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ABU DHABI / WAM The Africa Investment Summit (AIS), a two-day event that seeks to enhance dialogue between global, long-term investors and Africa-based sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions and corporates, opened in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Hosted by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the event brings together more than 180 representatives of sovereign wealth funds, global institutional investors, Africa-focused ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced that its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Abdulla Kalban has welcomed 70 young UAE National recruits on their first day at work as the company accelerates its Emiratisation drive. The new joiners increase to more than 840 the number of UAE Nationals under the age of 35 working at ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM The UAE dispatched a new food aid convoy to the residents of Brom Mayfa District, Hadramaut Governorate, benefitting 4,500 under-privileged people and needy families, as part of its efforts to ease the suffering of families witnessing dire economic conditions. The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, distributed 900 food parcels weighing 72.720 tonnes in various areas in the district, ...

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, on Monday received Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, in Qasr Al Watan (or the Nation’s Palace), who is in the country on an official visit. Upon his arrival at the Palace in Abu Dhabi, ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday visited a side exhibition of the Global Business Forum (GBF), held in Jumeirah City. He was accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. During his tour of the exhibition, His ...

MORONI / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), is continuing its humanitarian and development initiatives in the Comoro Islands having signed contracts to establish new health and educational projects in the capital, Moroni, worth AED12 million. The contracts were signed with companies implementing the projects by Obaid Rahmat Al Baloushi, who headed the ERC delegation visiting the Comoro Islands to ...

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, received on Monday President of Liberia, George Weah, who is visiting the UAE to attend the Global Business Forum Africa 2019 in Dubai. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Weah ...

Dubai / WAM Enoc Group and GoAir of India have signed aviation fuel supply agreement. Through which, Enoc will provide the Indian budget carrier with jet fuel supply at the Dubai International Airport for their fleet of commercial aeroplanes. After a track-record of significant growth and success in the UAE, Enoc further expanded its network and currently covers more than ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways and Boeing on Monday announced a first-of-its-kind ‘eco partnership’, in which a specially-themed Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used to test products, procedures and initiatives designed to reduce aircraft carbon emissions. The ‘Etihad Greenliner’, to be introduced early next year, will be used by both companies to explore and assess environmental sustainability initiatives while ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE Cabinet has approved a federal law to regulate cases of insolvency of natural persons, aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the UAE by ensuring the ease of doing business, creating favourable conditions for individuals facing financial difficulties and protecting those who are unable to pay their debts from going bankrupt. The new law is part ...