PWC signed a new strategic agreement with UAE AI firm G42. The agreement was signed during PWC’s participation at Ai Everything at Gitex 2022.
Commenting on PwC’s presence at Ai Everything x GITEX Global, Stephen Anderson, Partner and Middle East Markets Leader, stated, “We’re proud of our extensive participation in this year’s AI Everything x GITEX Global, and are delighted to announce our new strategic agreement with G42, demonstrate digital solutions and launch our latest paper on digital twins in one of the world’s largest and most influential digital ecosystems.”
PwC Middle East’s strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing with UAE AI and cloud computing firm G42 will drive innovation and uptake of AI across businesses and sectors through combining PwC’s technology consulting prowess with G42’s AI capabilities.
Virtual and metaverse technologies are a $8 to 13 trillion opportunity globally and are expected to contribute to 6% of MENA GDP in the next few years. Combined with AI’s potential to bring $320bn into the region by 2030, governments, businesses and consumers will see enormous implications.
Mr Talal Al Kaissi, G42 Cloud CEO, stated, “We are proud to join PwC on this exciting partnership, as it marks a milestone in enabling regional customers in their digital transformation experience, to ensure security and strength of their solutions and applications. G42 Cloud’s scalable Cloud infrastructure aims to support both enterprises and government entities in the UAE to smoothly transition to a modernized cloud-based infrastructure and allow them to further enhance their data practice to become data-driven corporations.”
