ICT Fund, the funding arm of the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA), has recently announced participating in the 3rd Digital Arabic Content Summit that will be hosted by TRA during Gitex Technology Week 2015. The summit will bring 16 prominent Arab experts who are pioneers in developing the Arabic digital content and implementing a knowledge-based society.

ICT Fund, the funding arm of the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA), has recently announced participating in the 3^rd Digital Arabic Content Summit that will be hosted by TRA during Gitex Technology Week 2015. The summit will bring 16 prominent Arab experts who are pioneers in developing the Arabic digital content and implementing a knowledge-based society. 

In this context, H.E. Dr. Abdulqader Al Khayat, ICT Fund Chairman, said, “ICT Fund invested largely in enhancing the quality of Arabic digital content. We paid incomparable attention to this initiative due to its significant impact on the Arab nation’s identity and future. This investment highlights TRA’s keenness on achieveing a quantum leap in the Arabic digital content’s quality”.

Engineer Omar Mahmoud, Acting CEO, ICT Fund said “ICT Fund aims, through supporting the initiative and participating in the summit, to empower the Arabic content in overcoming the challenges it is facing in this rapidly developing era. Moreover, the Fund is striving to reinforce the generation of premium content that strengthens the Arabic culture and civilization. We also aspire to bridge the gap between intellects, libraries and institutions in the Arabic world”.

Investing in the Arabic Digital Content Initiative comes in line with the directives of High Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, to build a generation proud of its Arabic roots and language, and to raise awareness on the significance of the Arabic language across various public segments. It also comes within the framework of supporting the vision 2021, as H.H. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, stated that the UAE’s wise leadership is aiming to position the country as the Arabic language center of excellence. H.H. also highlighted that our language is an essential tool to plant our identity in the next generations as it expresses our values, culture, and historical distinction.