The Executive Director of the Sharjah Foreign Direct Investment Office, “Invest in Sharjah”, Mohammed Juma Al-Mushrekh, confirmed that the current stage is rich in investment options and promising opportunities, indicating that investor trends contribute to shaping the future of the region’s and the world’s economy.
On the occasion of the launch of the sixth session of the “Sharjah Investment Forum” today, which will last for two days, Al-Mushrekh said, “The strategic distribution of capital between the basic economic sectors that provide the basic needs of societies on the one hand, and the emerging new sectors on the other hand, will enhance the equation of growth, stability and sustainability.” .
He added that «(Sharjah Investment Forum) is being held this year, in light of an unusual global economic climate, which witnesses different expectations about the future of business, growth and development, which makes the forum a platform for analyzing the position of investment and its role in the global development process, and an opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs to gather, to agree. on the best trends that achieve the interests of societies.
He stated that the forum will discuss the priorities of the stage, as each stage has its own investment priorities.
And he indicated that the past few years witnessed remarkable investment growth distributed between vital traditional sectors and emerging sectors, recalling the experience of Sharjah, which witnessed exceptional growth in four sectors, namely: the communications and information technology sector by 55.6%, the food and agricultural industries sector by 49.7%, and life sciences by 47%. , distribution and logistics by 46.2%.
He stressed that the Emirate of Sharjah is constantly enhancing its investment attractiveness and establishing a friendly environment for emerging businesses, by embracing more than 60,000 small and medium projects in the form of industrial and commercial centers and companies.
It is noteworthy that the “Sharjah Investment Forum”, which is held under the slogan “Redefining the economy towards a better economic future”, highlights the challenges and opportunities of the current economic stage, and discusses how to employ investments to achieve sustainable growth and comprehensive social return, by directing them towards promising sectors that It preaches a better economic future such as the green economy, the future of family projects, and the focus on goods and services that form the basis of the needs of societies.