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Selim J. EddéHead of Public Policy & Government Relations, MENA, Google
Shaping the Future of Digitization , Talent & Workin the MENA region
Digital skills for Arabic speakers everywhere
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“You work that you may keep
pace with the earth and the soul
of the earth.
For to be idle is to become a
stranger unto the seasons,
and to step out of life's
procession, that marches in
majesty and proud submission
towards the infinite.”Gibran Khalil Gibran
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Train
May-2016
Deep blue beats world Chess
Champion Garry Kasparov.
A computer beats two world
Jeopardy champions.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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Train
May-2016
The future
MARCH 2016 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THE INFLECTION POINT
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Train
May-2016
AI in DeepMind AlphaGo beat a top
international Go Champion.
MARCH 2016 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & MACHINE LEARNING THE
INFLECTION POINT
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Artificial Intelligence “AI” & Machine Learning “ML”“the science of making machines smart”
1- Solve intelligence
2- Use intelligence to solve
everything else
General Purpose
vs
Narrow AI
General Purpose Learning Machine
1- Learn: automatically from raw input-
not pre-programmed.
2- General: same system operates
across a wide set of tasks
Action
Observation
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Machine learning is now a crucial component of almost every Google service
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Source : Zurich Life
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Frey & Osborne
“The Future of Employment”
In the 21st Century
47 % of tasks will be
“computerized’
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Jason Furman
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Optometrist journey
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Source : World Economic Forum 2016 - Global Network Readiness Index
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Source: INSEADThe Talent Competitiveness Index measures countries abilities to:
Enable, Retain, Grow,and Retain talent
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Source: INSEAD
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74%of internet users in look
for basic local information daily
76%of people who need
information look to the internet first
73%of internet users lose trust when business
listing is not accurate
Source: Think with Google, Dubai Lynx MENA Showcase 2016
Across Middle East people use internet to find businesses...
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...but they do not find them
UK Italy
GermanyFrance
Business listings density on Google Maps: MENA 15x lower than EU average
Source: Google Survey
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Maharat min GoogleDigital skills for Arabic speakers everywhere
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The Arab world is one of the most youthful regions globally
Sources: US Bureau of the Census & the United Nations
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Unemployment is the biggest concern amongst youth
Sources: World Economic Forum & Bayt.com
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Sources: International Monetary Fund & UNESCO Institute for Statistics
50% of university graduates are females, yet only 25% of women participate in the workforce
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Source: McKinsey & Company
Latin America
East and South Asia (Excluding India)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Western Europe
34%
30%
27%
23%
23%
Middle East and North Africa 47%
North America and Oceania 19%
Incremental 2025 global GDP over business-as-usual scenario
Gender parity can bring 47% incremental GDP growth
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g.co/Maharat
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26 Core topics &
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Topics include search engine
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Maharat Program Structure
1 Selected Maharat Topics appropriate for target audience 2 Google Content - online/offline (currently English only)3 Third Party Content
SMBs
Students
Gov. employees
UnemployedYouth
General Public
Target
AudienceActivation
1
2
3
4
5
OnlineLearning
OnlineLearning
OnlineLearning
Self-study & Peer Support
OnlineLearning
Office Hours
Champions
Meet-ups
CommunityEvents
OnlineLearning
OnlineLearning
OnlineLearning
Celebration
G-Certificate+ KOF Event
G-Certificate+ KOF Event
G-Certificate+ KOF Event
Job Readiness
OnlineLearning
Coding(DevRel, hackathons…)2
Applied Digital Skills(g-Suite)2
Innovation Hubs(App Dev., Maker Space,
AI/ML)2
Y.T. Academy(Creators)2
Udacity(nano degrees)
Soft Skills (Comms, interpersonal...)3
Employability Skills(CV Writing,
Interviewing...)3
Online Learning
G-Certificate+ KOF Event
G-Certificate
Offline 1-Day
Workshop1
Offline 1-Day
Workshop1
Offline 2-Day
Workshop1,3
Offline 1-Day
Workshop1
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Digitizing/in progress/
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THE MENA WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY - “GROWING YOUNGER”
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THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
1-POLICIES 2-PLATFORM 3-MINDSET
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Online talent platforms are increasingly connecting people to the right work opportunities. By 2025 they could add $2.7 trillion to global GDP, and begin to ameliorate many of the persistent problems in the world’s labor markets.
RESEARCH
McKinsey -EIU-INSEAD
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“Markets
become
efficient
when the
cost of a
transaction
nears zero”
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“Google's mission is to organize the world's information
and make it universally accessible and useful.”
“A healthy Disregard for the impossible“
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THE CHANGING NATURE OF WORK: PREPARE FOR JOBS THAT DO NOT EXIST
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“Work is love made visible. And if
you can't work with love, but only
with distaste, it is better that you
should leave your work and sit at
the gate of the temple and take
alms of the people who work with
joy”
Gibran Khalil Gibran
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Thank you!
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