MWC 2021: Spain looking to become leader in AI, says digital minister

Spain is "lagging behind" when it comes to the general population's digital skills, especially women, the country's Secretary of State for Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence told Euronews Next. Speaking on Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Carme Artigas said the Spanish government was tackling the country's skills shortage head on. "Women are still underrepresented in the population that has technological abilities," the minister said. "The jobs of the future will require not only basic skills, but also specialised skills, advanced skills". Artigas said digitisation was also lacking for small and medium-sized businesses but that Spain is "absolutely focused" on transforming its economic model, something she said, "needs to be tackled urgently".