Economy

The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) held its weekly meeting, chaired by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council (SEC), at the Sharjah Ruler’s Office, during which the SEC approved the implementation of the first phase of the ‘Middle Line Project’ for draining rainwater and groundwater. The ...

The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) in Sharjah has clinched three prestigious international awards at the 11th edition of Global Free Zones of the Year awards 2024 by fDi Intelligence, recognising the most promising free zones across the world. The accolades showcase HFZA’s growing reputation as a top investment destination and business hub in the Middle East. HFZA was ranked ...

Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) released its Annual Report for the year 2023, showcasing its success in achieving exceptional growth in the targets of accelerating economic activities of all kinds. In 2023, the volume of issued and renewed business licences grew by 4.1 percent, totalling 66,365 licences. Issued licences made up 11.7 percent, while renewed licences comprised the majority at ...

Hamad Ali Abdullah Al Mahmoud, the Chairman of the Sharjah Economic Development Department, emphasized the crucial role that successful innovative projects led by Emirati citizens play in ensuring the ongoing and progressive economic transformation in Sharjah. His comment was made in reference to the report on the results of the first half of 2024 issued by the Sharjah Foundation for ...

Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and the Deputy Chairman of the Sharjah Executive Council, chaired the council meeting held at the Ruler’s office this Tuesday morning. During the meeting, the council discussed several topics on the agenda related to developing government work, various initiatives to reduce plastic waste, and supporting small and ...

The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has released its report for the first half of 2024, which showed an increase in the total number of business licences issued and renewed in Sharjah to 34,662, a 3 percent growth year-on-year (YoY). Commenting on that, Hamad Ali Abdalla Al Mahmoud, SEDD Chairman, said that SEDD H1 2024 report indicated the ability of ...

The UAE took the second place after the United States in greenfield FDI project announcements in 2023 at 1,323, an increase of 33 percent compared with 2022, according to the World Investment Report 2024, published today by the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In terms of FDI inflows in 2023, the UAE attracted US$ 30.688 billion compared to US$ 22.737 ...

Sharjah’s status as an entrepreneurial haven has been reaffirmed after the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) revealed the emirate being 4th in the GCC, and 7th in the MENA region’s startup ecosystem rankings. The Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network standings, announced at London Tech Week, put Sharjah two spots higher than in 2023 due to the emirate’s growing ...

Sharjah’s Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has announced substantial growth in the emirate’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2023. The preliminary estimates show a 6.5% surge, reaching approximately AED 145.2 billion, compared to 136.4 billion in 2022, which marked a 4.9% growth from 2021. The newly-revealed figures are based on estimates from the comprehensive economic survey conducted from ...

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its ‘BBB-/A-3’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Emirate of Sharjah, a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The outlook is stable. The stable outlook reflects S&P’s view that Sharjah’s government will introduce sufficient measures to begin stabilizing its net general government debt as a percentage of GDP ...