ScaleUp
We have fostered strong partnerships with industry leading companies to design tailored ScaleUp programmes, SME Offers and Discounts, and access to industry experts. The ScaleUp platform is here to empower future unicorns.
ScaleUp Digitise: Accelerate digital innovation and transform your company. Be at the forefront of the digital world.
ScaleUp Perform: Support and improve the sustainable and future growth of the fast-growing SMEs in the UAE in the fields of talent, learning and digital marketing. Be prepared today for the future.
ScaleUp Raise: Get access to funding to enable your ideas to reach full bloom and turn your business idea into a reality.
ScaleUp Export: Gain special pricing for shipping, technical training and mentoring to increase exports of your company’s products from the UAE.
ScaleUp Expand: Facilitate international expansion of your business through winning collaborations.
ScaleUp with Cisco
Supporting SMEs with digitization efforts and providing them with cutting-edge capabilities vital for their success.
What you get:
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Simple, affordable, secure and reliable IT solutions for any size organization.
- Financial credit from Cisco for select SMEs to be used towards the following specialized Cisco packages:
Integration assessment.
Software development.
Consulting support.
In-house training.
Eligibility:
Limited to SMEs in education, healthcare, fintech/FSI, oil & gas, energy, defense, transportation & logistics.
The company should have a minimum annual turnover revenue of AED 50 million.
The company should be employing a minimum 100 people.
ScaleUp Digitize
The Entrepreneurial Nation, an initiative by The UAE Ministry of Economy, is proud to announce the launch of ScaleUp Digitize with Huawei. ScaleUp digitize is a program supporting SMEs with a suite of digital tools and services designed to strengthen and transform their growth.
This program will be delivered in English.
Eligibility:
Minimum number of employees 10
Revenue generating or company went through a funding round.
What you get:
Huawei cloud training and vouchers valued at up to 60000 AED.
Huawei cloud voucher that can be used to purchase Huawei cloud computing, cloud storage, cloud network and cloud database services.
Hands-on training for Huawei Cloud Technology.
Detailed Plan
Program duration: 2 Months
Course Duration: 4 Weeks
Number of Sessions: 8 online sessions.
Sessions Timing Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 - 6:30 PM (2 hours) from August 23rd - September 15th
Program overview:
Phase 1: Foundational course
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Dates |
Module |
Deliverables |
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Week 1 – online AUG 23rd, 2022 |
Cloud Service |
1. Cloud Computing Basics |
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Week 1 – online AUG 25th, 2022 |
Cloud Service |
1.Compute Cloud Services |
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Week 2 – online AUG 30, 2022 |
Cloud Service |
1.Storage Cloud Services |
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Week 2 online SEP 1st, 2022 |
Cloud Service |
1.Huawei Cloud O&M Basics |
Phase 2:
After you complete the foundational course, you will get to choose your focus area: AI or Big data.
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Dates |
AI |
Big Data |
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Deliverables |
Deliverables |
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Week 3 online SEP 6th, 2022 |
1.AI Overview |
1. Big Data Development Trend and Kunpeng Big Data Solution |
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Week 3 – online SEP 8th, 2022
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1. Mainstream Development Frameworks in the Industry |
1. Hive - Distributed Data Warehouse |
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Week 4 – online SEP 13th, 2022
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1. Huawei MindSpore AI Development Framework |
1.MapReduce and YARN Technical Principles |
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Week 4 online SEP 15th , 2022
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1.Huawei Open AI Platform for Smart Devices |
1.Flink, Stream and Batch Processing in a Single Engine |
Application Deadline August 20th
ScaleUp with LinkedIn
What you get:
Four Virtual workshops which would cover areas of:
Creating and sustaining a corporate digital presence on LinkedIn and building your company’s professional Network
Talent and hiring for SME’s
Learning and development for SME’s
Doing business and digital marketing on LinkedIn
Pre-scheduled one on one assessments between SMEs and LinkedIn experts in talent, learning and development, and marketing solutions. The assessments are based on the objective and growth plan of the company.
Based on the one-on-one assessments, LinkedIn will help up to 30 SMEs make the right hire, if required. Through a 6-month pilot hands on programme, LinkedIn will support SMEs by offering at least:
Career page
1 recruiter
1 job slot
Design of personalised and on demand learning paths that would contribute to the SMEs growth and the upskilling of their teams.
A one-year hands-on programme leveraging LinkedIn’s platform to help SMEs build their own marketing strategies and market their services and companies, through different consultation sessions.
ScaleUp with EDB
Access to strategic financing options with attractive rates. With a moratorium period up to 6 months and additional business support, we will support your growth story.
Criteria:
To apply, the SME must have the following minimum requirements for UAE operations:
At least 3 years in operations
Annual revenue of above AED 2 million for services, AED 3.5 million for manufacturing
Profitable in last 12 months
Audited accounts for the last 2 years
Debtor ageing less than 90 days
Debt: Revenue ratio less than 30%
Clean credit reports (business and owners)
ScaleUp Export with UPS
We have fostered strong partnerships with industry-leading companies to design tailored ScaleUp programmes, SME Offers and Discounts, and access to industry experts. The ScaleUp platform is here to empower future unicorns.
ScaleUp Export with UPS will offer SMEs special pricing for shipping, technical training and mentoring to increase exports of their company's products from the UAE.
Eligibility:
Segment: SMEs selling physical products
Export Status: SMEs that want to start exporting or increase their exports (existing products / marketplace / sales channels activated)
Registered UAE Businesses with license to operate in the UAE.
This is what you get:
Special shipping rates with a dedicated Account Manager
Technical workshops and seminars for specific export markets
Personal mentoring
Start your exporting journey; enhance your strategy and sales in other countries from the UAE
Number of Sessions: 10 online sessions.
Sessions Timing Thursday 9 - 11 AM (2 hours) from July 21st - October 13th
Program overview:
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Session |
Breakdown |
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1 |
Module 1:Tariffs & Customs Regulations |
export process and impact of customs clearance costs, necessary documentation (commercial invoice, transport document/waybill, certificate of origin), transport and delivery terms, INCOTERMS, customs duties, classification, value and origin of goods , difference between registered and authorized exporters.
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2 |
Module 2:Freight Forwarders & Customs Brokers |
Freight Forwarding types and services, the phases of freight forwarding services, activity and role of customs agents, differences between Freight Forwarders and customs agents, advantages and cost reductions related to choosing a shipping service. |
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3 |
Module 3: Warehousing |
The importance of the warehouse and its efficient management, characteristics of warehouses, conditions and specifications necessary for the use of a warehouse, warehouse logistics, and solutions available on the UAE market. |
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4 |
Module 4:Logistics for Ecommerce |
relevance of ecommerce in today's business, types of online sales, management of the customer's purchase path, types of shipping services to use for your online store, sales strategies through ecommerce. |
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5 |
Module 5:Customer Experience |
The importance of customer experience, definition of customer experience, definition and differences with the customer journey, types of touch points, and customization of shipping methods, post-purchase follow-up, and customer loyalty strategies.
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6 |
Destination Series 1:India |
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7 |
Destination Series 2:Saudi Arabia |
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8 |
Destination Series 3:United States |
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9 |
Destination Series 4:United Kingdom |
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10 |
Destination Series 5:European Union (EU) |
Application are now closed
