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Industrial Revolution", and the Digital School's expansion in 2023 to benefit
               over 108,000 students in 8 countries.


               Innovation & Entrepreneurship
               Spending under the Innovation & Entrepreneurship pillar amounted to Dh138
               million in 2023, up Dh10 million from 2022, and benefited 1.2 million people.

               Projects under this pillar aim to cement the UAE as a destination that keeps

               up with the digital transformation and helps communities achieve a better,
               sustainable future.

               Achievements included the 1st Great Arab Minds edition, which announced its

               first-ever winner in a bid to support scientific and knowledge innovations in the
               Arab World. Additionally, MBRGI partnered with the World Economic Forum to
               launch the Food Innovation Hub UAE which aims to accelerate and expand
               the scope of innovations and technologies that support the sustainable food
               systems transformation.


               Other achievements in 2023 included the launch of the revamped Mohammed
               bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award, and the 4th Mohammed bin Rashid

               Al Maktoum Global Water Award.

               Empowering Communities
               The backbone of several MBRGI projects and initiatives, the Empowering
               Communities pillar benefited 3.4 million people during 2023, compared to 2.3

               million beneficiaries in 2022, with total spending amounting to Dh87.2 million.

               Projects under this pillar included further efforts by the Mohammed bin Rashid
               School of Government, which graduated 5,967 people from its different

               programmes in 2023; the launch of the Dubai Family Business Management
               Programme by the Mohammed bin Rashid Center for Leadership
               Development; the 4th edition of the Arab Hope Makers initiative, which
               received more than 14,000 applications within 3 weeks of its launch; and the
               21st Arab Media Forum, which attracted 3,000 participants, including

               ministers, influential media personalities, heads of leading media
               organisations, as well as thought leaders, intellectuals, and writers.


               https://en.aletihad.ae/news/uae/4474344/mohammed-bin-rashid-chairs-mbrgi-board-of-trustees-
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