Friday 14 October 2022 – 19:41
ABU DHABI, October 14 / WAM / The Department of Economic Development – Abu Dhabi has announced the conclusion of agreements with nine (9) leading institutions to provide their services through the “Investor Journey”, enabling investors, owners and entrepreneurs to submit requests to open bank accounts, communication services and operational support for businesses and insurance companies directly within a range of digital services provided by the platform.
The “Investor’s Journey”, launched by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development last year (2021), is designed to meet the needs of the business sector and current and future investors, as it provides an integrated set and system of services to facilitate the creation of their businesses and provides an integrated digital experience for investors to benefit from a range of services and transactions and to meet the requirements of a range of government agencies in a single platform.
The signing of these agreements brings new institutions and companies to more than 25 government and private agencies that provide their services through the Investor’s Journey platform and improve the business environment and partnership between the public and private sectors in Abu Dhabi.
The second phase of the investor’s journey, which was launched during the Abu Dhabi Economy’s participation in GITEX Technology Week, involves the addition of additional services and means to facilitate the process of setting up a business through an interactive map provided by the most important companies specializing in real estate services in the country.
His Excellency Sameh Al Qubaisi, Director General of Economic Affairs at the Department of Economic Development – Abu Dhabi, said: “Expanding the range of Investor’s Journey services and partners is part of our efforts to strengthen the business system in Abu Dhabi. Dhabi in close collaboration with the best partners in various sectors to enrich the investor experience. Since its inception, Investor’s Journey has helped facilitate doing business by reducing costs and requirements, simplifying procedures and providing seamless integration of government services, efforts that have begun to achieve desired goals, and we focus on continuous development of procedures, regulations, systems and services.
He added: “Digitization and digital transformation are an important factor in the economy and in all aspects of life today and we believe that benefiting from the latest technologies helps to empower investors and entrepreneurs, who play a vital role in achieving the goals. of sustainable development “.
His Excellency Sameh Al Qubaisi signed the agreements with Ms Sarah Al Binali, Head of Corporate and International Banking Group at First Abu Dhabi Bank, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, CEO of Emirates Development Bank, Mr. Mohamed Waseem Khayyat, CEO of Al Maryah Local Bank and Mr. Mohamed Abdullah Al Qubaisi, President of Dar Finance, Mr. Jassim Al-Awadi, Executive Director of the Government and Major Customer Services Sector at Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company “du”, Mr. Essam Mahmoud, Senior Vice President of Small and Medium Enterprises, Emirates Telecommunications Group “Etisalat &”, and Mr. Fahim Mohammed Al Shehhi, CEO of Islamic Arab Insurance Company “Salama”, and Mr. Sanad Mohammed Saeed Al-Muqbali, CEO of Emirates Zone for Corporate Representation and Mr. Ahmed Obaid Al-Badwawi, CEO of Detec International for Business Management.
Hala Al Ameri, Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office of the Abu Dhabi Economic Development Department, said: “The Abu Dhabi Competitiveness Office focuses on studying and launching strategic initiatives to improve the business environment and ease of doing business in the emirate, and the launch of the second phase of the investor’s journey reflects our continued efforts to develop the business system to consolidate Abu Dhabi’s competitiveness on a regional and global level.
He added: “Investor Journey provides a secure and easy-to-use digital environment that helps accelerate the digital transformation of government services and we will continue to develop the platform by adding more services and partners and improving the tools and means available in it to stay. in step with the best technologies in the field. “
Reda Abdel Nour / Ahmed Al Nuaimi
