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Dubai / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has announced the signing of an agreement to provide district cooling services to Meydan master community with a total capacity of 382,000 refrigeration tonnes (RT) to meet the needs of the 750 existing and upcoming buildings in the City and acquire the existing district cooling plant for a value of AED100 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Zaki Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to the UAE President and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) offered his greetings to the new cohort of Emirati students and future diplomats during the Academy’s orientation on Monday. The UAE’s leading diplomatic centre welcomed more than 60 students to its three programmes which ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has conferred the Medal of Independence of the First Order on Boukary Sidibe, Ambassador of Mali to the UAE, on the occasion of the end of his tenure in the country. Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State, presented Ambassador Al Sidibe with the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) and Etisalat have announced a partnership to accelerate the deployment of the fifth generation of wireless networks (5G) to promote digital transformation both in the UAE and globally. As a strategic partner to GMIS, Etisalat will share best practices from its experience in rolling 5G communication networks andoffering advanced ...

DUBAi / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) issued its 8th annual Sustainability Report 2020, which focuses on Dewa’s efforts in promoting sustainability with its social, economic, and environmental aspects. This is achieved by adopting the best international practices as well as sustainable and integrated systems that ensure providing value-added services that meet stakeholders’ expectations. This reflects the importance ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday reported a profit of AED1.74 billion ($473 million) for the first half of 2021, the company’s strongest half-year financial performance ever. EGA’s adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (adjusted EBITDA) was AED3.49 billion ($950 million), up 111 percent on the same period last year. Some 86 percent of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) and Etisalat announced a partnership to accelerate the deployment of the fifth generation of wireless networks (5G) to promote digital transformation both in the United Arab Emirates and globally. As a strategic partner to GMIS, Etisalat will share best practices from its experience in rolling 5G communication networks and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre (Tadweer) has signed new operational contracts to provide pest control services in the northern region of Al Ain City. The centre has awarded contracts worth AED148.224 million which includes an AED74.655 million contract to Alphamed Abu Dhabi to provide pest control services in the sixth sector, and an AED73.569 million ...

Dubai / WAM Zayed University (ZU) has signed an alliance agreement with UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and women’s empowerment, to tackle harmful stereotypes of women and men in media and advertising. As the first academic institution in the region to become an ally of the UN Women’s Unstereotype Alliance, UAE chapter, Zayed University will drive ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai is gearing up to host the region’s first official Snow Volleyball tournament in the second half of October this year in Ski Dubai at Mall of the Emirates. Held under the auspices of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the four-day tournament is being organised by Esperia Volleyball Academy in cooperation with Dubai Sports Council and Ski ...