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Khalifa Fund Signs Three Strategic Partnerships
to Boost Innovation, Capacity Building, and

Digital Security at GITEX GLOBAL 2025

October 18, 2025

UAE, October, 2025: Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) signed three strategic
partnership agreements with Cybere71, Reach Group, and The Emirates Technology
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Solutions Alliance during its current participation in the 45 edition of GITEX GLOBAL 2025.

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These partnerships are a testament to the Khalifa Fund’s commitment to promoting
technological innovation, improving capacity building and fortifying digital security to
establish an optimal environment for the expansion of national entrepreneurial endeavours,
and small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). They follow the official launch of the Fund’s
new unified digital platform, “Business Journey”, which seeks to empower SMEs in Abu
Dhabi by offering them financial tools, advisory solutions and AI-powered training and
support services.

Her Excellency Mouza Obaid Al Nasri, Chief Executive Officer of the Khalifa Fund for
Enterprise Development, said: “Signing these agreements underscores our commitment to
fortifying alliances with leading organisations and institutions across various sectors, in line
with our strategic goals to foster innovation, strengthen the UAE’s entrepreneurial
ecosystem, and expand growth opportunities of small and medium-sized enterprises. These
collaborations hold particular significance as they cover a wide range of strategic areas,
including cybersecurity, ICT, digital transformation, empowerment, and capacity
development. Their importance is further emphasized by the timing of the agreements and
our participation in one of the world’s premier technology events. We look forward to further
enhancing our cooperation with our partners, contributing to the advancement of the Abu
Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025–2027.”

The partnership with Cybere71, a pioneering initiative launched by the UAE under the
direction of the UAE Cybersecurity Council, aims to improve collaboration and knowledge
exchange in several cybersecurity-related fields pertaining to ICT. In addition to creating
awareness campaigns, educational activities, and state-of-the-art research in emerging

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