The seminar held at Al Bait Al Westi in Sharjah’s historic Heart of Sharjah centred on forging integrated economic systems able to absorb global volatility and convert it into sustained opportunity according to a report from the Emirates News Agency. Participants from aviation and logistics real estate manufacturing financial services hospitality as well as government entities business councils and academic institutions examined pathways to reinforce competitiveness and reignite investment momentum. Mohamed Juma Al Musharrkh CEO of Invest in Sharjah told those gathered that markets which maintain investment appeal are those that construct such integrated systems capable of absorbing change and transforming it into long-term opportunity.
Al Musharrkh added that Sharjah concentrates on reinforcing connections across sectors to back consistent performance and deliver a well-defined scalable environment for investors. He noted that the emirate turns regional and global economic shifts into enduring opportunities by means of robust institutional partnerships and efficient processes. This approach according to Al Musharrkh strengthens Sharjah’s place in global value chains and allows investors to build sustainable value that goes beyond short-term fluctuations.
Data published by fDi Markets a service of the Financial Times showed that foreign direct investment projects in Sharjah rose 45 percent in 2025 while capital investments increased 8.8 percent and employment opportunities expanded 25.7 percent from the prior year. Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer CEO of Shurooq linked the results to the emirate’s distinct development vision together with tight public-private sector alignment and an economy in which diverse industries reinforce one another. Al Qaseer stated that Sharjah has constructed an investment environment that stays steady and confident in the face of global change with Shurooq and Invest in Sharjah tasked to unite these strengths identify emerging opportunities and turn market confidence into practical partnerships that drive the emirate’s long-term growth.
Khaled bin Braik UAE country senior partner at PwC observed that investor confidence tracks fundamentals and that Sharjah possesses strong ones including a diversified economy clear policy direction and genuine alignment between public and private sectors. “Investor confidence follows fundamentals and Sharjah’s fundamentals are strong” bin Braik said according to the Emirates News Agency report. He added that at PwC Middle East the firm sees businesses placing growing emphasis on stability connectivity and long-term growth potential areas where Sharjah performs prompting client commitments that represent the clearest signal of economic confidence.
The gathering also spotlighted Sharjah’s distinctive value propositions such as its function as a resilient alternative logistics hub supported by Khorfakkan Port on the Gulf of Oman and robust transport connections to the northern emirates and Oman the report indicated. Sharjah has introduced a fresh logistics corridor linking the emirate to major ports in Oman after establishing a multimodal corridor with Saudi Arabia that speeds cargo flows and cuts transit times. These assets pair with a competitive cost base that features commercial rents 40 percent lower than comparable locations in the UAE and office rents as much as 60 percent less advantages of particular value to industrial and logistics operators contending with rising input costs.
Seminar participants heard that roughly 75 percent of investment projects advanced to operational stage in 2025 while the real estate sector registered 29 235 transactions in the first quarter of 2026 an 18.9 percent rise from the same period a year earlier. They reviewed how co-locating inside sector-specific zones enables operational optimisation through immediate proximity to suppliers and related services. The discussions extended to prevailing global economic trends and emerging investment models with particular attention to opportunities in food and beverages consumer products business services manufacturing technology and logistics.
