Dubai / WAM Dubai is seeing growing interest from Zimbabwean agribusiness companies that are keen to leverage the emirate as a strategic hub for boost trade, industry experts said during a webinar. The virtual forum, organised by Dubai Chamber’s representative office in Mozambique in cooperation with DEAT Capital, DP World and Dubai Exports, examined existing trade synergies between the UAE ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Arancha Gonz ález Laya, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, to discuss ties between the two countries. During a working dinner in Abu Dhabi, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to enhance them across various ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Post issued a set of tips on managing PO Box subscriptions and encourages customers to renew their PO Box before February 28. The one-page guide features top recommendations for customers, whether individual or corporate, to be aware of, covering tips on applying for, renewing, or cancelling a PO Box subscription including directives on usage. The guide ...

Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai will use its cutting-edge projection and display technology to illuminate Al Wasl dome in a rich red hue, to celebrate the UAE’s Hope Probe reaching the Mars orbit on 9th February. As the Emirates’ first mission to Mars enters the Red Planet’s orbit, one of the largest 360-degree projection surfaces in the world will ...

Dubai / WAM Breakbulk Middle East (BBME) will host their Digital Special on Tuesday in the midst of high-level officials and professionals from the breakbulk and project cargo industry. The live-in person event is scheduled to be held on February 1-2, 2022. The event will feature discussions on topics of importance like the significant role of women in the industry ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 148,587 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Monday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary ...

Some time last year I had a revealing conversation with a director of a European bank about succession planning for the chief executive officer job. The board member let slip that the real reason a woman might be on the candidate list was because the company simply had to be seen ticking that box. The director quickly tried to correct ...

On the internet, as a friend recently reminded me, everything looks permanent until it isn’t. As technology evolves, the most profound and destabilising change is likely to be the transition from centralised internet services to decentralised ones. Centralised services typically are run by companies or institutions, such as Facebook, Twitter or Amazon. There is a command structure and a boss, ...

A global shortage of semiconductor chips is ravaging supply chains and hasn’t shown signs of abating. Don’t be surprised if it lasts another year. Carmakers from Ford Motor Co to General Motors Co and Toyota Motor Corp have cut production because of it. Several continue to idle assembly lines across the world. US senators are now urging the White House ...

It’s clear that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t care too much what her congressional colleagues think of her: The day after she was stripped of her committee assignments in response to her long trail of vile QAnon-related rhetoric, she was boasting in person and on Twitter about how the sanction just means she will have more free time. Just as ...