For a greener future, cultivate diverse tech skills

(Jan. 2024) Just how important are digital skills to the transformation of an economy? They’re crucial – and more diverse than you might think. 

To grow, economies need more than just ICT talent. “We need skills from business, from industry, from engineering,” says Professor Wathiq Mansoor, Dean of the College of Engineering and IT at the University of Dubai. 

In a Transform Talks interview with Huawei Editor-in-Chief Gavin Allen, Professor Mansoor says that in order to produce a greener future, the world needs young talent. 

And, in a surprising twist, he adds that establishing human colonies on Mars could be the ultimate way to ensure sustainability – if environmental catastrophe strikes the Earth.