Muscat: As part of its core mission of connecting the communities with knowledge, the Sultanate’s leading knowledge-sharing platform, Knowledge Oman, has successfully hosted its 3rd seminar focused on business funding opportunities and methods. A huge number of participants from the private, public and academia sectors were present at the event held at Public Authority for Civil Aviation Training Center Hall. With a key theme titled as “Fund your Business”, approaches to SME and Entrepreneurship financing have been shared and presented by the organisations that provide funds in the Sultanate. A panel discussion comprising elite entrepreneurs that received the funds featured examples of the challenges and lessons learned during the setting up of the business.
“Our goal at Knowledge Oman is to ensure that the entrepreneurs are aware of the funding opportunities. We were pleased to bring the various funding institutions and entrepreneurs under one roof for strengthening the SME sector in the Sultanate” said Khalfan al Mahrazy.
The event served as an effective platform to discuss start-up business financing and compare experiences of five successful business owners.
Ali al Lawati, Head Emerging & SME Corporates at bank muscat, Amira al Zadjali, Acting Director-General of Planning and Development at AL Raffd Fund and Rajesh Ghosh, Head of Marketing & Business Development of SME Development Fund spoke at the seminar.
Panelists included Salwa al Ghafri, the owner of Salwa Beauty Centre, Rawan al Nazwani, owner of The Palace restaurant, Fahd al Saqri, CEO and co-founder of Basta Majan Café and cofounder of Burgaru, Iman Al Amri, the owner of Muscatia, and Adel Al Abri, the owner and founder of Uniboats.
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