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9/22/25, 2:53 PM UAE's Ministry of Economy and Tourism announces details of 'The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World' national campaign
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.

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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