If you’re not a young, hopeful Saudi right now then prepare to be very envious. Google plans to bring five hub centres in different parts of the Kingdom very soon, reported Saudi Gazette. The Saudi Federation for Cyber Security and Programming signed the final agreement on Tuesday with Google. This comes after HRH Crown Prince MBS’ efforts in the U.S. to meet with leaders of the popular search-engine website.

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The first centre will be in no other than Riyadh

The aims for this agreement is to combine local talent in the making of prototypes, mobile apps and artificial intelligence. The first of these hub centres will be located in Riyadh, as its headquarters and will be the largest of its kind in the world. In a report by the Saudi Press Agency, the hubs should be able to accommodate 40,000 trainees in a year. 

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Training will be provided for talented Saudi youth

In the agreements, training, providing academic and technical material, intense laboratory training for development, and support were all part of the plan to ensure that the talents of the Kingdom fully benefit from it. The centre, according to reports, will also have an environment that will bring professional speakers, specialists and entrepreneurs to enlighten and enrich the technological innovation community.

حسب الإتفاقية الموقعة اليوم: ستكون مراكز الابتكار Google Innovation Hub الأكبر في العالم. وموزعة في أنحاء المملكة.. سيكون الأول منها في مدينة الرياض ويستوعب 40,000 متدرب سنوياً، وذلك تطبيقًا لتوجه سمو سيدي ولي العهد حفظه الله في تأهيل شبابنا بالتقنيات المتقدمة والذكاء الإصطناعي. pic.twitter.com/8hootB8iLa

— سعود القحطاني (@saudq1978) April 17, 2018

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