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<li>DIFC’s exceptional performance in 2022 demonstrates Dubai’s role as a major driver of innovation, entrepreneurship and next-generation technologies in the region’s financial sector</li>
<li>DIFC’s growth significantly contributes to the goal of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 to transform Dubai into one of the world’s top three cities for business</li>
<li>Total number of active companies grows to 4,377, a 20 per cent year-on-year growth</li>
<li>DIFC records fastest ever rate of employment growth; employees based in the Centre increase to 36,083, a rise of 22 per cent year on year</li>
<li>2022 sees most commercial space leased in a single year in DIFC with 809,000 sq. ft</li>
<li>FinTech and Innovation become fastest growing sector in DIFC; with 291 new clients in 2022, total number of firms in the sector grows 36 per cent to reach 686</li>
<li>DIFC FinTech and Innovation companies attract over $615 million in funding in 2022</li>
<li>Combined revenues exceed AED1 billion for the first time, rising to AED1.06 billion in 2022, up 18 per cent from 2021; Operating profit reaches AED679 million from AED 573 million in 2021, up 19 per cent</li>
<li>DIFC ranked top free zone globally in attracting FDI for fifth consecutive year</li>
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