GITEX, the UAE’s flagship know-how and AI exhibition, is increasing its world footprint with new editions in India and Brazil — uniting the world’s fastest-growing digital economies underneath one community.
The bulletins have been made at GITEX World 2025 in Dubai, the place organisers Dubai World Commerce Centre (DWTC) and KAOUN Worldwide confirmed the debut of GITEX Ai India and GITEX LATAM in 2027.
The growth marks a serious milestone within the UAE’s mission to place itself on the crossroads of worldwide innovation, connecting rising tech ecosystems throughout Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Center East.
GITEX LATAM to debut in São Paulo, Brazil
The primary GITEX LATAM will happen from March 16–17, 2027 at Distrito Anhembi in São Paulo, organised in strategic partnership with the São Paulo Growth Company (ADESAMPA).
The launch coincides with Brazil’s participation as Nation Associate at this yr’s GITEX World, with ApexBrasil, the nationwide commerce and funding company, main a delegation of greater than 50 startups and innovation hubs.
Officers mentioned the occasion will function a gateway for Latin America’s digital transformation, bringing collectively startups, buyers, and world enterprises throughout key sectors comparable to:
- AI
- Agritech
- Cybersecurity
- Information centres
- Healthtech
- Renewable vitality
Ricardo Nunes, Mayor of São Paulo, mentioned internet hosting GITEX LATAM will join “pioneering startups, unicorns, and influential enterprises with worldwide markets, unlocking capital and forging partnerships on the world stage.”
São Paulo, which has attracted $33.5bn in enterprise capital over the previous decade and produced 11 unicorns, leads Latin America’s innovation scene.
Trixie LohMirmand, Govt Vice President of DWTC and CEO of KAOUN Worldwide, mentioned GITEX LATAM “will combine Latin America with the limitless digital universe, unlocking unprecedented entry to capital, data, tech, and expertise.”
The transfer follows the fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UAE and Brazil, with each nations pledging deeper cooperation in AI, local weather tech, and renewable vitality through the 2024 G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
GITEX Ai India to launch in Bengaluru, Karnataka
In the meantime, GITEX Ai India will debut in April 2027 in Bengaluru, hosted by the Authorities of Karnataka’s Division of Electronics, IT and Biotechnology (Okay-TECH) and Startup Karnataka.
India’s tech sector is forecast to succeed in $350bn by 2026, contributing 10 per cent to nationwide GDP, and the brand new GITEX version will amplify cross-border innovation and funding flows.
Dr Manjula N, Secretary of Electronics, IT, and Biotechnology, mentioned welcoming GITEX to Karnataka is “a defining second” that may join India’s innovation ecosystem with world companions and appeal to transformative funding.
GITEX Ai India will concentrate on AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, fintech, agritech, and superior manufacturing, aligning with India’s Imaginative and prescient 2047, which targets a $40tn digital economic system by the centenary of independence.
Trixie LohMirmand mentioned the brand new India version “embodies the spirit, scale, and aspiration of a brand new digital period,” noting that GITEX and India “stand united in imaginative and prescient, innovation, and boundless ambition.”
The launch additionally strengthens UAE–India financial ties, with bilateral non-oil commerce reaching US$38 billion within the first half of 2025 — a 34 per cent year-on-year enhance, boosted by CEPA-enabled cooperation in digital providers, AI, and inexperienced vitality.
GITEX’s world community
With the addition of India and Brazil, the GITEX model now spans 14 nations, together with the UAE, Egypt, Germany, Türkiye, Singapore, Nigeria, and Vietnam — forming the world’s largest related community of tech and AI occasions.
By way of its increasing ecosystem, the tech model goals to hyperlink rising digital markets with established innovation hubs, enabling governments, enterprises, and startups to entry capital, data, and cross-border collaboration on an unprecedented scale.
