Doha, Qatar: Qatar is moving in the right direction as it continues to see a virtual transformation from National Vision 2030 and the country is also a key player in the global virtual transformation.
Speaking to The Peninsula on the sidelines of Web Summit Qatar 2024, Anatoly Motkin, President of StrategEast, said: “We will see more than a virtual transformation in Qatar and we will see the country as a key player in virtual transformation.
Commenting on Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister’s speech on the announcement of a $1 billion fund to inspire local and regional marketers at the opening of the Web Summit, Motkin said: “I think it was a transparent message to all representatives of the public and private sectors. That for Qatar, the IT industry would now be one of the most important strategic directions for progress and that the country would succeed in a virtual transformation.
With the FIFA World Cup, the country has shown that any global challenge can be solved like the climate challenge and that it is capable of anything, but for virtual transformation it is a process. It is not only about showing its global capability, but also about being part of the global processes along the global virtual superpowers and in a short time Qatar would close this gap.
Speaking about the startup ecosystem in Qatar, he said that it is still in its infancy and that the most productive way for Qatar to achieve significant effects is to attract startups from the global pipeline, especially from the Central Asian and Caucasus countries that are at the same time soft touchdown zone in Qatar to create all the conditions. He added: “I think in a year or two we will get significant effects that can be demonstrated, and Qatar will also get all the talents and knowledge.
Motkin added that through cross-regional collaborations, especially in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Qatar’s involvement in other regions can become an advantage, not only to offload new and state-of-the-art technologies, but also to become a global influencer and also to expand a third virtual hub focused on the United States and China. a new hub that will create a virtual single market for Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Gulf.
“It is attractive to see what the synergies can be between the business aspirations of the Gulf, especially Qatar, and the global technology industry. I think it’s vital that the leading foreign IT progression platform, such as Web Summit, is introduced in Qatar.
Explaining the advancements of AI in Qatar, Motkin noted that this is just the beginning of the execution process and that each panel held at this forum is the beginning of a process in which citizens of Qatar, other Gulf countries, and global generation corporations can initiate a joint execution procedure.
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