• Above, vendors representing small businesses during the entrepreneurship forum. SMEs currently account for 92 per cent of total companies operating in the UAE. Sammy Dallal / The National
    Above, vendors representing small businesses during the entrepreneurship forum. SMEs currently account for 92 per cent of total companies operating in the UAE. Sammy Dallal / The National
  • The former UK trade and industry secretary Peter Mandelson delivered one of the keynote speeches at the opening session of the Abu Dhabi Entrepreneurship Forum. Lee Hoagland / The National
    The former UK trade and industry secretary Peter Mandelson delivered one of the keynote speeches at the opening session of the Abu Dhabi Entrepreneurship Forum. Lee Hoagland / The National
  • The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has financed 582 projects, investing Dh900 million so far since its inception in 2007. Above, attendees listen to lectures during the forum. Lee Hoagland / The National
    The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has financed 582 projects, investing Dh900 million so far since its inception in 2007. Above, attendees listen to lectures during the forum. Lee Hoagland / The National
  • Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, has encouraged local entrepreneurs to respond to the requirements of globalisation. Lee Hoagland / The National
    Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, has encouraged local entrepreneurs to respond to the requirements of globalisation. Lee Hoagland / The National

In pictures: Khalifa Fund forum on entrepreneurship in Abu Dhabi


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The two-day Abu Dhabi Entrepreneurship Forum organised by the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has attracted more than 50 top entrepreneurs, investors and government officials from Europe, the United States and the Middle East as speakers and participants in various panel discussions and workshops.