“Through this program, we offer big team that will act as account managers for those businesses and helps them in everything they need to set up their businesses, attract, train, and up-skill talents,” Hanandeh said.

For the next 50 years, the aim will be to continue driving economic development and unleashing opportunity, particularly through promoting small and medium-sized businesses and instilling an entrepreneurial culture across the country.

“It will be a unique global platform, for Nigeria, and the Nigerian business community, to showcase the strengths, potential and opportunities within Nigeria – largest and most dynamic economies in Africa,” says Mr. Mahomood Ahmadu.

MoIAT seeks to stimulate innovative projects and industries with the aim of creating an integrated innovation ecosystem that contributes to consolidating the UAE’s global leadership in diverse areas. The country offers unparalleled facilities to support the growth of the industrial sector. Furthermore, it has leveraged its strategic geographical location to evolve into a regional logistics hub that provides easy access to multiple global markets.

The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) has kick-started Operation 300bn – its ambitious strategy to expand the UAE’s industrial sector – with a series of meetings with local government entities in Sharjah and Ajman.