# Building a new developer workforce: How coding is helping an entire region retrain for the future

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/building-a-new-developer-workforce-how-coding-is-helping-an-entire-region-retrain-for-the-future/
- Published: 2022-05-13T09:00:44-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image: SE Factory via Facebook. Article by Damian Radcliffe. ZDNet – May 12, 2022. As Middle East nations look to pivot from petro-chemical to knowledge-based economies, skilling up the region’s IT and tech workforce is growing in importance. While high-profile spending on infrastructure and startups tends to dominate the headlines, a number of efforts designed to build IT skills and capacity are also underway, with coding being one area seeing considerable investment. […] Click here to view original web page at www.zdnet.com