Growth Clusters
Abu Dhabi has nurtured a supportive business environment , unparalleled connectivity and infrastructure and an entrepreneurial mindset that presents investors with growth opportunities .
Abu Dhabi has identified clusters with high growth potential , including AgriTech , FinTech , Healthcare and Biopharma , Energy , Tourism , and ICT , and it is investing in these key priority sectors to enable businesses to expand and accelerate .
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development ( ADDED ) is leading economic initiatives to achieve a knowledge-based , diversified , and sustainable economy , where the focus is on knowledge and innovation-based economic sectors . It is also attracting and incentivising talents to help find solutions to current and future challenges .
ADDED ’ s affiliates , sectors , and offices include Abu Dhabi Investment Office ( ADIO ),
Competitiveness Office of Abu Dhabi ( COAD ), Industrial Development Bureau ( IDB ), Abu Dhabi Resident Office ( ADRO ), Abu Dhabi Business Centre ( ADBC ), SME , and Logistics and Trade Facilitation . They work together to ensure the business ecosystem meets expectations of investors and entrepreneurs in all economic sectors .
ICT Abu Dhabi has an advanced technology ecosystem connecting startups , SMEs and established businesses to the services , talent and expertise needed to grow . Ranked the Smartest City in the MENA region , Abu Dhabi offers investors an environment of ambition and innovation , allowing their ideas to reach the global community
Abu Dhabi is recognised as a regional centre of excellence within the ICT space in areas including IoT , data and cloud , e-commerce and smart manufacturing . The emirate has the infrastructure to support ICT companies looking to expand here and in the wider region .
The emirate is adopting new technology and ICT services at an unrivalled rate and offers near universal high-speed broadband . Abu Dhabi is the first place in the world to have 100 % fibre-to-the-home connection and has also taken a leadership position on new technologies such as 5G .
ADIO has provided significant support to the ICT sector to ‘ turn sand into silicon ’:
• The Innovation Programme has partnered with Anghami , Bespin , STARZPLAY Arabia , Callsign , Lyve , RIZEK , Eureka , ANSR , Talent500 and COFE App
• ADIO has also supported AWS in establishing the UAE Infrastructure Region and Amazon in opening a fulfilment centre in Abu Dhabi .
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