{"id":12608,"date":"2025-02-04T08:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/?p=12608"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:25:22","slug":"sef-welcomes-300-international-speakers-and-a-record-14000-attendees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/2025\/02\/04\/sef-welcomes-300-international-speakers-and-a-record-14000-attendees\/","title":{"rendered":"SEF Welcomes 300 International Speakers and a Record 14,000 Attendees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A record-breaking 14,000 people attended the 8th Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF), which included 300 international speakers spread across 10 carefully chosen zones and five spectacular stages. Following the festival&#8217;s conclusion, the dates for its ninth edition\u2014which will be held from January 31 to February 1, 2026\u2014were announced.<\/p>\n<p>Sharjah&#8217;s position as a centre for innovation and business was further reinforced by SEF 2025, which created an atmosphere that supported entrepreneurs. Its vibrant schedule offered small and medium-sized businesses more exposure, funding chances, and networking opportunities, among other beneficial company growth opportunities. A variety of issues were covered by lively debates and interactive panels, giving participants useful knowledge to hone their concepts and expand their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, three historic MOUs were inked between regional organisations and international business titans, reaffirming Sharjah&#8217;s dedication to a founder-focused, innovation-driven ecosystem and enhancing its allure for entrepreneurs from the area and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Under the visionary leadership and strategic guidance of our Chairperson, Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Sheraa has expanded the entrepreneurial opportunities within the region and positioned Sharjah as a global hub for innovation and collaboration,&#8221; said Sara Abdelaziz Al Nuaimi, CEO of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa), in response to the overwhelming success of SEF 2025. SEF 2025 reflected our concept of &#8220;Where We Belong&#8221; and is a monument to what can be accomplished when a community comes together with passion and purpose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/meet-georges-nasr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fostering Business Growth And Helping Break Market Stagnation With AXIOM EXPERTS: Georges Nasr<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/meet-steven-glover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crafting Bespoke Living Experience In Exquisite Locations With Glover Investments: Steven Glover<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record-breaking 14,000 people attended the 8th Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF), which included 300 international speakers spread across 10 carefully chosen zones and five spectacular stages. Following the festival&#8217;s conclusion, the dates for its ninth edition\u2014which will be held from January 31 to February 1, 2026\u2014were announced. Sharjah&#8217;s position as a centre for innovation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entrepreneurmirror.com\/staging-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}