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Abu Dhabi / WAM Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has launched its Community Centre of Excellence, aimed at delivering world-class programmes to startups and founders at any stage in the life cycle to accelerate market access, talent hire and fundraising. The Centre of Excellence will also deliver annual events and touchpoints between Hub71 startups and its corporate and government ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates on Wednesday announced that it will be expanding its operations in and out of South Africa, boosting its schedule to 28 weekly flights by October. This is the airline’s largest weekly schedule to South Africa since the start of the pandemic, which aims to bring more competitive choices for customers wishing to visit Dubai, and through ...

Dubai / WAM Gastech, the world’s foremost exhibition and conference supporting the gas, LNG, hydrogen, and energy industry, and the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) will take place alongside each other in Dubai from September 21-23, 2021, the organisers of both events announced on Wednesday. The co-location of Gastech and ATCE, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, will ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Economy and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the ‘Start @ du’ initiative to facilitate doing business in Dubai. The MoU is in line with the joint commitment to promote excellence in providing smart services and initiatives that contribute to raising the competitiveness and sustainability of businesses in ...

DUBAI / WAM From its strategic location at global crossroads and strong financial reserves and sovereign wealth funds to investment in major development and infrastructure projects, the UAE has been able to create a modern, dynamic and diverse economy in only 50 years. It is, though, the desire to keep pushing forward, to keep extending the nation’s horizons, that has ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ADQ, a holding company with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi’s diversified economy, announced on Tuesday its intention to proceed with listing shares of Abu Dhabi Ports Company PJSC, an Abu Dhabi based global trade enabler encompassing diverse assets including ports, industrial cities and free zones, maritime, logistics and digital. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday deliberated the prospects of further consolidating the strategic ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Petroleum and Eni, the integrated international energy company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at identifying cooperation opportunities in the energy transition sector, including the fields of hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage, that align with their respective decarbonisation targets. The cooperation covers potential joint opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa, South ...

DUBAI / WAM On the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, held under theme “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet”, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) launched UAE greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant inventory monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) system project. As the UAE advances in addressing climate change and reducing air pollutant emissions while progressively ramping up ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi is preparing to launch the 18th edition of the International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition (ADIHEX 2021), where the efforts of the Higher Organising Committee are intensifying to organise the largest event of its kind in the Middle East and Africa, from September 27 to October 03, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Held ...