Tejar Dubai Majlis shares food and beverage business success story

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s initiative, Tejar Dubai, has recently hosted a workshop to inspire young UAE entrepreneurs.

With the workshop focused on the food and beverage sector, Nilesh Ved, chairman of Apparel Group, shared his experiences in setting up business, especially as a franchisee of Tim Hortons, to an audience of Emirati businessmen and women who participated in the Taste of Wafi food event at the Wafi Mall for SMEs, where Tejar Dubai has put up a stand.

The initiative, which was launched by the Dubai Chamber last year, is the first in the UAE to offer a specialised programme and platform for the youth to help them establish their own small-to-medium businesses.

Essa Ali Al Zaabi, senior vice-president, Institutional Support Sector, Dubai Chamber and general coordinator of Tejar Dubai, said that the entrepreneurship development programme continues to inspire young Emiratis to enter the world of business. It aims to encourage the youth to explore the business world and support SMEs or small and medium enterprises, which constitute more than 90% of companies operating in Dubai.

Mr Al Zaabi stated that as part of its entrepreneurship development programme, Tejar Dubai invites established businessmen to share their experiences and success stories whilst also discussing strategies that they adopted in facing the obstacles and challenges, all of which will ultimately help aspiring businessmen to write their own success stories.