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Lisbon's Mayor Moedas: Leading the city’s rise as global innovation hub | Talk to Al Jazeera

Nov 18, 2023
Explore Lisbon's challenges of gentrification, housing crisis, and climate change. Learn about its rise as a tech and remote working hub, and the efforts to distribute financial benefits. Discover how the city has transformed into a global innovation hub and attracted billion-euro companies. Hear about the growth of Lisbon's tech economy with increased investment in startups and the role of AI in enhancing humanity. Understand the impact of corruption on foreign investment and the town hall's efforts to combat it.
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Quick takeaways

  • Lisbon's mayor aims to create a hub for innovation by attracting tech entrepreneurs and nurturing unicorns, leading to job creation and economic growth.
  • The mayor emphasizes the need to use technology to solve societal problems while ensuring it is directed towards improving people's lives, by focusing on issues like housing, healthcare, and climate change.

Deep dives

Lisbon's Vision as a City of Innovation

Lisbon's mayor, Carlos Muadas, envisions the city as the capital of innovation, creating jobs through technological advancements. He highlights the importance of innovation in creating new products and markets, ultimately leading to job creation. His ambition to attract and nurture unicorns, or billion-Euro companies, to Lisbon has proven successful, with 12 unicorns already established in just two years. Muadas believes that Lisbon can be a magnet for tech entrepreneurs who are motivated not just by profit, but also by the desire to make a positive impact on society.

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