Dubai targets doubling of creative firms and jobs
Published 04 Apr,2021 via Arab News - Economy DUBAI - Dubai has launched a strategy to more than double the number of creative companies in the emirate over the next five years.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the emirate’s ruler, announced the “Dubai Creative Economy Strategy” to boost the sector’s GDP contribution to 5 percent by 2025 – up from 2.6 percent in 2020.
The aim is to attract as many as 15,000 companies and 14,000 professionals to the emirate.
The creative economy includes companies and professionals in the business of publishing, audio-visual and print media, artistic and cultural industries, as well as the software and video game industry.
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