GEN in United Arab Emirates

GEN began operating in UAE in 2008 when it inaugurated its annual Global Entrepreneurship Week campaign with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT). An immediate success, early GEW activities were led be private sector hubs and universities across the Emirates, laying the groundwork for a campaign that now reaches thousands of people across the country. In 2010, Dubai took center stage when GEN and the Ministry of Higher Education and Technology co-hosted the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) for the first time overseas. The event brought together delegates from 90 nations and set a precedent for what became the largest and most significant gathering of startup champions from around the world. In September 2025, GEN named Dr. Khaja Abdul Mutalib and Ahmed Waqar Mohsin as GEN Global Leaders in the UAE to work with GEN Global in building on our work overall to date in the country.

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Entrepreneurs Thrive Here: Global Entrepreneurship Week 2026

Millions of people around the world have the ideas, talent, and ambition to build something better for themselves and their communities — but have never seen entrepreneurship as a path available to them. Global Entrepreneurship Week, taking place November 16-22, 2026, changes that. This campaign meets people where they are and connects them to the networks, tools, and support to take that first step — showing what’s possible in their own communities.
 

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