Presight & Bahrain's NCST agree AI partnership
Presight to collaborate with Bahrain’s Nasser Centre on AI innovation
#UAE #Bahrain #GITEXGLOBAL2025 - Abu Dhabi-based big data analytics and AI company Presight has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bahrain-based Nasser Centre for Science and Technology (NCST) to support digital transformation and accelerate AI adoption across the region. The partnership establishes a platform for knowledge exchange, technical collaboration and development of innovative AI applications aligned with regional strategic priorities. The two entities also aim to form specialised task forces to identify collaboration areas, organise innovation workshops and design pilot projects.
SO WHAT? - Presight will leverage its extensive experience implementing large-scale AI and big data analytics programmes, whilst Nasser Centre for Science and Technology contributes its research and development capabilities in AI and advanced technologies. The partnership’s focus on pilot projects, potentially translating research into measurable impact, could lead to more significant engagements with other Gulf organisations.
Here are some key details about the partnership announcement:
ADX-listed big data analytics and AI company Presight has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bahrain-based Nasser Centre for Science and Technology (NCST) to support digital transformation and accelerate AI adoption across the region.
The partnership establishes a platform for knowledge exchange, technical collaboration and development of innovative artificial intelligence applications aligned with regional strategic priorities.
Specialised task forces will be created to identify key collaboration areas, organise innovation workshops and design pilot projects demonstrating the added value of applied artificial intelligence in vital sectors including public safety, digital government and smart cities.
Nasser Centre for Science and Technology operates an artificial intelligence research and development team driving scientific innovation and studying global scientific trends to develop research projects addressing regional sector needs through advanced scientific methods and technological solutions.
The Nasser Centre has signed over 35 memoranda of understanding with government and private entities in Bahrain to provide advanced artificial intelligence solutions and specialised training, demonstrating its role as a regional hub for artificial intelligence research collaboration.
Presight combines big data, analytics and artificial intelligence expertise across all sectors and scales through its omni-analytics platform, enabling clients to translate complex data into decisive action whilst supporting positive societal impact across government and private enterprise.
ZOOM OUT - Bahrain’s investment in the Nasser Centre as a hub for artificial intelligence and advanced technology research demonstrates how Gulf states are building indigenous research capacity to support national digital transformation objectives. NCST was named after, and chaired by His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, His Majesty the King of Bahrain’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs. The Centre’s original goal was to help prepare students for the labour market through vocational, technical, and technological education programmes.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]