$24 trillion. That’s how much the digital economy is projected to grow in 2025, according to the secretary-general of the Digital Cooperation Organization, Deemah AlYahya.
That’s three times the traditional economy, AlYahya added, a figure that’s being driven by the growing adoption of AI, automation, and robotics.
“We truly believe that the digital economy is the economy that’s going to flourish — not in the future, but now,” AlYahya told Devex, speaking from Davos earlier this week.
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Elissa Miolene
Elissa Miolene reports on USAID and the U.S. government at Devex. She previously covered education at The San Jose Mercury News, and has written for outlets like The Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washingtonian magazine, among others. Before shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian agencies in the United States, East Africa, and South Asia.
