Overview
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced a new Dh1 billion fund to back factory upgrades, local production, supply‑chain resilience, and the use of AI in planning and operations.
- The government will expand the National Content Programme to all federal entities and national companies, a move that steers more purchasing toward UAE suppliers.
- A retail push will place more homegrown goods in stores and online, with a stated goal to fully localise over 5,000 vital products used in daily life and industry.
- Emirates Development Bank signaled lending capacity this year of about Dh8–9 billion after disbursing Dh26 billion since 2021 to manufacturers and related firms.
- Organisers plan the Make it in the Emirates forum in Abu Dhabi from May 4 with thousands of attendees and more than 1,000 UAE companies, and the event website flags expected offtake deals.