{"id":"uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","canonicalSlug":"uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","language":"en","title":"Sharjah Ruwad reports AED3.727m financing for 10 SMEs in Q3","summary":"The Sharjah foundation also recorded 198 member-project contracts worth AED1.971m with 33 government entities.","body":["Sharjah’s Ruwad Foundation said its Q3 2026 report recorded AED3.727 million in financing for 10 small and medium-sized enterprises. Nine projects received AED2.727 million directly and one received AED1 million through a bank-linked programme.","The report also recorded 198 contracts worth AED1.971 million between member projects and 33 Sharjah government entities, plus 168 new members. The published figures describe foundation activity for the quarter; they are not totals for all SMEs in Sharjah."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Sharjah Ruwad reports AED3.727m financing for 10 SMEs in Q3\n\nThe Sharjah foundation also recorded 198 member-project contracts worth AED1.971m with 33 government entities.\n\nSharjah’s Ruwad Foundation said its Q3 2026 report recorded AED3.727 million in financing for 10 small and medium-sized enterprises. Nine projects received AED2.727 million directly and one received AED1 million through a bank-linked programme.\n\nThe report also recorded 198 contracts worth AED1.971 million between member projects and 33 Sharjah government entities, plus 168 new members. The published figures describe foundation activity for the quarter; they are not totals for all SMEs in Sharjah.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy","finance","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-18","eventDateBasis":"Sharjah’s quarterly report on Ruwad’s Q3 2026 activity was reported on 18 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:30:51Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:30:51Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:24:15Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-18","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:22:24Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/c2sztvm-ruwad-supports-projects-with-over-aed37-million","name":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting Sharjah Foundation Ruwad quarterly report","licence":"No open reuse licence stated; factual reporting only.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.wam.ae/","attribution":"Emirates News Agency (WAM), reporting Sharjah Foundation Ruwad quarterly report; factual reporting only, no text or image reused.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/uae-sharjah-ruwad-q3-sme-financing-2026-oct18"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-SH"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-09-30","from":"2026-07-01","precision":"day"}}}