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The 14th Telecom Review Leader’s Summit<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Jawad Abbassi also spoke at the Africa Investment Forum held at GITEX<\/a> \u2013 Dubai on Dec 7, 2020. The panel\u2019s theme was Investing in ICT for Economic Development and Future of Work<\/p>\n

On December 8, Mats gave a Keynote by video the 5G & Smart Cities<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

On December 9 at the Huawei ME, Innovation Day-Igniting Innovation Through Education . Jawad spoke at the online event highlighting findings from GSMA\u2019s new report Education For All in COVID-19 times: How EdTech can be Part of the Solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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