Lessons on Building an Innovation Hub: Dubai as a Nexus City

September 29, 2017 H.E. Majid Saif Al Ghurair In an era of increasing pressure on governments to streamline their outlays in public expenditure and create jobs in the private sector for a generation of young citizens, Dubai has used its tradition as a nexus city to invite new business and new ways of capitalizing on the skills of both citizens and expatriates to create growth. Dubai’s non-oil gross domestic product speaks to this transformation, which has been underway for some time. On September 29, AGSIW co-hosted, with the Business Council, Majid Saif Al Ghurair, chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, for a conversation on business and innovation in Dubai and the broader United Arab Emirates, and discussing what ways Dubai can be a model for creativity and growth.