The first scientific experiment I can remember was a simple bacteria growth test, where we took two Petri dishes and in one we put nutrient rich agar jelly with some moisture and kept it at a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, the other we left at room temperature with less moisture. A week later we found that in one dish we could visibly see that bacteria had grown and in the other there was little trace. This was my first appreciation of how creating the right environment allows organisms to sprout, prosper and build their own societal colonies. When tackling the tough question of how to create a world class SME sector in the UAE, I think of it much like a Petri dish - the...
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