Youth Knowledge Forum discusses increasing virtual world business opportunities and enhancing youth innovation

Youth Knowledge Forum discusses increasing virtual world business opportunities and enhancing youth innovation

Dubai, UAE: The Youth Knowledge Forum, organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), continued virtually on its third day, after the conclusion of physical sessions which was held at the Hilton Hotel, Al Habtoor City, Dubai.

Four virtual sessions were held during the third day, which centred on several topics, including Unlocking business opportunities in the virtual world, transforming education through technology, unleashing youth innovation for purpose economies, and discussing the challenges and opportunities for the youth on social media platforms.

Unlocking business opportunities in the virtual world

In the first session titled ‘Unlocking business opportunities in the virtual world’, topics including blockchain revolution across industries, components of virtual world, building a business in the virtual world and grabbing the business opportunities brought by Web 3.0 technology were discussed.

H.E. Dr. Tariq Bin Hindi, Senior Partner at Global Ventures, Chairman of Edelman Middle East; Maha Abouelenein, Founder and CEO of Digital & Savvy; Najib Khanafer, Co-founder of OasisX platform, attended the session, which was moderated by Tuesday Le Roux, program presenter.

Najib Khanafer highlighted that the Metaverse serves as an extension to the virtual world, and further shed light on the significance