UAE’s $3.7b Tech Economy Takes Spotlight in GITEX EUROPE
Source: WAM
Europe’s largest inaugural tech, startup, and digital investment event, GITEX EUROPE x AI Everything, was held at Messe Berlin this week, with the UAE’s innovation taking centre stage.
The three-day show, which concludes today, brought together more than 1,400 exhibitors, 600 top global investors, and over 500 speakers from 100-plus countries, together marking the strongest cross-border tech mobilisation the continent has seen. National pavilions stretched from India to Italy, Morocco to South Korea, and 35 European states, alongside participation from the UAE, showcasing how the nation is becoming a global reference for technology advancement across multiple industries, including governance and public service.
The UAE’s IT services market is forecast to achieve record growth to reach $3.76 billion in 2025, according to fresh Statista data, a momentum that was impossible to miss on a show floor featuring 65 UAE organisations – the nation’s biggest ever entrepreneurship and digital investment delegation to a European tech event.
The Ministry of Economy pavilion presented a cohort of home-grown tech ventures aimed squarely at addressing global challenges. Among them are Zeroe, which delivers comprehensive carbon management to accelerate net-zero goals; Hikmah Labs, which merges AI with cutting-edge research to transform industries; IngenioData, which deploys AR and BLE-based indoor navigation, asset tracking, and analytics; and Responsive Drip Irrigation, which created the world’s first plant-responsive irrigation system, which allows the plant to self-regulate its own water delivery.
Among the dignitaries inaugurating the momentous first European edition, Alia Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, shared in her welcome address: “Germany is now the UAE’s second-largest trading partner within the EU. And Berlin, as a global capital of innovation, plays a central role in that story. It mirrors the trajectory: dynamic, diverse, and globally connected. Together, we are shaping a new economic corridor, one powered by innovation and grounded in common purpose.”
