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5/29/24, 3:33 PM 'Next50 ' holds 1st meeting to formulate new vision to promote growth of UAE’s private sector companies | Emirates News Agency
investment, and financial hub, which provides all

ingredients for success to businesses, investors, and

startups from all over the world.

According to a UNCTAD report, the UAE has the second-

highest growth globally in the number of new foreign

investment projects in 2023, with over 788,000

companies currently operating in the country.

The meeting discussed a range of topics aimed at

enhancing the investment and business growth of the

Next50 companies, including the formulation of a new

vision to support their growth in the local and global

markets, the promotion of communication and

cooperation between the business community, local and

federal economic bodies, banking institutions and

investment funds, as well as facilitating their financing

in local and international markets and supporting their

active participation in ‘Investopia dialogues’.

Hadi Badri, CEO of the Dubai Economic Development

Corporation, reviewed the Dubai Economic Agenda D33,

which entails 100 transformational projects with

ambitious economic targets that seek to double the size

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