Driving Technological Innovation
We support the growth of the technology sector through dedicated digital districts, innovation platforms and strategic investments that strengthen connectivity and enable business growth. By creating environments where global tech leaders, high-potential startups and specialised talent can collaborate and scale, these assets accelerate the development of future-ready industries and reinforce Dubai’s ambition to be a leading hub for the digital economy and an innovation-led, diversified future.
Impact in Numbers
Our impact is reflected in the communities we serve, the jobs we support and the innovation we help accelerate.
Business Districts
Through a portfolio of world-class technology business districts and strategic investments across the digital value chain, we enable leading companies, entrepreneurs and talent to connect, scale and build the solutions shaping tomorrow. In Dubai Holding’s innovation ecosystems, people from around the world come together to develop technologies and enterprises that shape the city’s future.
Dubai Internet City
Announced in 1999, Dubai Internet City helped ignite a new chapter of economic diversification and digital advancement, evolving into the region’s leading hub for global technology businesses. Today, it brings together a dynamic community spanning high-growth startups and world-leading innovators and hosts many of the world’s multinational tech leaders - including Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Google and Meta.
Dubai Outsource City
A purpose-built district, Dubai Outsource City supports the region’s outsourcing industry with state-of-the-art offices, comprehensive infrastructure and dedicated facilities management. As part of TECOM Group’s tech ecosystem, it enables business process, HR and IT outsourcing alongside back-office and call-centre operations.
in5 Tech
in5, TECOM Group’s start-up incubator, has enabled more than 1,100 start-ups to date, helping create leading UAE success stories such as Careem, Tabby, Wrappup and Souq. Since 2013, in5 Tech has facilitated significant investments for local startups, supported by targeted opportunities to showcase and scale alongside global brands at major industry events.