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World's largest tech, startup event to take off in Dubai next week
Khaleej Times
|October 09, 2025
Dubai's flagship technology showcase, Gitex Global, returns for its 45th edition from October 13-17, 2025, reaffirming the city's position as a global powerhouse of innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital transformation.
Visitors at Gitex Global last year. This year's event will bring together more than 6,500 exhibitors, 1,800 startups, and 1,200 investors from over 180 countries. - FILE PHOTO
(FILE PHOTO)
What began in 1981 as a modest exhibition with 46 participants and 3,000 visitors has evolved into the world’s largest technology and startup event, drawing together the global tech community at a scale never seen before in the region.
Organised by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), Gitex Global 2025 will span two iconic venues — Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour — bringing under one banner more than 6,500 exhibitors, 1,800 startups, and 1,200 investors from over 180 countries.
The event’s growth mirrors Dubai’s own four-decade metamorphosis from a trading port into one of the world’s most connected and innovation-driven economies.
This story is from the October 09, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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