Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai

Back in November 2013 when Dubai won the right to host Expo 2020, it was obvious that thousands of jobs would be created as the city got prepared.

Then, in November 2014 Tecom Investments, a member of Dubai Holding, announced they would be launching a fund (4.5 billion dirhams fund, just over $1.2 billion USD) this year, specifically aimed at the ICT sector, with the goal of creating 30,000 jobs.

Now, alongside these government targets (Dubai Holding is owned by the ruler of Dubai) the newly launched ArabCode.org site, which teaches people how to code, has set themselves the target of qualifying 50,000 professional coders over the next five years.

The ‘roadmap’ for ArabCode, as they put it, will include the launch of a virtual Coding Academy for web and mobile app development, in 2016, then a digital marketplace for job creation.

Canadian tech for Emirati students

An off shoot of the Toronto-based CoursePeer Inc., a cloud-based learning and collaboration solution for academia and enterprise, ArabCode is working with Dubai Internet City, the region’s largest ICT free zone. The new site, launched this week in Dubai, is going to teach computer science and coding to the region’s youth “through an innovative game-based approach.”

Original article by Lucy Knight

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Let the coding begin, ArabCode.org launches in Dubai