President of StrategEast Anatoly Motkin gave an interview to The Register where he said that Gulf states and the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus could become new tech hotspot.
In the interview, Mr. Motkin mentioned that European and Central Asian nations like Georgia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan are ripe to develop offshore tech services and business process outsourcing businesses.
He said that the region’s tech talent has attracted plenty of attention in the Gulf States, as they are hungry to develop digital economies and share cultural affinities with Central Asian nations.
“We have a huge hunger for knowledge and to become leaders in Saudi Arabia and Qatar,” Motkin continued, adding that he’s also seeing plenty of startups develop in Central Asia and venture capitalists in the Gulf region willing to fund them.
Gulf startups, meanwhile, often need more local developers and see the Caucasus and Central Asia as good sources of talent.
“Working together, the Gulf and the Caucasus could become a huge hub of digital skills,” he opined.
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