Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, launched a new phase of Dubai’s Happiness Agenda. Under the new phase, a Happiness Champion working in customer-oriented services will now be referred to as a ‘Smart City Experience Specialist’ while a Champion working in Human Resources-oriented ...
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Ministry announces plans to promote SME sector in 2020
Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Programme for Small and Medium Enterprises of the Ministry of Economy, the executive arm of the UAE SME Council, announced its plan to support and stimulate the country’s SME sector and promote entrepreneurship during the year 2020, encompassing specialised training programmes and courses for entrepreneurs, establishing a link with the European Business Network, etc. ...
Read More »DLD meetings in London promote Dubai’s realty sector
Dubai / WAM As part of its keenness to communicate with its global partners, and establish cooperation relations with them to promote and develop Dubai’s real estate sector, the Dubai Land Department (DLD), through its Registration and Real Estate Services sector, toured London, during which it held seven benchmark meetings with its most prominent partners across several fields. Majid Al ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Ports set to close a record-breaking 2019
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Ports is on-pace to close 2019 with impressive year-to-date results and recording-breaking milestones, underlining the company’s continued contribution to the UAE’s non-oil GDP. Two of these milestones were achieved in the eleven months spanning from January to November 2019. During the period, the company handled more than 20 million tonnes of general cargo ...
Read More »Taqa secures $3.5bn revolving credit facility
ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), announced on Monday that it has secured a $3.5 billion revolving credit facility. The new 5-year multicurrency facility with a syndicate of 13 banks will be used for general corporate purposes and will replace its existing $3.1 billion revolving credit facility, signed in August 2015. Commenting on the news, Mohammed ...
Read More »ADDH-Group 42 JV to boost AI adoption
ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADDH), and Group 42 (G42), announced on Monday the signing of an agreement to establish a joint venture to provide AI-enabled products and services to the portfolio companies of ADDH. Under the terms of the agreement, Adalytyx will be established as a separate legal and operating entity. Adalytyx will leverage G42’s ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi trade in works of art hits AED6.6bn
ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirate of Abu Dhabi has seen a 71 percent increase in works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques trade commodity. In a trade figures report released by the Statistics Centre – Abu Dhabi (SCAD), total trade of the commodity for the first nine months of 2019 reached approximately AED6.60 billion, compared to AED3.86 billion for ...
Read More »â€˜Dubai Future Experts Programme’ launched
Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dubai Future Foundation has said that Dubai continues to strive to become one of the leading nations shaping the future of the world, guided by the vision of His Highness Sheikh ...
Read More »UAE, Sierra Leone discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation
FREETOWN / WAM Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State, has led a delegation from the UAE on an official working visit to the Republic of Sierra Leone, to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two friendly countries. During his meeting with President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, Dr. Al Jaber conveyed the greetings ...
Read More »First consignment between UAE, Saudi arrives in Jordan
Dubai / WAM The first consignment between the UAE and Saudi Arabia has reached its final destination in Jordan. The consignment — launched according to the International Road Transport Agreement TIR at the end of November — moved from Jebel Ali Free Zone in the UAE through the Ghuwaifat Boarder Crossing Post in Emirate of Abu Dhabi to Al Batha ...
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