The Dubai Built-in Financial Zones Authority (DIEZ) has introduced the launch of the “Worker to Entrepreneur Programme”, an initiative designed to empower workers inside DIEZ and its affiliated financial zones to determine and develop their very own startups.
The programme aligns with the nationwide marketing campaign “The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World”, launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
It reinforces DIEZ’s dedication to accelerating Dubai’s financial progress and fostering innovation by selling a tradition of entrepreneurship throughout the emirate.
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Yousuf Behzad, Chief Individuals and Strategic Transformation Officer of DIEZ, mentioned: “The launch of the ‘Worker to Entrepreneur’ programme immediately helps the strategic targets of the nationwide marketing campaign ‘The Emirates: The Startup Capital of the World’.
“It additionally aligns with the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, which goals to place Dubai among the many world’s high three city economies and set up 30 unicorn corporations by 2030.
“Via this programme, we goal to determine entrepreneurial expertise inside DIEZ’s workforce and remodel their concepts into actual, impactful ventures.
“The programme is constructed on the great assist and empowerment ecosystem that defines DIEZ and its affiliated financial zones, which has been instrumental in enabling companies of all sizes to develop and develop in international markets.
“It additionally leverages the Authority’s incentives and different strategic initiatives to empower workers to launch progressive companies that may drive sustainable financial progress.”
The initiative utilises DIEZ’s world-class infrastructure, tailor-made licensing packages, and enterprise setup providers, alongside strategic programmes comparable to:
- Oraseya Capital, DIEZ’s devoted funding arm, offering advisory and startup funding
- SANDBOX, an accelerator for rising expertise corporations, providing mission growth and prototype testing alternatives
- Scality, a platform to assist native, regional, and international tech startups set up and scale within the area
- Dubai Know-how Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), the most important tech hub and co-working house of its variety within the Center East and North Africa
Collectively, these parts present workers with entry to funding, mentoring, and scalable infrastructure to transform entrepreneurial concepts into profitable ventures.
The programme follows three key phases:
- Thought growth: Analysing goal markets and assessing services or products wants
- Planning and mannequin constructing: Making a marketing strategy, figuring out assets, and operational methods
- Launch and enlargement: Connecting contributors with potential buyers and scaling alternatives
The primary version of the programme attracted a variety of progressive concepts from sectors comparable to expertise, mobility, healthcare, and design. Submissions had been evaluated on financial feasibility, scalability, progress potential, and social and financial influence.
By equipping workers with entrepreneurial abilities and entry to DIEZ’s in depth ecosystem, the initiative goals to rework progressive ideas into companies that may drive Dubai’s knowledge-based economic system.
