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9/22/25, 2:51 PM UAE's Ministry of Economy and Tourism announces details of 'The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World' national campaign
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.

The meeting was attended by members of the UAE Council for Entrepreneurship,

including: Mariam Mohammed Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of Government
Finance Management at the Ministry of Finance; Dr. Faisal AlAli, Acting

Undersecretary for Support Services Sector of the Ministry of Higher Education and

Scientific Research; Salama Al Haj Al Awadhi, Assistant Undersecretary, Industrial

Development Sector, UAE; Sara Al Habshi, Executive Director of the Tax Compliance
Sector at the Federal Tax Authority; Fatima Abdullah Al Jabri, Assistant Governor for

Financial Crime and Market Conduct at the Central Bank of the UAE; Shakir Zeinel,

Head of Banking at Emirates Development Bank; Mohamed Abdulkader, Acting

Assistant Undersecretary for Strategy and Policies at the Ministry of Education; Dalal
Al Shahi, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Protection at the Ministry of

Human Resources and Emiratisation; Mouza Obaid Al Nasri as CEO of Khalifa Fund

for Enterprise Development; Ahmad Al Room Almheiri, Acting CEO of the Mohammed

bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Dubai
SME); Fatima Al Ali, Acting Director of the Sharjah Foundation to Support Pioneering

Entrepreneurs (Ruwad); Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Nuaimi, Director of the

Business Development Administration at the Department of Economic Development
in Ajman; Sheikh Ahmed bin Ibrahim Al Mualla, Director-General of Umm Al Qaiwain

Department of Economic Development and CEO of the Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla

Programme for Supporting Youth Enterprises; Mohammed Mahmood, Assistant

Director-General of the Department of Economic Development in Ras Al Khaimah
(RAK DED) and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hantoubi, Deputy Director of the Fujairah

Municipality. (ANI/WAM)

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