Masdar City is collaborating with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to empower startups to build scalable and secure cloud-based services that accelerate their growth. Announced at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2023, the collaboration offers start-ups access to AWS Activate, a program that provides tools and resources to help startups innovate and scale faster.
Masdar City Free Zone startups may receive up to $100,000 worth of AWS Activate credits, in addition to AWS Support credits. They will also have access to technical support and architectural guidance from AWS Cloud support engineers, as well as technical and business training delivered by AWS experts. Through AWS, start-ups will gain an opportunity to experiment frequently and optimize business performance while reducing technology costs.
Amier Alawadhi, the acting director of Masdar City Free Zone, said, “Masdar City’s accelerator programs are committed to facilitating the growth of entrepreneurs in alignment with the UAE leadership’s strategic vision. Collaborating with AWS helps us serve businesses more efficiently and ensure that start-ups at Masdar City Free Zone operate in a highly secure and available space. AWS has more security certifications than any other cloud provider, bringing our customers a peace of mind that couldn’t be achieved with another cloud platform.”
AWS offers more than 200 fully featured services for computer, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), and media and application development, deployment, and management. AWS provides the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud offering.
Wojciech Bajda, the director of public sector Middle East and Africa at AWS, said, “Our collaboration with Masdar City Free Zone will strengthen its accelerator programs to provide high reliability and elasticity, helping start-ups achieve their business ambitions through technology innovation, and supporting their expansion and long-term growth. AWS Activate offers a world-class cloud infrastructure with personalized tools and resources to empower start-ups to scale seamlessly with their growth.”
