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Creative Zone and Sharjah Media City (Shams) Free Zone Authority launch StartupX Accelerator Programme

Initiative to witness a positive stride in the UAE start-up ecosystem Lorenzo Jooris, CEO, Creative Zone and Shihab Alhammadi, Managing Director of Sharjah Media City (Shams) The initiative to witness a positive stride in the UAE startup ecosystem by inviting entrepreneurs and business owners from across the globe to be incubated and accelerated in their journey for launching a business ...

Sharjah to promote Emirati and Arab culture in Spain and wider Europe

Sharjah Book Authority officials in Madrid to discuss plans to promote Emirati culture Madrid: Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) and Cása Árabe (The Arabian House) have discussed a plan to promote Arab and Emirati culture in Spain and wider Europe. The plan follows the signing of an agreement between the two sides in 2019. The plan includes organising joint cultural events ...

SEC launches the Tourist Guide Programme with Shurooq and EPAA

Sharjah 24: Within the framework of students’ programmes, Sharjah Education Council (SEC) launches the Tourist Guide Programme, aiming at qualifying students with skills to be tour guides, and enabling them to get to be acquainted with Sharjah tourist attractions to be introduced to visitors and tourists. SEC developes the programme in cooperation with Sharjah Investment and Development Authority “Shurooq”, and ...

SPC Free Zone integrates business setup solutions and services through Saeed

SPC Free Zone names the Sharjah Investors Services Centre (Saeed) as its strategic partner and reinforces Sharjah’s investor-friendly climate Sharjah Publishing City Free Zone (SPC Free Zone) has signed an MoU to announce Sharjah Investors Services Centre (Saeed), operating under the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), as its new strategic partner to drive the growth of the free zone, and strengthen ...

Sharjah Police, chamber of commerce explore ways to further secure real estate sector

Officials from the Representative Committee of the Real Estate Sector Business Group of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Sharjah Police General Command during the meeting. Sharjah: The Representative Committee of the Real Estate Sector Business Group of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), in collaboration with Sharjah Police General Command, organised a meeting with representatives ...

Sharjah Sustainable City: Green living

Yousif Ahmed Al-Mutawa, CEO of Sharjah Sustainable City, discusses progress on a megaproject that will put the emirate on the Sustainable development map Over the last few years, there has been a considerable shift in attitudes towards the concept of sustainable development, particularly in the GCC region. Where developers were once disdainful about the need to create efficient and effective ...

Emirates Post signs MoU with Shurooq

Collaboration to provide commemorative stamps and design postcards that reflect the rich heritage of Sharjah for visitors of Al Bareed Café Emirates Post aspires to launch more joint postage editions in cooperation with local, regional, and international partners, to document the important historical and national events of the UAE Emirates Post has signed an MoU with the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority ...

Relations between UAE, China based on respect, mutual interests: Sharjah Chamber

Abdullah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has said that the relations between the UAE and China are historic and based on respect and mutual interests in many areas, including the economy, commerce and tourism. In an exclusive statement to the Emirates News Agency, WAM, Al Owais said that ...

SCCI, UoS launch 5th Sharjah Chamber Award for innovators

The University of Sharjah (UoS) and the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) have launched the 5th edition of the Sharjah Chamber Award for Innovators. Featuring eight new scientific fields in the categories of innovative projects and specialised academic research, the AED100,000-award ($27,224) is targeting the creative and innovative students from UAE universities and grade 12 students from the ...

Sharjah, Romania highlight ways to enhance bilateral businesses

The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), received a Romanian delegation as part of the efforts to enhance the bilateral economic relations, boost trade exchange, develop the relations between business communities in both countries, and examine the possibility of holding joint economic activities to introduce investment opportunities available on both sides. The meeting was attended by Abdullah Sultan Al ...