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Tapping iNTO The bUSiNeSS lifeliNe Of The UaE, The SOUTh afRicaN BUSiNeSS COUNcil (SaBCO) acTS aS a cOORdiNaTOR WiTh a miSSiON TO fOSTeR TRade aNd iNVeSTmeNT beTWeeN SOUTh afRica aNd The UaE.

BeSideS eSTabliShiNg diRecT cONTacTS amONg bUSiNeSS PeOPle, iT alSO eNcOURageS SOcial aNd cUlTURal exchaNgeS beTWeeN The TWO cOUNTRieS iN liNe WiTh SOUTh afRica’S ViSiON Of a ‘RaiNbOW naTiON’.

The Self-fUNded ORgaNiSaTiON WORkS clOSely WiTh aNd iS SUPPORTed by The SOUTh afRicaN EmbaSSy iN abU Dhabi aNd The CONSUlaTe geNeRal Office iN DUbai.

iN hiS cURReNT POSiTiON aS pReSideNT Of SaBCO, DR HaROUN DhaRSey aimS TO iNcReaSe TRade beTWeeN cOUNTRieS, SUPPORT BRiC’S iNiTiaTiVeS, aNd NURTURe bUSiNeSS RelaTiONShiPS.

“We See a hUge iNTeReST iN agRicUlTURal, miNeRal aNd miNiNg PROdUcTS. SOUTh afRica alSO haS a ReNOWNed defeNSe iNdUSTRy, Which iS gaiNiNg iNTeReST. WhaT iS becOmiNg mORe Of aN exPORT aRe iTS PeOPle aNd The SkillS They bRiNg TO lOcal ecONOmy WORkfORceS,” DhaRSey Said.

TO daTe, TheRe aRe a haNdfUl Of SOUTh afRicaN cOmPaNieS OPeRaTiNg iN The UaE, PRimaRily iN bUildiNg, ReSTaURaNT aNd hOTel iNdUSTRieS alONgSide RePReSeNTaTiVe OfficeS Of SOUTh afRica-baSed baNkS. HOWeVeR, DhaRSey iS POSiTiVe TO See a gROWTh iN NUmbeRS iN The fUTURe.

FOR mORe iNfORmaTiON, visit www.sabco-uae.org

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