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1️⃣ #SaudiArabia's industries of the future : Saudis leading the future of technology and artificial intelligence in the Middle East and North Africa
#Khalid_hamoud_shareef
What's #NextIsAmazing

2️⃣ with the direct support and guidance of His Highness The Crown Prince, @McitGovSa launched today 3 programs ( همة vim, قمة summit, Twaiq)
Launch.sa
#LaunchKSA

3️⃣ The 3 initiatives launched today are inspired by the speech of His Highness Crown Prince #MBS , represent a clear message to confirm the intent of #SaudiArabia to be the Regional Center for technology & entrepreneurs, & a major global power in the field of technology by 2030

4️⃣ The beginning of the journey : October 2018
The difficult start, the beginning in the midst of the smear campaigns against His Highness The Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were aimed to derail his vision and plans to take Saudi Arabia to the next level

5️⃣ The response to all those attempts was #همة #قمة and the people #Tuwaiq coming together in support of His Royal Highness The Crown Prince #MohammedBinSalman and today we look back & see their plans falling a part as we set off #towards the future, we haven't looked back since

6️⃣ March 2019 with a budget of 22 billion dollars for the digital and IT sector, Saudi Arabia becomes one of the top-ranked digital markets, not only in the Middle East and North Africa region but worldwide, but we are still at the beginning because our ambition is limitless .

7️⃣ Speaking at the keynote address of the world's largest mobile conference, the Mobile World Congress Barcelona in 2019, the minister of communications stressed that 95% of the smartphones presented at the Mobile World Expo are made of chips made in partnership with Saudi Arabia

8️⃣ Actually , about 40% of the raw materials that go into the manufacture of smart phones are produced by SABIC Saudi Arabia petrochemical company, just another step toward the future and because what's #NextIsAmazing

9️⃣ Today Aug 24, 2021, His Excellency the minister of communications announces that #SaudiArabia has actually started manufacturing smart chips, in just 29 months, we have gone from a supplier of raw materials for the smart chip industry to a smart chip manufacturer