Dubai launches ‘Worker to Entrepreneur’ programme to show employees into startup founders 

The Dubai Built-in Financial Zones Authority (DIEZ) has introduced the launch of the “Worker to Entrepreneur Programme”, an initiative designed to empower staff inside DIEZ and its affiliated financial zones to ascertain 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 development and fostering innovation by selling a tradition of entrepreneurship throughout the emirate.

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Yousuf Behzad, Chief Folks and Strategic Transformation Officer of DIEZ, stated: “The launch of the ‘Worker to Entrepreneur’ programme instantly 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 firms by 2030.

“By means of this programme, we goal to establish entrepreneurial expertise inside DIEZ’s workforce and rework their concepts into actual, impactful ventures.

“The programme is constructed on the excellent 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 world markets.

“It additionally leverages the Authority’s incentives and different strategic initiatives to empower staff to launch modern companies that may drive sustainable financial development.”

The initiative utilises DIEZ’s world-class infrastructure, tailor-made licensing packages, and enterprise setup providers, alongside strategic programmes corresponding to:

• Oraseya Capital, DIEZ’s devoted funding arm, offering advisory and startup funding
• SANDBOX, an accelerator for rising know-how firms, providing undertaking improvement and prototype testing alternatives
• Scality, a platform to assist native, regional, and world tech startups set up and scale within the area
• Dubai Expertise Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), the biggest tech hub and co-working house of its form within the Center East and North Africa

Collectively, these parts present staff with entry to funding, mentoring, and scalable infrastructure to transform entrepreneurial concepts into profitable ventures.

The programme follows three key phases:

1. Thought improvement: Analysing goal markets and assessing services or products wants
2. Planning and mannequin constructing: Making a marketing strategy, figuring out assets, and operational methods
3. Launch and growth: Connecting contributors with potential buyers and scaling alternatives

The primary version of the programme attracted a variety of modern concepts from sectors corresponding to know-how, mobility, healthcare, and design. Submissions have been evaluated on financial feasibility, scalability, development potential, and social and financial affect.

By equipping staff with entrepreneurial expertise and entry to DIEZ’s intensive ecosystem, the initiative goals to remodel modern ideas into companies that may drive Dubai’s knowledge-based financial system.