The\nhighly anticipated eighth edition of Arabnet Riyadh, the Kingdom\u2019s largest\ntechnology event, has been launched today (December 10) at the Riyadh\nInternational Convention and Exhibition Centre under the theme of \u2018Connecting\nthe Kingdom\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Held\nin strategic partnership with Monsha\u2019at, the General Authority for Small and\nMedium Enterprises, Arabnet Riyadh 2019 also features sponsorship from Saudi\nTelecom Company (STC), Seera (AlTayyar Group), Mastercard, Saudi Fransi Bank,\nDigital Marketing Services (Choueiri Group), Riyad Bank, AlKhaleejiah (Saudi\nResearch and Marketing Group), TikTok, SAMBA, Meem Bank, Dawiyat (Saudi\nElectricity Company) and Teads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over\n6,000 senior government officials, enterprise decision-makers and 150 investors\nwere in attendance, keen on connecting and exchanging ideas on digital\ninnovation and entrepreneurship as key drivers for the Kingdom\u2019s future\neconomic development, in addition to 300 exhibiting start-ups in the Kingdom\u2019s\nlargest tech entrepreneurship showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ArabNet\nFounder and CEO, Omar Christidis, said in his opening speech: \u201cFor years, Saudi\nArabia has been the region\u2019s largest economy, boasting consumers of the highest\npurchasing power and a young tech-savvy population but recent developments make\nthis an especially opportune time to move into the Saudi tech scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf\nyou\u2019re looking for the emerging hub of digital innovation and entrepreneurship\nin the MENA region today, you\u2019ll find it in Saudi Arabia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nGovernor of Monsha\u2019at, Eng. Saleh Ibrahim Alrasheed, highlighted Monsha\u2019at\u2019s\ncommitment in supporting current and aspiring entrepreneurs, in offering\ninnovations that contribute to raising the level of services in various fields.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eng.\nAlrasheed added that Monsha\u2019at\u2019s strategic partnership of Arabnet Riyadh, aims\nto foster the cultural mindset, entrepreneurial spirit and to encourage and\nappreciate distinguished, and talented innovative entrepreneurs in the\nscientific, technical and intellectual production fields.\n\nTo\nlearn more about the event go to: <\/a>https:\/\/www.arabnet.me\/english\/conference\/arabnet-riyadh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The highly anticipated eighth edition of Arabnet Riyadh, the Kingdom\u2019s largest technology event, has been launched today (December 10) at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Centre under the theme of \u2018Connecting the Kingdom\u2019. Held in strategic partnership with Monsha\u2019at, the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, Arabnet Riyadh 2019 also features sponsorship from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[809,791,13],"tags":[6068,10384,790,10803,10804],"class_list":["post-44067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-more-news","category-ksa","category-top-stories","tag-arabnet","tag-arabnet-riyadh","tag-ksa","tag-monshaat","tag-omar-christidis"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44069,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44067\/revisions\/44069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}