Page 66 - KFED PR REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2025

9/22/25, 2:50 PM UAE's Ministry of Economy and Tourism announces details of 'The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World' national campaign
Other initiatives include supporting 250 Emiratis in establishing national

real estate companies, licencing 500 Emirati tax agents through a three-

year training programme, and launching a national exhibition to raise

early-stage entrepreneurship awareness across educational institutions.

Additionally, the campaign will see the launch of a Graduate Business

Projects Exhibition, and improve national startups involvement in and

access to federal procurement systems under the umbrella of the Ministry

of Finance.

The UAE Council for Entrepreneurship held a meeting chaired by Abdulla

bin Touq Al Marri. The meeting discussed strengthening the UAE's

entrepreneurial ecosystem, supporting SME growth, and empowering

citizens to create new businesses.

The meeting stressed the importance of coordinating federal and local

entities with financial institutions to empower youth through training and

development, and highlighted the need for government and institutional

support for entrepreneurs in government procurement.

The meeting reviewed ''The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World'

campaign, which aims to attract and train entrepreneurs in five years,

providing infrastructure, boosting their contribution to non-oil GDP, and

empowering Emirati youth to launch globally competitive projects.

Finally, the meeting addressed enhancing national economic

competitiveness by supporting SMEs and fostering public-private-

academic partnerships to bolster regional and global entrepreneurship,

cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs through training, support,

funding, and legislative empowerment.

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/278592133/uae-ministry-of-economy-and-tourism-announces-details-of-the-emirates-the-startup-capital-of-the-… 4/8