Ajman Chamber posts 35% growth in new membership during 2021

Muhammad Ali Al Janahi, Acting Director-General of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), has confirmed that the Ajman Chamber has increased its new members from establishments during 2021, which reflects the Chamber’s efforts in promoting Ajman’s economic fundamentals and investment opportunities available in various sectors, strengthening global relations to attract new investors, and intensifying direct communication of economic delegations.

He noted that the growth rate of new membership in the Ajman Chamber during 2021 was 35 per cent compared to 2020, when the number of new members reached 7,704 during 2021; compared to 5,723 members during 2020, and the number of new commercial licenses for the previous year was 4,238 membership, 2534 professional membership, and 131 industrial memberships.

Al Janahi added that the Ajman Chamber witnessed growth in the total number of registered members during 2021, as the total number of members reached 58,038 members, compared to 36,000 during 2020, with a growth rate of 7 per cent.

He pointed out that commercial licenses were issued during 2021, with a total of 21,077 memberships, followed by professional memberships with a total of 14,926, and industrial memberships with a 1149.

The Acting Director-General of the Ajman Chamber praised the Chamber’s achievements during its participation in the “Expo 2020 Dubai” and the role of that participation in increasing the number of new memberships in the Ajman Chamber, especially as its exhibition provided a global platform during which the Ajman Chamber met with economic delegations from throughout the world to review investment opportunities available in various industrial, commercial, tourism, health, educational, service and other sectors, and chances to open new markets and future partnerships between business owners from Ajman and all countries of the world, so that the Ajman Chamber strengthened its economic relationship with the countries of the world through 127 joint meetings, and organised for its members from companies and factories 149 participant opportunities in economic activities at the Expo.

Al Janahi stressed that the Ajman Chamber seeks to provide an attractive business environment to achieve its strategic objectives, including “promoting the sustainability and growth of the business community, foreseeing and creating the future of business, and enhancing the potentials of competitiveness and leadership,” which are reflected in the growth of its members’ businesses and the sustainability of their activities.

 Abdullah Mohammed Al Muwaiji, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ajman Chamber for Commerce and Industry, met recently with a number of European investors and business leaders to discuss ways of enhancing their cooperation in various areas, such as industry, health, education, tourism and innovation.

he meeting took place as part of the chamber’s efforts to diversify its partnerships and cooperation with foreign delegations visiting Expo 2020 Dubai.

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