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5/1/24, 3:46 PM Investopia 2024 launches the Next50 initiative
strengthening the overall business environment in the country, in line with our local targets
and global aspirations.”

The Next50 Initiative will provide enhanced opportunities for communications and

cooperation with government agencies and facilitate potential investment opportunities
with prominent investment funds, banks, and family offices. It will pave the way for

partnership opportunities with foreign economic committees, and diversify into to new

economic sectors across local and international markets; empowering them to augment a
multitude of economic activities within the UAE’s emerging sectors.

“Through the Next50 initiative, EMIR will help accelerate the growth of the UAE economy
by supporting the Ministry and Investopia’s goals of identifying and championing the

country’s fastest-growing, most innovative companies,” Dr. Noah Raford, Managing

Partner for Advisory at EMIR stated. Speaking on the innovative initiative by UAE leaders,
Dr. Raford continued, “The UAE continues to be the destination of choice for the region’s

most exciting and productive companies. Increasingly it is also the birthplace of those
companies. The Next50 highlights the incredible innovation of this new generation of

companies - companies born in the UAE, grown in the UAE, and powered by the UAE,

ready to take their next step onto the world stage.”

EMIR is an exclusive boutique advisory and research firm, harnessing the extraordinary

network effect of Boardroom by EMIR. With an invite-only approach, EMIR offers rarefied

expertise to leaders grappling with complex transformations, providing clarity, future
strategic foresight, and access to an elite cadre of leaders. These services aid

governments and companies in formulating strategic economic and investment policies
through EMIR’s network and esteemed CEOs, renowned futurists and government

leaders.

During its third installment in February 2024, Investopia 2024, played host to a number of
investors, government officials, experts, and economic leaders, thereby providing an

optimal setting for forging partnerships, exploring investment opportunities, and fostering
collaboration within burgeoning economic sectors. The event saw substantial participation

with more than 2,500 attendees who had the chance to hear from upwards of 90 speakers

deliberating on the most up-to-date investment and economic issues, encompassing the
latest developments in venture capital management, various matters pertaining to the

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