ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (Adda), the government entity that leads the digital transformation in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel aimed at expanding their strategic partnership and boosting cooperation, especially in the field of accelerating digital transformation in Abu Dhabi. The MoU was signed remotely ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Global energy giants representing the world’s leading oil, gas, and petrochemical companies united around the common purpose of ensuring sustainable global energy supplies as economies begin to reopen and the world adjusts to the next normal, during a special virtual edition of the Abu Dhabi CEO Roundtable. The CEOs shared lessons learned and best practices in ...

Dubai / WAM Enoc Group has recorded 12 million cashless transactions in the first five months of this year, in a move towards encouraging cashless payments, one of the key pillars of the UAE Vision 2021. The group recorded an increase in cashless transactions when compared to cash payments during the same period. More than 5 million cashless transactions were ...

Ajman / Emirates Business Saudi German Hospital Ajman (SGH-Ajman) saved the life of a 69-year-old Asian who was admitted to the emergency department with a poor health condition. He was transferred directly to the intensive care unit since he was suffering from cardiovascular diseases, had a stroke affecting his left brain and other serious health conditions. The patient was administered ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, together with its partner Manchester City, have unveiled a bespoke match-day jersey in recognition of the global efforts to begin recovery from the impacts of Covid-19. Etihad is dedicating the front of shirt space, ordinarily bearing the Etihad logo, to the ‘Cityzens Giving For Recovery’ campaign, City Football Group and Manchester City’s 12-month campaign ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced the successful implementation of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) which facilitates the procurement process and e-approval of purchase orders and requests at various federal entities in the country. “Entities can now approve the purchase requests and direct the purchase order to the supplier within minutes – if all the required documents are available,” ...

Bloomberg Spain’s Iberdrola SA, one of the world’s biggest wind power operators, has agreed to buy Australia’s Infigen Energy for A$840.6 million ($581 million), expanding its footprint in a country seen as one of the best places on the planet to develop renewables. Bilbao-based Iberdrola has more than 18 gigawatts of wind capacity in its global portfolio and has been ...

Bloomberg Growth in energy demand was declining even before the coronavirus pandemic spread globally, keeping consumers under lockdown and sending prices to record lows, BP Plc said Wednesday. The oil major’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy showed that growth in primary energy consumption slowed to 1.3% in 2019, almost half the rate of a year earlier. Renewable energy comprised ...

Bloomberg SSE Plc’s shares jumped after the utility committed to building a giant onshore wind park that’ll be key to the UK’s fight to slash its carbon emissions. The 443-megawatt Shetland Island wind farm is part of a $9.4 billion spending spree announced by the Scottish utility on Wednesday that’ll go towards decarbonisation projects in the next five years. Shares ...

Bloomberg Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean energy affords a $16 trillion investment opportunity through 2030, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Renewables including biofuels will account for about a quarter of all energy spending next year, up from about 15% in 2014, Goldman analysts including ...