3 ways the Arab tech diaspora can stimulate regional development

From the Rise Up Summit (a conference dedicated to innovation and Egyptian startups), to the MENA Innovation DemoDay (a series of pitches organized by the Arab Tech diaspora in California for key Silicon Valley actors), the Arab tech diaspora has been constantly proving its global relevance in the wake of the 2011’s Arab Spring uprisings.

Diaspora Entrepreneurship was born in 1990s Silicon Valley, mainly due the desire of talented Indian technological diaspora based in California to build technology bridges with their home country. Established in the early 90s by Indian entrepreneurs, managers, and internet specialists, Indus Entrepreneurs set a goal to mobilize the highly qualified Indian diaspora in the US. The objective was to contribute to economic development, especially technological, of the subcontinent.

Since then, Indus Entrepreneurs has played a key role in the technological development of India. It has served as a corridor between the Silicon Valley metropole, and the future Bangalore Valley (by launching awareness campaigns to encourage US firms to settle there, among other strategies). It has also helped accelerate the digital positioning of India on the international level.

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3 ways the Arab tech diaspora can stimulate regional development