DUBAI: Apps, artificial intelligence, fifth-generation telephony, the internet of things, drones, advanced metallurgy, microchips, algorithms and coding. Buzzwords of the moment, to be sure but also growth areas of the current and future economy. Young people today who want to succeed in these fields will require strong quantitative skills based in hard sciences such as
Saudi Arabia is looking forward to a digitalized future, and many in the private sector are preparing the youth of the nation to get involved in the Kingdom’s fast-growing tech industry. In fact, Code for Girls is one such organization helping girls and women to take part in the nation’s economic transformation.