How Can Technology Innovation Accelerate the Path Towards Prosperity in Emerging Economies?

Many recent studies have highlighted how innovation - particularly market-creating innovation led by local entrepreneurs - can significantly accelerate economic development in emerging economies. Building and scaling life-enhancing products and services accessible to broader segments of the global community require constant and proper exploitation of new technologies to make such products and services affordable, accessible, and valuable. Advancements in emerging technologies, such as AI, blockchain, and IoT, can transform how these products and services are built and deployed to solve consumer and infrastructure problems in developing countries. How can governments, industry leaders, and development agencies collaborate to create an environment of innovation in emerging markets which would support economic development by bringing life-enhancing products and services to market?

Eng. Omar Al-Ansari, Secretary General, Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation Council (QRDI)
Dr. Ola Brown, Founder, Healthcap Africa
Navin Gupta, Managing Director, South Asia & MENA, Ripple
Hon. Minister Paula Ingabire, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Republic of Rwanda
Dr. Inma Martinez, Digital Pioneer & AI Scientist, Chair of the Expert Group at the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)
Courtney Powell, COO and Managing Partner, 500 Global
Matthias Rebellius, Managing Board Member of Siemens AG, Global CEO Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Moderator: Farah Elbahrawy, Equities Deputy Team Leader & Reporter, Bloomberg News

[Barnabas_Akinrinola]

Wow!! Really loved listening to the intelligent takes from both panel sessions.

I agree that the world is at an inflection point and this is the time to have conversations about government regulations, venture capital, ideas generation, job losses and job creation, and the general ramifications of a fast-evolving world that is inclusive of emerging markets and economies (and not excluding those markets and economies).

Thank you, Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council. Big thanks to the panel discussants and the panel moderator.🙌🏾