The 14th Telecom Review Leader’s Summit took place on November 18, 2020 in Dubai. Jawad Abbassi, Head of MENA spoke at the ‘Technology leads the battle against Covid-19’ panel and also moderated a chat with Hatem Bamatraf Chief Technology Officer at Etisalat Group.

Jawad Abbassi also spoke at the Africa Investment Forum held at GITEX – Dubai on Dec 7, 2020. The panel’s theme was Investing in ICT for Economic Development and Future of Work

On December 8, Mats gave a Keynote by video the 5G & Smart Cities a conference at GITEX. On the same day, Jawad moderated two panels on ‘Operator Strategies to Maximise 5G Value’ and ‘Commercial Success & Autonomous Vehicles and Healthcare to Education and City Infrastructure’ with speakers from Etisalat, Huawei, Neom & Uber.

On December 9 at the Huawei ME, Innovation Day-Igniting Innovation Through Education . Jawad spoke at the online event highlighting findings from GSMA’s new report Education For All in COVID-19 times: How EdTech can be Part of the Solution.