UAE Celebration Of Code A Huge Boost For Future Coders, Says 42 Abu Dhabi CEO

As the UAE today honors coders and the programming community with UAE National Coders Day, 42 Abu Dhabi, the emirate’s disruptive new coding school, is moving ahead with its plans to offer all of society an equal opportunity to engage in a unique learning experience.

“This is an exciting time for code in the UAE,” said Leo Filardi, 42 Abu Dhabi CEO “As the nation celebrates coders today and moving forwards, our school is perfectly aligned with the national goals of developing future-ready human capital capable of filling skills gaps in the Emirate and driving an increasingly knowledge-based economy. At 42 Abu Dhabi, we pride ourselves on contributing to the UAE leadership’s vision to build a secure and confident society that is competitive, sustainable and open to new experiences.

“Through our tuition-free peer-to-peer model, we are making coding and code-thinking accessible to people of all levels and abilities. With support from the  very top level of Government in this great country we forecast a bright future for code and coders in the UAE.”

42 Abu Dhabi operates a unique learning methodology that cultivates creativity and collaboration through peer-to-peer, project-based and gamified learning, without classrooms or teachers. The school not only equips students with essential digital skills in areas such as data analytics, machine learning, algorithms, and AI, parallel computing and others, it also enhances students’ business skills such as problem-solving, critical thinking, adaptability and working autonomously.