Expo City Dubai Foundation
Expo City Dubai Foundation is rooted in the Expo Live Innovation Programme launched in 2016 and part of Expo 2020 Dubai. The Foundation, officially launched in 2024, aims to support sustainable development, innovation, and inclusive growth both within the UAE and globally. It focuses on advancing the SDGs by actively providing support to social enterprises from the Global South with funding, collaborations, investment and business opportunities in order to scale and grow their ideas.
- Organisation type Nonprofit
- Year founded 2024
- Headquartered Dubai
- Registration United Arab Emirates
- Website https://www.expocitydubai.com/en/expo-city-dubai-foundation/
Related sustainable development goals
Impact
The Global Innovators Programme has created a positive impact for over 5.8 million people worldwide.
Focus areas
Focus sectors
- Agriculture
Development
- Sustainable development
- Education
- Environment
- Health
Science
- Technology
Focus populations
- Asylum seekers
Immigrants and migrants
- Refugees and displaced
- Low-income people
- Women and girls
Focus geographies
- Africa
- Americas
- Central Asia
- East Asia
- Europe
- Middle East
- North Africa
- Oceana
- South Asia
- South-east Asia
Partners
- Gates Foundation
Programmes
Changemakers Academy
The Changemakers Academy is an innovation and entrepreneurship incubator that builds on the success of Expo 2020 Dubai’s University Innovation Programme (UIP). It provides training, mentorship, licensing and grants of up to AED 50,000 to graduates and aspiring entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into commercially viable businesses.
Global Innovators Programme
The Programme supports innovators through a combination of grants, innovation challenges and knowledge-sharing. The Foundation currently has capacity to fund 10-15 startups every year with grants of up to USD 100,000 each.
Financials
Funding model
- Grants to Individuals
- Grants to organisations
Primary funders
- Expo City Dubai Authority
Funding source
- Corporate
- Government
Operations
Key staff
- Dana AlMehza, Grants Manager and Programming
- Yasmin Baker, Senior Manager
- Yousuf Caires, Executive Director
Board members
- Ibrahim Abdulrahim
- Marjan Faraidooni
- Mukhtar Safi
- Rashid Mohammed
- Reem bint Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Chair
- Yousuf Caires
Contact details
- 800 39762489
- contact@ecdf.ae
- https://www.expocitydubai.com/en/expo-city-dubai-foundation/
- Expo City Dubai Expo Road, Dubai South Jebel Ali, Dubai UAE.