{"id":65811,"date":"2022-02-10T07:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T07:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-artefact.digitalseeder.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=65811"},"modified":"2024-09-20T17:42:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T16:42:28","slug":"artefact-expands-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/staging-artefact.digitalseeder.com\/de\/news\/artefact-expands-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Artefact expands to Saudi Arabia to tap growing demand for data and digital consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1440px + 20px );margin-left: calc(-20px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-20px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 description\"><p>\u25cf The Kingdom\u2019s big data and artificial intelligence (AI) market is forecast to reach US$891.74 million by 2026<br \/>\n\u25cf AI is expected to contribute over US$135.2 billion in 2030 to the Kingdom\u2019s economy, equivalent to 12.4% of GDP<br \/>\n\u25cf Vision 2030\u2019s business transformation focus offers large potential market; data and AI-specialist Artefact has experienced more than 70% year-on-year growth in the region over the last four years and expects to increase local headcount accordingly<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><article class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1440px + 20px );margin-left: calc(-20px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-20px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:10px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:10px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:10px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:10px;--awb-spacing-left-small:10px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>RIYADH\/DUBAI; 9 February 2022: Global data and digital consulting leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staging-artefact.digitalseeder.com\/\">Artefact<\/a> is strengthening its presence in MENA with a new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. One of the largest and fastest growing economies in the region, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a big data and artificial intelligence (AI) market valued at US$164.98 million in 2020. This is expected to reach US$891.74 million by 2026, registering an annual growth of 32.6% over five years.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reportlinker.com\/p06129766\/?utm_source=GNW\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vision2030.gov.sa\/\">Vision 2030<\/a> strategic framework is responsible for much of this growth. With business and governance transformation at its core, data, technology and AI will help public and private sector organizations across business sectors realize a new way of working. Around 70% of Vision 2030\u2019s 96 strategic goals relate to data and AI, with AI expected to contribute over US$135.2 billion to the Kingdom\u2019s economy by 2030, the equivalent of 12.4% of GDP.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>This presents Artefact, a global leader in data and AI-driven transformation consulting, with a large potential market that has significant opportunities for growth. The company is aiming to significantly expand its team in KSA, with revenue forecast to see a threefold increase.<\/p>\n<p>Artefact has been operating in the MENA region from its base in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), since 2013, working with private and public sector clients on their data and AI-led transformation programs.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>The company\u2019s key offerings include: data vision and strategy, the \u2018AI Factory\u2019 (for the launch and scaling up of AI programs), big data platform implementation, large scale data governance programs, and data marketing programs. Artefact also has global partnerships with big data infrastructure providers and data platforms, including Google, Microsoft and Amazon.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><p>Artefact\u2019s new office in Saudi Arabia will be an integral part of the company\u2019s global network, which includes operations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Artefact will bring its data and AI-related practices, innovations, talent pool and partnerships to the Kingdom. It will also invest in local talent to develop the varied skill sets needed for the next-generation AI-driven economies, with roles including consultants, data scientists, big data engineers and machine learning (ML) engineers, and data architects.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"quote-baseline\">Rahul Arya, CEO of Artefact MENA, says:<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"quote\">\u201cAs the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia looks to a new and exciting phase in its growth led by economic and social transformation, this is an inspiring time for Artefact to strengthen our on-ground presence there. It will be one of our key focus markets in the years to come and we are committed to making significant investments that will bring our cutting edge workforce and data and technology-led innovations to our clients and partners in the Kingdom. We see plenty of potential for our data and AI expertise as public and private sector enterprises look to accelerate their journeys to realize their new visions.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><div class=\"quote-baseline\">Vincent Luciani, co-founder and CEO of Artefact, says:<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"quote\">\u201cThanks to its rapidly expanding economy, Saudi Arabia is a serious proposition for any growing global business, and Artefact is delighted to be firming up its foothold in the country. With our global expertise and years of relevant experience, combined with our knowledge of the region, we expect to become partners with several clients in the Kingdom as they undertake their data and AI transformation journeys.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><p><strong>For Artefact\u2019s full list of offices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.staging-artefact.digitalseeder.com\/artefact-offices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artefact expands to Saudi Arabia to tap growing demand for data and digital consulting<\/p>","protected":false},"author":[],"featured_media":65971,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-category":[2825],"news-language":[311],"class_list":["post-65811","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-news-mena","news-language-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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