Sharjah-headquartered diversified holding company Crescent Enterprises has announced the launch of its new corporate venture capital division with plans to invest up to US$150 million (AED548 million) over the next three years. The announcement was made at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF), organised by the Sharjah entrepreneurship centre, Sheraa, this week. According to the company CEO Badr Jafar, Crescent Enterprises ...
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Sharjah to award 10% of all digital projects to start-ups and SMEs
The Government of Sharjah aims to award 10 percent of all digital transformation projects to start-ups and SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), according to an announcement made at the inaugural Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF) by the emirate’s Department of Government Relations. Organised by Sheraa, the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre, SharjahEF took place on November 21st and 22nd at the Sharjah Golf ...
Read More »Sharjah to host largest Entrepreneurship Festival in the UAE
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center, Sheraa, conducted a press conference to announce the launch of the largest entrepreneurship festival in the UAE at the Sheraa Hub, American University of Sharjah in the presence of leading industry experts and strategic partners. Celebrating and recharging the spirit of entrepreneurship, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF) makes its grand debut in Sharjah this November, 2017. SharjahEF, organized ...
Read More »Sheraa hosts One Young World MENA Caucus
As part of its commitment to support aspiring entrepreneurs in the region, Sheraa recently hosted the One Young World MENA Caucus at the Sheraa Hub in American University of Sharjah, bringing together delegates to debate, formulate and share innovative solutions for the pressing issues facing the region. One Young World (OYW) is a global platform founded in 2009 that gathers ...
Read More »Sharjah’s Sheraa Accelerator programme invites global entrepreneurs for second cycle
Sharjah has taken its flagship Sheraa Accelerator programme to the international stage by inviting entrepreneurs from within the UAE, and across the globe, to apply for its second cycle. The invitation goes out to innovative, early-stage ventures that wish to use Sharjah as a launchpad to grow and scale their impact. The second Sheraa Accelerator cycle follows a successful inaugural ...
Read More »Shurooq and Dubai SME partner to develop UAE’s SME sector
As part of its strategy to enhance cooperation with government departments in advancing business and entrepreneurship, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has signed a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector. Under the MoU the two sides will ...
Read More »Sharjah FDI Forum to address SME global connectivity
There are several equitable added values which are derived from the significant role which SMEs play to the strategic global economic development process. Sharjah FDI Forum, organised by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), in collaboration with Financial Times (FT) and the fDi magazine, has geared up its 2nd edition with a series of complete and comprehensive panel sessions, which ...
Read More »Sharjah chamber offers free space to start-ups
Sharjah Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) will provide 50 new offices free-of-charge to entrepreneurs as part of the chamber’s Incubate Business Programme. According to the chamber, office space will be offered to entrepreneurs that have creative ideas and innovative projects to be executed in the UAE. The chamber hopes that providing office space to promising start-ups will help support ...
Read More »Sheraa: helping to accelerate the UAE’s entrepreneurial ambitions
Sheraa (Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre), launched under the patronage of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), Chairperson of Sheraa (Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center), has laid the foundations for a thriving community of young entrepreneurs who will contribute to the growth of the United Arab Emirates and the region. The centre, which commenced operations ...
Read More »AUS and Sheraa to help create culture of entrepreneurship
American University of Sharjah (AUS) and ‘Sheraa’, the new Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre launched recently by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost economic development and help create a culture of entrepreneurship in the emirate of Sharjah. Sheraa, which aims to inspire young people to start their own enterprises and raise the emirate’s ...
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