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FEATURED SAMENA TRENDS

The diversity of leaders at the Leaders' Summit 2021 was
made possible with the trust, commitment, and participation
of both global and regional decision-makers as well as
decision-influencers, who perceive SAMENA Council as a
trusted voice of the Industry and as a sector-development
partner to regional Governments and global ICT institutions.
This trust, commitment, and participation of both global
and regional decision-makers has established the SAMENA
Council Leaders' Summit as a go-to platform, which,
through its virtual organization since 2020, has provided
new possibilities for the Global Audience, Business Leaders,
Policy & Regulatory Decision-makers, and Global Thinkers
to participate, deliberate, and align common visions on
the realization of a beneficial digital future for the whole of
humanity, and for achieving better business gains for the
Private Sector.

Messages from the Policymakers,
Regulators, the Private Sector,
Renowned thought-leaders, and
thinkers representing the world's
leading organizations touched upon
the core of where our focus needs to be:
making reality possible with the right

policy and technology-deployment
decisions. Such messages were
delivered in the context of economic
development in the digital age; in view
of the requirements for a fully inclusive
and equitable future for all; to address
the necessity for advanced ICT

infrastructure and digital technologies
and platforms; and to fulfill the
need for identifying key stakeholder
engagement...

Huawei's participation and its real-life technology use-
case demonstrations, as done live from its DigiTelligent
Forest in China during the Leaders' Summit, as well as the
presence and exchange of insights from the champions
of connectivity (namely, stc Group, Zain Group, among
others), champions of digital transformation (especially,
Etisalat) in the region, as well as champions of cross-sector
collaboration (EDISON Alliance members), and champions
of multilateralism, and in-depth discussions held against
the backdrop of technology availability and sustainability of
digital supply-chain and thriving 5G and digital application
ecosystems, corroborated the need for revamping and
revitalizing policy approaches to mitigate and overcome
challenges that impede the progress on the 17 SDGs and
the world's Connect 2030 Agenda.

7 APRIL-MAY 2021