Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, LinkedIn launched the world's largest network of professionals, open for Business, which allows independent and small-business professionals The services they provide on their online accounts to enhance their discovery and employment.
The launch of the new platform was attended by Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Future Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, and founding partner of LinkedIn Network Alan Blue, who arrived in Dubai specifically to participate in this event, which is the first of its kind worldwide for the network, which has a membership of about 660 million professionals and professionals from around the world .
The launch of the Business Platform, which will be available to users worldwide in 28 languages, was also attended by Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar Bin Sultan Al Ulama, Secretary General of the Dubai Executive Council Abdulla Al Basti, Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Abdullah Bin Touq, and CEO of TECOM Business Parks Malek. Al Malek, Assistant Secretary General for Strategy and Governance at the Executive Council of Dubai Aisha Miran.
The move comes at a time when Dubai's appeal as a major business hub in the region is reinforced as efforts continue to be made to achieve the strategic goal set by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Its position as a global city seeks to have an influential role in making the future by attracting the best minds and best creative competencies and to be the window through which the most creative human energies on the opportunities of the future and enable them to access and benefit from them.
Abdullah Al Basti stressed that Dubai's key position as a hub for entrepreneurship, innovation and smart solutions is the product of the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and the continuous guidance and follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed. His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, aims to create a sophisticated system that supports the infrastructure necessary for the growth of small and medium businesses and drives economic development. As a destination for the emirate of economic and investment attractive.
“Supporting SMEs is a major concern in all economic policies and strategies in Dubai and the business platform is a solution to one of the challenges faced by SMEs, which is to reach potential customers, which makes them a catalyst for growth and contribute to the role of SMEs in driving "To accelerate the local economy, increase its competitiveness and have a major impact on global economic growth, while improving Dubai's economic climate and business environment."
“LinkedIn is committed to providing economic opportunities by connecting professionals around the world to each other,” said Alan Blue, adding that the launch of the business platform is based on our recognition of the challenge many small business owners face in reaching potential customers. This feature enables network members to view their services and communicate with these customers.
He added: "We are delighted to launch this platform globally from Dubai, which has put entrepreneurship, innovation and smart solutions at the top of its economic strategy and I am confident that the new feature will give its users around the world an advantage to help them grow their business."
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, visited the regional center of LinkedIn in Dubai last year. He was briefed on the company's activities and services and mechanism in the region through its regional headquarters in Dubai. And its strategic plans to innovate and diversify the services it provides to its subscribers.
The Business Platform allows independent professionals and SME owners to offer their services to more than 660 million LinkedIn members. It is a complement to the tools and features currently available that support the network's vision to provide diverse economic opportunities for all professionals worldwide Work or acquire new clients, bring exceptional talents or expand your professional network.
Dubai has succeeded in strengthening its position as a global center for entrepreneurship and innovation thanks to its efforts based on an advanced infrastructure system that supports the private sector and creates opportunities for SMEs.
The past few years have witnessed a remarkable prosperity and a qualitative development of entrepreneurial activities in the emirate and a strong growth for the sector of small and medium-sized companies, especially in light of the successes witnessed during that period for a group of small businesses, which turned in a short time to a successful business attracted the attention of the global investment community to witness Dubai contract A set of multi-billion deals in which major international companies acquired companies established and established in Dubai and proved a qualitative success to reach those deals, which focused in the technology sector, reflecting the growing importance of Dubai as a center of technology and the future.
These include Media Dot Net, which was recently sold in a deal worth 3.3 billion dirhams, Karim, which was acquired by Uber International for about 11.4 billion dirhams, and Souq.com, which was acquired by the e-commerce giant in World "Amazon" and others.
According to Dubai Statistics Center figures, SMEs contribute more than 47% of the emirate's annual GDP. The sector accounts for 95% of its companies and about 50% of companies in Dubai are startups.