Date: 17/04/2022
Muhammad Ali Al Janahi, Acting Director-General of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), confirmed that the Ajman Chamber has made a quantum leap in increasing 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 also explained that the growth rate of new membership in the Ajman Chamber during 2021 has amounted to 35% compared to 2020, where 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 reached 4,238 membership, 2534 professional membership, and 131 industrial memberships. Al Janahi revealed that the Ajman Chamber witnessed a growth in the total number of registered members during 2021, as the total number of members reached 580,38 members, compared to 36k during 2020, with a growth rate of 7%. 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 then industrial memberships with a total of 1149 memberships. 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 that the exhibition provided a global platform during which the Ajman Chamber met with economic delegations from countries all over the world to review the 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 organized for its members from companies and factories 149 participants in economic activities in Expo. He clarified that the Ajman Chamber, under the directions of the Board of Directors, is keen to provide services characterized by speed of delivery and provide the highest levels of quality and flexibility in serving its customers in line with their aspirations, praising the Chamber's efforts represented in direct communication with its members, intensifying field visits to monitor the opinions and suggestions of business owners, identifying their interests in reaching new markets, participation in internal and external exhibitions, and providing them with the Chamber's services and membership benefits. The Acting Director-General of Ajman Chamber added, "Ajman Chamber enhances its direct communication by receiving diplomatic and economic delegations and representatives of various business centers, as well as organizing foreign visits, which contributes to increasing the existing economic cooperation between Ajman Chamber and various countries and cities around the world with the aim of opening commercial markets for the emirate's goods and products and increasing participations between business owners and their counterparts abroad.” 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.