The Awakening of MENA Gaming: Empowering Talent, Harnessing Tech, and Making Markets
summary
MENA mobile gaming revenue jumps from $1.1B in 2017 to nearly $7B within a decade, driven by a population over 60% under 30 and >70% mobile gamers; consumer spend doubles from $700M to $1.7B in three years and growth runs ~25% YoY versus China’s ~8%. Infrastructure and investment back that: a national esports fund with ~$38B, a new Google Cloud region, a metaverse training academy, and projected 95% 5G adoption by 2030, proving the market shift is real.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:42Agenda
- 2:01Ahmeds Background
- 2:44EA Metaverse
- 4:57Perception of MENA
- 5:41Gaming in Mina
- 6:03What attracted you to Mina
- 7:03How big is Mina
- 7:33Game consumer spending
- 8:08Gaming market growth
- 8:52Market is ripe
- 10:00Why is technology uptake important
- 10:35GCC 5G adoption
- 11:12Mobile data traffic per smartphone
- 12:07External forces
- 13:25Talent
- 15:01Investment Education Opportunity
- 17:05History of Science and Technology
- 19:01American Aviation Industry
- 20:35Summary