UAE-UK tech partnership can make the world a better place

UAE-UK tech partnership can make the world a better place

The UK will work through global fora like the OECD and will be appointing Tech Envoys to create the world’s largest tech diplomacy network – promoting the UK sector overseas and leading the global conversation

By Patrick Moody Published: Mon 17 Apr 2023, 11:17 PM

Technology is one of the key pathways for global prosperity and security. From climate to health, from financial services to agriculture, tech is creating exciting new opportunities.

The UK is already a world leader in research and development, innovation and cyber security. Our tech sector is booming – we are Europe’s top tech investment destination and home to the fourth largest number of tech unicorns in the world.

But we want to do more. The UK’s new International Technology Strategy sets out our path to tech superpower status. But it is about more than our own national ambitions. It is about tackling the fragmentation of the global tech market, providing leadership and shaping the global tech market – with the right principles and in the right sectors and with the right partners. To solve our common challenges and to boost global opportunity, we need to work together.

So our strategy sets our four guiding principles – to be open, responsible,