As organisers prepare for post-event era, the immense interest in the Scale2Dubai programme is highlighted in the more than 3,200 applications it has attracted from 129 countries, illustrating the status of Dubai as the preferred location for start-ups looking to expand their global footprint.
In a matter of days, the doors to the Expo 2020 site will close – marking the end of the World Expo – and the work to re-purpose 4.38sq km site will begin. Close to 80 per cent of Expo-built structures will be re-imagined and re-worked to create a mixed-use, flexible environment where people can live, work, and explore.
The post-Expo District 2020 site aims to become a hub for global tech innovation, with the first business tenants set to take up their places from the fourth quarter of 2022.
The human-centric District 2020 city will advance the ambitions of Expo 2020 to bring diverse thinkers together to collaborate and devise solutions for a smarter, more sustainable future.
Part of this will be the innovative ecosystem and community it seeks to create, encompassing government, Fortune 500 firms, academic institutions, accelerators, incubators, labs, VCs, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and start-ups.
District 2020 seeks to play a role in enabling regional and global start-ups to scale up within Dubai, providing an ideal launchpad and gateway to access the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
By enabling start-ups and small businesses through its Scale2Dubai programme, District 2020 builds on Expo 2020’s efforts to fund and empower innovating budding businesses with the potential to create long-term positive economic and social impacts.
