential to improve education, create jobs, boost economies

SEF 2024 explores gaming industry’s potential to improve education, create jobs, boost economies

SHARJAH: Lucy Chow, author and investment expert, has identified exciting new opportunities for business, investments and innovation emerging in the gaming industry for both gaming enthusiasts and founders who attended the 7th edition of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF 2024). The author of the best-selling essay collection Changing the Game, presented practical insights on the far-reaching impact of games on education, society and the economy.

Chow confirmed that video games today are no longer just interactive entertainment; they go beyond that, being part of an industry worth billions of dollars. She pointed out that the essential pillars of this sector are technology, content and talent, with gamers now representing all demographic groups and every part of the world.

Lucy highlighted that in developing the gaming sector, we would create new career paths for both women and men. She also emphasised that developing the sector would mean attracting diverse talents, including specialised engineers, designers, software developers, content creators, data experts and marketing professionals.

She referred to the efforts made by the UAE and Saudi Arabia in this context, explaining that the Dubai 2033 video game programme aims to position the emirate among the top 10 global centres for the video game sector and to