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The latest news on people and skills in smart city projects across the world.

Dubai partners with Oracle to build digital capabilities

Dubai partners with Oracle to build digital capabilities

People and skills21 Oct 2025

The entities will collaborate in the fields of AI and digital innovation to develop joint use cases that contribute to improving business and user experiences.

Dubai launches unified digital channels for government services

Dubai launches unified digital channels for government services

News13 May 2025

Initiative supports Dubai’s strategy to digitalise life and strengthen its position among the world’s top three cities in digital, human-centred service delivery.

Dubai publishes Dubai State of AI Report

Dubai publishes Dubai State of AI Report

AI and Machine Learning28 Apr 2025

Report offers a comprehensive view of AI’s role in transforming government services in Dubai and assesses more than 100 high-impact, high-return AI use cases.

Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft on AI skills

Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft on AI skills

People and skills21 Mar 2025

The tech company will help employees develop knowledge and skills in AI science and its application and advance the digital knowledge economy and society.

Digital Dubai partners to develop skills to shape the future

Digital Dubai partners to develop skills to shape the future

People and skills02 Jan 2025

Digital Dubai will work with Dubai Future Foundation to develop national competencies and cultivate capabilities that align with emerging technologies.

Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft for technical innovation

Digital Dubai collaborates with Microsoft for technical innovation

AI and Machine Learning18 Oct 2024

The agreement emphasises Microsoft’s commitment to launching an initiative aimed at developing AI skills to support Digital Dubai’s efforts in this area.

Dubai launches digital strategy and digital city initiative

Dubai launches digital strategy and digital city initiative

Policymaking05 Jul 2023

The emirate’s strategy is based on a vision to digitalise all aspects of life and establish a robust digital system that empowers a digitally driven society.

Urb launches second UAE urban tech accelerator programme

Urb launches second UAE urban tech accelerator programme

Economic Development07 Mar 2023

Smart cities lies at the core of the incubator, which is looking for solutions in areas such as energy, water, agri, waste, mobility and smart technology.

Dubai simulates global cyberattack scenario

Dubai simulates global cyberattack scenario

Data privacy and security11 Jul 2022

The exercise, which involved 18-Dubai-based government and private sector entities, aimed to promote agile cybersecurity practices, boosting the participating organisations’ ability to counter cyberattacks.

Dubai to create neighbourhood cloud network for residents

Dubai to create neighbourhood cloud network for residents

Residential buildings07 Mar 2022

Real Estate company Paradise Hills is working with blockchain developer ThreeFold to add dedicated servers to around 170 homes that will provide edge computing and internet storage to run decentralised applications and services.

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Smart city research initiative aims to develop results-driven playbook

ESI ThoughtLab will define the cost benefits of smart city investments and provide city and business leaders with an evidence-based guide.

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Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

Gothenburg boosts sustainable public transport push with e-bus roll-out

More than 150 electric buses will be introduced in the region covering Gothenburg, Mölndal and Partille, where 180 million trips are made by bus each year.

Speaker line-up announced for Cities Climate Action Summit

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