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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, the UAE’s largest healthcare network, is exhibiting at and hosting Arab Health Conference, as an Official Congress Partner. The company’s representatives will also be speaking on multiple panels to discuss the latest trends within the Mena region’s healthcare sector. Arab Health is the premier medical and healthcare conference in the Middle ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways’ newest aircraft, a specially themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner, touched down in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after a delivery flight from Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, South Carolina. The aircraft, embellished with a striking faceted colour scheme, is the flagship of the Etihad Greenliner Programme. This is a unique collaboration between the UAE’s national ...

DUBAI / WAM Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, revealed that a total of AED166.6 million in marriage grants was disbursed in 2019 for 2,380 beneficiaries all over the UAE, a 15 percent growth over 2018. Buhumaid emphasised that the marriage grants given by the Ministry of Community Development reflect the support of the UAE’s wise leadership for UAE ...

TOKYO / WAM Lana Nusseibeh, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, completed a visit to Tokyo, Japan in her capacity as Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on Security Council Reform for the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly. The visit was at the invitation of the Japanese government and followed her visit to Beijing, China. ...

Dubai / WAM Cities in the Middle East and Africa are gaining momentum, with Dubai, Riyadh and Nairobi all ranked within the top 20, according to JLL’s City Momentum Index 2020 which identifies the world’s most dynamic cities from a real estate perspective. Now in its seventh year, the annual Index combines socio-economic and commercial property metrics to provide new ...

DUBAI / WAM Close to 600 exhibitors featuring some of the world’s leading education-focused brands have confirmed to attend and showcase the latest innovations in education technologies at the 13th edition of GESS Dubai. A leading global education show, part of the GESS portfolio of international education conferences and exhibitions, GESS Dubai will feature the largest gathering of edtech companies ...

AJMAN / WAM As part of its commitment to support the digital transformation plan in the emirate of Ajman and improve the quality of all electronic payments, Ajman’s Department of Finance announced that self-service kiosks will be a part of Ajman Pay’s payment channels and customers will be able to register and top-up through MBME’s smart kiosks. Under this agreement, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has been named the UAE’s most valuable brand for a second consecutive year by Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy. Adnoc’s $11.39 billion (AED41.83 billion) 2020 brand value, a 28.6% increase over the previous year and a 145% increase since the launch of its transformation ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE central bank announced that money supply aggregates for currency circulation outside banks and monetary deposits (M1), increased by 0.5%, from AED512.1 billion at end of November 2019 to AED514.8 billion at the end of December 2019. According to a statement by central bank, money supply aggregates, M2, increased by 2.2%, from AED1,380.5 billion at ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF), announced on Wednesday morning the results of the 2018 Consolidated Annual Report of the federation, and the final accounts of independent entities. The announcement came alongside the ministry’s participation in the Federal National Council’s third meeting, which took place in Abu Dhabi. The report stated the value of revenues reached AED56.1 ...