Next Generation Photography Award to Underline Cultural Similarities Between the UAE and Africa

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Next Generation Photography Award to Underline Cultural Similarities Between the UAE and Africa

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has teamed joined the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) to introduce the Next Generation Photography Award competition, which will range from Monday, September 18th until Friday, October Sixth, 2017.

Specialist and amateur professional photographers are welcomed to send their images that accentuate the resemblances between the UAE and Africa. Images must be submitted via Instagram using the #HIPAContest _ NxtGenPhoto hashtag. The winning entrances will certainly later be announced during the 4th Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa, which is readied to occur November 1st-2nd, 2017 at Dubai's Madinat Jumeirah.

H.E. Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber, explained the competition as a unique addition to the forum which sustains the Chamber's initiatives to advertise financial and financial investment ties between the UAE and Africa.

" The award seeks for to build bridges of dialogue between different cultures, advertise imagination and arts, and highlight the perspective of view of the more youthful generations. The contest will offer young talented people the opportunity to reveal themselves in an artistic means and enter into a cross-cultural exchange," stated H.E. Buamim.

The award's dedicated hashtag #HIPAContest_NxtGenPhoto offers a suitable platform to exhibit and share the innovative works of young people from worldwide that shed light on the geographical and social aspects the UAE shares with African nations.

H.E. Ali Khalifa bin Thalith, Secretary General of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Digital photography Award (HIPA), said "As digital photographers, we appreciate the multiple layers of aesthetic charm that can be caught by a cam, especially those within the African continent. Digital photography is often one of the most effective domains that could distinguish Africa from the remainder of the world, and we are happy to host this photography competition to increase understanding of the continent and its partnership with the United Arab Emirates on all fronts."

The contest will certainly be run as part of the Fourth Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai. The Global Business Forum collection was launched in 2013 as part of Dubai Chamber's efforts to position Dubai as an gateway to the world.

The series engages key business and government leaders in creating trade and discovering brand-new investment opportunities in arising markets. Over the years, the online forums have invited 10 heads of state, 74 ministers and dignitaries, 5,400 CEOs and other high-ranking delegates from 65 nations around the globe.