SHARJAH — The world’s fastest growing entrepreneurship festival opens its doors on Monday to the changemakers of the region, with on-going workshops and keynote speeches from Najla Al Midfa, CEO of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (Sheraa), Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed Bin Talal, founder and CEO of KBW Ventures, Akon, Grammy Award winning artist and entrepreneur Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley, the world’s largest personal growth platform, among others.

The second day of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival takes place Tuesday, with the opening speech by Najla Al Midfa to begin at 9:00 am with a full schedule of various topics and workshops to follow, including speeches by co-creator of Skype, Jonas Kjelberg and Chris Gardner, author of The Pursuit of Happyness. — SG