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Globally the UAE ranks in the upper quartile in Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Application Development and Computer Networking Skills.
Consider the inflow to outflow ratios, digital disruptive skills are the highest, led by genetic engineering (1.63), development tools (1.32) and AI (1.29).
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