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Qatar partners with Meta on digital economy

Gulf states are working to increase the size of their digital economies.

A man looks on near the stand of US multinational technology conglomerate Meta.
A man looks on near the stand of US multinational technology conglomerate Meta at the congress center ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. — FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

The Qatari government and Facebook’s parent company Meta signed a cooperation agreement today. 

Qatar’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Meta will work together to help small- and medium-sized businesses in Qatar with the “digital transformation.” To this end, Meta has launched a virtual hub in Qatar for such businesses with training webinars on digital marketing. Several Qatari sports-, technology- and finance-related entities are supporting the project, including the Qatar Development Bank, the official Qatar News Agency reported

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