CCI France UAE Business Awards 2025
CCI FRANCE UAE is pleased to launch a new edition of its Business Awards. The awards ceremony will take place during the CCI FRANCE UAE Gala Dinner on the theme 'From Heritage to Innovation' on Friday 11 April 2025. This grand evening will gather more than 800 guests, including companies, investors, and representatives of French and local authorities at the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi.
The CCI FRANCE UAE Business Awards are composed of the below categories:
- Innovation Catalyst Award - for Startup & SMEs, organized in partnership with French Tech Abu Dhabi-Dubai
Honoring a forward-thinking SME that exemplifies the power of innovation to thrive in a competitive marketplace.
This award recognizes a small or medium-sized company that has relied on innovation to succeed in the United Arab Emirates. Recognized for its creative solutions and forward-thinking vision, this company embodies adaptability and progress. The award recognizes the achievements of SMEs that demonstrate the transformative power of innovation in a dynamic market, highlighting an entrepreneurial spirit essential to future success.
- Tradition to Tomorrow Award - for MNC
Honoring a multinational company that links heritage and innovation to inspire a sustainable future.
This award recognizes a multinational that has succeeded in establishing a lasting legacy in the United Arab Emirates. With values rooted in heritage and excellence, this company has built cultural bridges and contributed significantly to the economic and social landscape of the UAE. The award recognizes companies whose dedication to heritage has had a significant impact on the growth and success of the UAE.
Companies can only apply in one of the category listed above.
The winners will receive
- 1 seat for the Gala Dinner,
- During the Gala Dinner: their logo displayed on the screen, 1 mn speech, and a prize awarded on stage,
- After the award ceremony: communication on the CCI FRANCE UAE digital platforms.
Conditions to apply
The Innovation Catalyst Award for Startup & SMEs
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Be a company with fewer than 50 employees, and not part of a larger group,
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Hold a valid Emirati business license. Please email your business license to lara.sikias(@)ccifranceuae.com
And be at least one of these criteria:
- Be a member of the CCI France UAE (no condition of nationality)
- Be referred by the French Tech Abu Dhabi - Dubai
- Be a French company (a company created by at least one French person)
- Be a French-founded company initiated abroad of the UAE
Tradition to Tomorrow Award - for MNC
- Hold a valid UAE Trade Licence. Please send your Trade Licence to lara.sikias(@)ccifranceuae.com
And be at least one of these criteria:
- Be a member of the CCI France UAE (no condition of nationality)
- Be a French company (a company created by at least one French person)
- Be a French founded company initiated abroad of the UAE
The CCI France UAE, upon receipt of the application file, reserves the right to accept or not the applications according to the elements indicated in the form.
The Jury
The jury is composed of UAE-based representatives with recognized expertise and influence in the small business, environmental and innovative sectors, honorary members of the CCI FRANCE UAE, Members of French Tech Abu-Dhabi-Dubai board, connoisseurs of the Franco-Emirati relationship and sponsors of our 2025 gala. The jury will take to heart to study all your files thoroughly with professionalism and confidentiality.
Agenda
- Monday 3 February to Friday 7 March 2025: Opening of applications
- Wednesday 19 March 2025 : Pitch sessions SMEs
- Thursday 20 March 2025 : Pitch sessions MNCs
- Friday 11 April 2025 : Award ceremony during the Gala Dinner.
Innovation Catalyst Award (Startup & SMEs)
This award, organized in partnership with French Tech, celebrates the best innovation of the year for startups and SMEs, recognizes the achievements of an entrepreneur or SME that stands out for its creativity and innovation in terms of products, services or production processes, proposing new solutions and making a dynamic contribution to economic collaboration and growth between France and the United Arab Emirates.
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Tradition to Tomorrow Award (MNC)
This award recognizes a French multinational that has succeeded in establishing a lasting legacy in the United Arab Emirates. With values rooted in heritage and excellence, this company has built cultural bridges and contributed significantly to the economic and social landscape of the UAE. The award recognizes French companies whose dedication to heritage has had a significant impact on the growth and success of the UAE.
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Gala Dinner 2025
Friday April 11, 2025 , St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi. The theme of this year's event is “From Heritage to Innovation”
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