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Brainstorm The Promising Future Of Middle East SME Sector

Brainstorm The Promising Future Of Middle East SME Sector

Published 07-30-12

Submitted by Fleming Gulf

The 3rd Middle East SME Forum 2012 (17 – 18 September, Abu Dhabi) will gather more than 150 participants comprising of entrepreneurs, commercial banks, government support institutions, equity firms and management consultants to highlight the awareness and significance of education, innovation and facilitating entrepreneurs with the platform to do business.

Over 21 presentations will be enriched by 6 panel discussions just in 2 days of the 3nd Middle East SME Forum. Presentations, discussions and case studies will touch  SME ecosystem in the Middle East environment, challenges and opportunities towards business start ups and also best practices and successful stories in the region’s SME sector.

Ahsan Ali, Director: Credit & operations - Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development  and Abdullah Al jufaili,  General Manager - SHARAKAH, Fund for Development of Youth Projects (S.A.O.C), will discuss and share their knowledge and experience on the panel discussion: Access to Finance & Capital Management is a Challenge for SMEs. This panel discussion session is an open discussion where each panel member will stress on the challenges SMEs still face in securing credit finance to their business.

Panel Discussion on Ongoing Government & Private Sector Initiatives towards SME Development will brainstorm ideas on coaching, resource gathering and other amenities required to ensure sustainability and profitability across all SMEs. This session will analyse the current SME situation in Middle East and evaluate methods of sustainability through profit generation in the future times.

Essam Disi, Senior Manager – Policy Formulation: Strategy & Policy Department at Mohammed Bin Rashid  Establishment for SME Development; Najla Al Midfa, Senior Manager – Entrepreneurship Development at Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development; Fahad A. Al-Semari, Managing Director: Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Center Company (Wa’ed) - Saudi Aramco are the featured panelists who will be featuring in this panel.

For more information about this forum please contact Mohor Mukherjee.

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