Driverless vehicles helped Abu Dhabi to cement its status as the smartest city in the Middle East and North Africa region. Leslie Pableo / The National Abu Dhabi has retained its title as the smartest city in the Middle East and North Africa thanks to its digital-first initiatives , a study has revealed. The UAE capital came in 13th globally, according to Switzerland’s International Institute for Management Development’s (IMD) Smart City Index for 2023. Read More Abu Dhabi and Dubai ‘well positioned’ to quickly achieve advanced smart city status Saudi Arabia aims for 15% of public vehicles to be autonomous by 2030 Abu Dhabi is Mena’s smartest city for three studies from 2020. IMD did not release an index in 2022. Dubai, ranked first in Mena when the index appeared in 2019, was ranked 17th for 2023, down from 14th. That made the UAE one of only four countries to have more than one city in the top 20, joining Switzerland, Australia and Germany, according to the study conducted in collaboration with the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh came in 30th, up from 39th. Saudi cities Makkah, Jeddah and Qatar’s capital Doha were ranked […]
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