What needs to be done to consolidate Sharjah as a regional logistics centre?
UAE: Sharjah
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Badr Jafar, CEO, Crescent Enterprises; and Executive Chairman, Gulftainer: Interview from The Report: Sharjah 2017
Articles & Analysis | Expansion plans set to make Sharjah more competitive from The Report: Sharjah 2017
As both a national and regional transport and logistics hub, Sharjah benefits from advantages such as its strong connectivity to other emirates and the wider world. It is the only member of the UAE federation that borders all other emirates, and it boasts the UAE’s only container port to be located outside the Straits of Hormuz. The importance...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Chairman, Sharjah Media Council: Interview from The Report: Sharjah 2017
What efforts are being undertaken to increase Sharjah’s visibility in international media?
Articles & Analysis | Free zones for media and publishing boost sector in Sharjah from The Report: Sharjah 2017
Home to the UAE’s largest Arabic-language newspaper, Al Khaleej, along with a growing number of local and regional television channels, popular radio stations, and a large publishing footprint when it comes to books and journals, Sharjah boasts a rich media environment. Despite all of this, in recent years, with the establishment of...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Khalid Omar Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Media City Free Zone Authority: Interview from The Report: Sharjah 2017
Articles & Analysis | Environmental projects and investments present opportunities in Sharjah from The Report: Sharjah 2017
The UAE federal government is hoping to attract $100bn in investment in environmental enterprises into the country by 2020. On the emirate level, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) estimates the emirate’s environmental market potential at Dh960m ($261.4m) in 2017 and that it will grow to Dh1.13bn ($307.7m) by 2020....