Sharjah SRTI Park launches industry accelerator program to boost UAE’s 4IR

Sharjah SRTI Park launches industry accelerator program to boost UAE’s 4IR

The Sharjah Research, Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) has launched Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator 2.0 (SAIA) to boost UAE’s Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).

The launch is to diversify the national industrial base and contribute to the positioning of the UAE as an incubator of innovation and creativity In line with Industry 4.0. The accelerator program will provide local and regional start-ups with innovative solutions and a strong support system within the thriving SRTI Park ecosystem.

SAIA 2.0 is also in line with the UAE’s industrial strategy ‘Operation 300bn’, a 10-year comprehensive policy aimed at empowering and expanding the industrial sector to become the driving force of a sustainable national economy, increasing its contribution to the GDP.

Hussain Al Mahmoudi

CEO – SRTI Park “SAIA will focus on supporting early and growth stage start-ups to scale up in the UAE and MENA region, thereby further supporting UAE’s goal to attract world-class talent and innovation. SAIA is also in line with UAE’s Unified Industrial Brand Identity, ‘Make It in the Emirates’, an integrated industrial system that leverages advanced technologies and Fourth Industrial Revolution solutions to contribute to building a sustainable, knowledge-based economy.”

SAIA 2.0 will transform Sharjah into a test bed of advanced technologies in the