{"id":3888,"date":"2024-11-12T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T09:36:34","slug":"edbs-musab-abdullah-joins-as-a-speaker-at-touchdown-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/edbs-musab-abdullah-joins-as-a-speaker-at-touchdown-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB\u2019s Musab Abdullah joins as a speaker at Touchdown Middle East!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2892 \" src=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Musab-EDB-300x271-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"256\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">We are thrilled to announce that <strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/musab-abdullah-b213a8a\/\">Musab Abdullah<\/a>, Executive Director \u2013 Investment Development, ICT from Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)<\/strong><\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2024 as a speaker! Musab will Chair the panel <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">\u2018The Middle East Expansion: How is digital infrastructure rising in the region and will we cope with demand?\u2019 <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">taking place on <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">Day 1 <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">of the conference, <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">26<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\"> at <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">10:55.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This panel will look at the reasons for the Middle East\u2019s rapid growth of its data centre market and how the industry intends to maintain this upward trajectory and cope with the wave of demand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musab is the Executive Director of the ICT sector within Investment Development at the EDB. In this capacity, his focus is on international outreach and attracting investments to the Kingdom within the ever-growing technology sector. This work is coupled with continuous policy advocacy and eco-system building to ensure ease of investment and continued growth and success for investors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musab and his team work closely with technology-related companies, that are looking to access the region through the Kingdom of Bahrain. This includes supporting the companies throughout the decision-making process, through to their establishment and potential expansion of their operations. Musab is also responsible for working with key stakeholders to identify the strategic direction of the sector, develop the eco-system and ensure that Bahrain offers an attractive, seamless and friendly business environment for all entities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to joining the EDB, Musab worked in the telecommunications sector for over two decades, including as a policymaker with the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications and as a regulator with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. His work focused on ensuring the continued growth and development of the sector, through introducing forward-looking policies, rolling out national projects and representing the Kingdom in international fora such as the International Telecommunications Union. He has also worked with a number of entities in other fields, including e-Government projects with the Central Informatics Organisation (now the Information and eGovernment Authority) and on banking solutions with Kuwait Finance House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Musab holds a BSc. in Computer Science from the University of Bahrain and an MSc. in Finance from DePaul University.<\/p>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_230614679\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-color:rgb(227, 10, 135);border-width:10px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<h4><strong>Need to know:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong style=\"font-size: 14.399999px;\">Musab Abdullah, Executive Director \u2013 Investment Development, ICT from Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 PANEL: <strong>The Middle East Expansion: How is digital infrastructure rising in the region and will we cope with demand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Day 1 | 26<sup>th<\/sup> Nov | 10:55 \u2013 11:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at the full\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownme.com\/en\/agenda\/\"><em>Touchdown Middle East 2024 Agenda.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_230614679 {\n  padding-top: 15px;\n  padding-bottom: 15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1700849692\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1700849692 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"social-icons follow-icons full-width text-center\" style=\"font-size:112%\"><span>Connect with this Speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/musab-abdullah-b213a8a\/\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon primary button circle tooltip linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that Musab Abdullah, Executive Director \u2013 Investment Development, ICT from Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB)\u00a0will be joining Touchdown Middle East 2024 as a speaker! 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