{
  "id": 9412000,
  "title": "Qatar teams up with Google to skill 50,000 for the AI age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/qatar-teams-up-with-google-to-skill-50-000-for-the-ai-age",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-22T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times",
    "slug": "gulf-times",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/734012/qatar/qatar-teams-up-with-google-to-skill-50000-for-the-ai-age"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Qatar is set to train its workforce for the AI era, partnering with Google Cloud to launch a national upskilling drive. By 2030, over 50,000 training seats will be opened, delivered through the Qatar Digital Academy. The initiative, a key part of the government's push to develop human capital, starts with foundational digital literacy and advances to specialized tracks for executives, technical professionals, and developers. This ladder-style program aims to move talent from understanding new technologies to implementing them. Her Excellency Reem Mohammed al-Mansoori, Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Industry Affairs at MCIT, emphasized capability-building as essential for Qatar's digital transformation and workforce readiness. The initiative expands investment in skills, providing specialized training pathways for the workforce, executives, and technical professionals. By 2030, the program seeks to build a broad base of talent capable of leveraging AI and cloud technologies to enhance institutional efficiency and support the digital economy's growth. This aligns with the Digital Agenda 2030, which targets creating about 26,000 jobs in the ICT sector and a 10% rise in ICT professionals' capabilities through advanced skills development. For Google Cloud, the collaboration scales a previous commitment of training over 12,000 people in Qatar over five years. The program, part of a five-year framework agreement with MCIT, was unveiled at the Google Cloud Summit Doha 2026, coinciding with the third anniversary of Google Cloud's presence in the Doha region.",
  "summary": "Qatar is set to train its workforce for the AI era on a large scale. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has joined Google Cloud to launch a national upskilling drive that...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}