Riyadh, Feb 08, 2023, SPA -- Communications, Space, and Technology Commission (CST) signed an agreement with Tuwaiq Academy on the sidelines of the International Technology Conference (LEAP23) to collaborate on spreading awareness regarding digital knowledge, encouraging investment, and helping create innovative business models in the digital economy. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Deputy Governor for IT and Emerging Technologies Raed AlFayez representing CST and Tuwaiq Academy CEO Eng. Abdulaziz Alhammadi. This partnership will stimulate innovation, support the development of the tech sector and emerging technology, and enhance digital skills and capabilities through knowledge-sharing meetups on various topics of emerging technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), Metaverse, Smart Cities, data centers, and local opportunities in the sector. CST empowers and enables the IT and emerging technologies sector, creates regulatory and soft initiatives and tools to support the growth of this promising sector such as the Emerging Technologies Sandbox initiative. Tuwaiq Academy is considered one of the first educational institutions for advanced technologies in the Kingdom, offering high-level training programs on advanced technology, programming camps, and software engineering to increase the number of skilled technology professionals. --SPA 22:46 LOCAL TIME 19:46 GMT 0042 www.spa.gov.sa/w1851826