The Abu Dhabi Businesswomen Council’s (Mubdiaa)
programme also supports home-based businesses for
women, providing loans, guarantees or equity investments
as well as training, marketing and technical assistance.
Dr. Ahmad Al Mutawa, Chief Executive of the Khalifa
Fund states that,
“There are only two stipulations that are required to be
met by an aspiring entrepreneur wishing to avail of the
assistance of the Khlaifa Fund. Firstly, they must be a
UAE national, and secondly, the enterprise that they are
creating must be Abu Dhabi based.”
“At the present time, the vast majority of Emiratis work in
the public sector. Our role as an organisation is central to
the creation of a functioning private sector lead by UAE
nationals. The Khalifa fund has been created to inspire the
entrepreneurial spirit of Abu Dhabi.”
“We need to create a culture of entrepreneurship over the
long term and the logical place to start therefore, is the
school system. We are communicating at school level and
running competitions whereby each class develops its own
company and competes against one another”, explains the
CEO.
The methodolgy that the Khalifa Fund takes is extremely
supportive in engaging aspiring business leaders.
“We first evaluate the entrepreneur, and his or her
proposal, and then go about developing a plan as to how
we can work together and support him or her in achieving
their vision”, declares Dr. Al Mutawa, “We want people
to understand that the Khlaifa Fund will assist with the
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