Student Entrepreneurs
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Student Entrepreneurs
The first component focuses on Student Entrepreneurs. We encourage higher education students to seek careers as entrepreneurs by providing pre-seed funding to Emiratis through higher education-based business incubators. Grants of up to AED25,000 are available to Emirati students seeking to develop a product prototype to support their business startup. Two pitch sessions are held per year.
Key Features
- Supports higher education business incubators
- Provides pre-seed funding for prototype development
- Encourages Emirati student led tech startups
Outcomes
- Emirati higher education students with entrepreneurship experience
- Enabled prototype development
- Funded student-led business startups
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Impact
- More Emirati entrepreneurs
- More Business startups
- More active entrepreneurial ecosystem