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10-14 OCT 2022 DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE
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GITEX 2022: LARGEST EVER EDITION, 5,000 COMPANIES, 26 HALLS, CAPACITY TO THE LIMIT Dubai is transforming into the ultimate digital epicentre of the world next month, as the UAE hosts the world’s largest technology show, converging the most advanced companies and best minds to deep dive into the making of the Web 3.0 economy. Gitex returns, its largest ever edition featuring 5,000 companies spanning 26 halls and two Million sq. ft of exhibition space, at an extraordinary 25% year-on-year increase, pushing its capacity limit at the venue. The Gitex 3.0 edition, in its 42nd year presents the most empowering curation ever with seven multi-tech themes experimenting in the metaverse, a decentralised future of the internet, and a sustainable global digital economy. The five-day event’s record size and continued expansion mirrors the ambitions of the UAE and region’s digital transformation movement, as government initiatives such as
the National Program for Coders, the Dubai Metaverse Strategy, and Next GenFDI propels the UAE to the forefront of the global digital economy. This is amplified by new Gitex launches of X-VERSE sponsored by TMRW Foundation in collaboration with Decentraland, one of the world’s most immersive metaverse journeys featuring 28 experiential brands: and Global DevSlam, the Middle East’s largest ever coder and developer meetup, both of which sold-out to a global audience within two months. UAE companies also held the lion’s share of a record-breaking $2.6 Billion in start-up funding across the Middle East and North Africa in 2021, figures that underscore an additional hall and 30 percent increase to 1,000 exhibitors at Gitex’s start-up event, North Star. Gitex is welcoming 52% new exhibitors this year choosing the show and the UAE as the
first-choice partner in their market access strategies. The influx of global interest will see North Star hosting the biggest Unicorn meetup of the year in Dubai, with 35 Unicorns from 15 countries looking to explore new opportunities and expand in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. The ‘Africa Fast 100’ programme presents the largest ever gathering of African start-ups to be hosted outside Africa, as the African tech companies have been touted as the next ones to watch by global investors. Debut international exhibitors such as Binance, Ooku, AMD, Tencent, and ByteDance, are seeking to extend their brand reach to a global audience through GITEX, along with FTX Exchange, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges with a five millionplus global customer base and an average daily trading volume of $12 Billion.
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