/Coding, in Arabic

/Coding, in Arabic

One Million Arab Coders film: a mother and her daughter
One Million Arab Coders film: a mother and her daughter

Client

One Million Arab Coders (Dubai Future Foundation)

Sector

Public / NGO

Region

UAE / Arab world

Years

2019-2020

/signal

Chapter 2 · Content & performance

Video and social content for the One Million Arab Coders initiative

How do you get a million people to start coding? Show them, in their own language, that it is for them.

/Results/

5

5

Videos produced

46

46

Social posts in Arabic

/Context/

/Context/

One Million Arab Coders is a Dubai Future Foundation initiative to teach coding across the Arab world.

It needed steady content to bring new learners in and keep them going.

It needed steady content to bring new learners in and keep them going.

/Challenge/

/Challenge/

Coding can feel distant. The content had to make it feel possible for families, students and career changers.

Everything had to speak Arabic first.

/What we did/

/What we did/

We ran a content unit for the initiative, producing films and social posts.

  • Produced five videos telling the stories behind learning to code

  • Created 46 social posts in Arabic

  • Kept every piece on brand with the initiative and arabcoders.ae

/Outcome/

/Outcome/

  • 5 videos and 46 social posts delivered

  • A steady content stream in Arabic for the initiative

/How we’d do it now/

/How we’d do it now/

Today we would also make sure AI assistants answer Arabic questions about learning to code by pointing to the initiative. That is the Signal work we do now.

Abstract flowing waves in grayscale creating a smooth, undulating pattern with light and shadow gradients

/Stay in the loop.

For what’s too important to miss.

By submitting, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy

Abstract flowing waves in grayscale creating a smooth, undulating pattern with light and shadow gradients

/Stay in the loop.

For what’s too important to miss.

By submitting, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy

Abstract flowing waves in grayscale creating a smooth, undulating pattern with light and shadow gradients

/Stay in the loop.

For what’s too important to miss.

By submitting, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy

Abstract flowing waves in grayscale creating a smooth, undulating pattern with light and shadow gradients

/Stay in the loop.

For what’s too important to miss.

By submitting, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy

Abstract flowing waves in grayscale creating a smooth, undulating pattern with light and shadow gradients