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DUBAI / WAM Dubai will become the first city in the Middle East and North African (Mena), to host Kauffmann Fellows Summit, announced the Dubai Future Foundation on Sunday. The globally renowned non-profit fellowship programme will take place from February 9-12, as the Emirate of Dubai fortifies its reputation for convening the world’s top talent to power a knowledge-based economy. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) to enhance its role in community, charitable and humanitarian initiatives. The new agreement also defines frameworks of cooperation humanitarian services and fundraising and supports relevant government strategies at a local and international level. The signing took place during an ...

ABU DHABI / WAM More than one million seeds of native wild plant species will be scattered across Abu Dhabi by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) across four different locations. The move comes as part of the EAD’s aim to rehabilitate natural habitats, support seed stock in different types of soils and enhance the plant cover of selected ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Strata Manufacturing, Strata, the advanced composite aero structures manufacturing facility wholly-owned by Mubadala Investment Company PJSC, is celebrating the delivery of its first shipset of Flap Track Fairings for the PC-24, the twin-engine Super Versatile Jet produced by Pilatus Aircraft Ltd of Switzerland. The delivery of the first shipset of Flap Track Fairings comes within eight ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Leading trade enabler, DP World, UAE Region and Zhejiang Zhidi Holding Ltd. (ZZH or Zhidi Company) of China will jointly explore the establishment of a sophisticated next-generation logistics hub to meet the rising demand for conventional and e-commerce services in Dubai. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two sides states that the intent is ...

SHARJAH / WAM Organised by the Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), the 21st Sharjah International Conservation Forum for Arabian Biodiversity (SICFAB), will begin February 3 – at Desert Park in Sharjah. The four-day forum, which will be held until February 6, will include discussions of several important issues related to biodiversity such as marine and coastal management of species ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM), part of Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Promotion and Real Estate Investment Management Sector of Dubai Land Department (DLD), as part of a strategic alliance for enhancing cooperation and mutual facilitation of their business ecosystems. Under ...

DUBAI / WAM Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the construction progress on the bridges leading to the entrance of Deira Islands has reached 75 percent. Works cover the construction of three bridges of six lanes in each direction linked with the bridge crossing over ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) organised the first edition of the Tawasul Forum in 2020 in Abu Dhabi. The Forum was attended by a variety of Emirati entrepreneurs, who are both members and applicants of the Fund, alongside government entities and strategic partners. The Forum was launched by Khalifa Fund to enhance commercial ties ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, welcomed medical experts to a Grand Rounds Event titled ‘Use of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury’ with Dr. Mohamad Bydon, MD, Neurosurgeon and Professor of Neurologie Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, and Health Services Research. The one-hour session was hosted at Sheikh ...