The $24 trillion digital boom: A double-edged sword for global growth

$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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