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Dubai / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has highlighted the importance of RTA’s efforts to improve traffic safety, as well as pedestrian safety. He took note of the impact of building footbridges, which reduced pedestrian fatalities by 76.5% between 2007 and 2019. Al Tayer also ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has embarked on the Operational Phase of the Software Asset Management Project, a key tool for leveraging asset management structures. It caters to the development of a specialist software encompassing all financial and contractual details of the RTA’s assets as well as the development of competent personnel to manage the system. ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai SME, the agency of Dubai Economy, mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector and entrepreneurship continued to expand and diversify its advisory and support programmes in 2019 with an added emphasis on enhancing SME competitiveness and strengthening Dubai as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship. The past year saw 3,871 Emirati entrepreneurs benefit ...

Dubai / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been ranked first in the GCC, Arab region, and Western Asia, and 8th globally in the Online Service Index (OSI) issued by the United Nations within the E-Government Development Index (EGDI). The UAE is also ranked 4th in Asia in this indicator, advanced one rank in the E-participation Index as well as ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission will lead to a “more competitive” Arab world economy and a stronger integration with the global society, a top Emirati official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM), as the countdown has started to the official launch. “We are actually building the capacity and capability in advanced sciences in the UAE and the region. ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) has announced the completion of the connection and operation of the electricity for 135 residential buildings in the city of Sharjah within only 15 days, as part of the Authority’s commitment to ensure the best services to the people of the emirate. Dr. Rashid Al Leem, Chairman of Sewa, expressed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi’s (DCT Abu Dhabi) announced that the recently reopened Al Hosn site has launched a virtual guided tours programme for the education sector, as well as individuals and public groups, as part of the Department’s continuing response to the current circumstances. Al Hosn recently conducted its first virtual ...

Al Ain / WAM The UAE’s first respirator manufacturing facility, established in May in Al Ain with an annual output capacity of over 30 million units, has already secured orders until the end of 2020, a top executive told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “To date, we have already supplied N95 masks to those on the UAE’s frontline, including healthcare workers ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of the Frontline Heroes Office, has appointed the Board of the Office, under the chairmanship of Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan. The Board of the Frontline Heroes Office includes the following members: ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted over 49,000 additional Covid-19 tests, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry affirmed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. The ministry noted an additional ...