The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SEF) has opened the nominations for the SEFFY Awards 2025, which celebrates and honors the accomplishments of startup founders and mentors within the UAE’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
SEFFY Awards 2025, launched by the flagship event ‘Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival’, recognizes considerable achievements across five key categories, which includes Outstanding Mentor, Social Impact, Technology, Ecosystem Enabler, and Rising Star.
The Awards highlights innovation and resilience while commending individual and organizational excellence. It also emphasizes Sheraa’s, the organizer of SEF, commitment to empowering entrepreneurs and bridging them with global opportunities.
Abeer Al Ameeri Head of Partnerships and Programs – Sheraa
“Winning a SEFFY Award provides a springboard for growth and opportunity with awardees gaining increased visibility, industry recognition, and exclusive access to Sheraa’s expansive global network of investors, markets, and collaborators. We have designed these awards to identify excellence and amplify the achievements of our winners, helping to position them as leaders in their respective fields, and unlocking new pathways for expansion and impact.”
Nominations for the SEFFY Awards 2025 are open to entrepreneurs, mentors, corporates, and other ecosystem contributors. The submissions for the award are accepted until 19, January 2025.
Entrants must be UAE-based. After submission, all nominations will be thoroughly reviewed by experts to honor the best startup founders in the UAE’s ecosystem. The winners will be announced during Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2025, which is scheduled to take place from 1–2, February, 2025 at the Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park.
