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Abu Dhabi / WAM A new platform to support high tech startups has launched in Abu Dhabi. The AED520 million ($141.5 million) ‘Hub71’ launched on Sunday by His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, and Chairman of the Executive Committee. His Highness also announced a new AED535 million fund, to ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), hosted senior executives from Standard Chartered Bank to discuss how financial institutions and regulators can work together to help curb illegal wildlife trade and disrupt the flow of illegal funds arising from this predicate crime. David Fein, Group General Counsel at Standard Chartered and Vice-Chair of the Financial Taskforce of the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The new Qasr Al Watan Library, located inside Qasr Al Watan Palace in the Presidential Palace compound, is now open to the public, marking the addition of a new major attraction to Abu Dhabi’s cultural and tourism assets. Inaugurated on March 11, Qasr Al Watan Library is distinguished by its exceptional location in the centre of ...

Dhaka / WAM Refugee camps in Bangladesh will see several support services underway to help improve Rohingya living conditions. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), announced on Sunday that it began relief operations to improve sanitation and access to potable water, as well as adequate medical care. An ERC delegation led by Dr. Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of the ERC, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Major developers out to lure Abu Dhabi’s property and asset investors maintain ready-made quality infrastructure and attractive payment plans are now key to closing land and villa sales with the UAE capital’s increasingly shrewd buyers. Cityscape Abu Dhabi is set to feature two prominent new-to-market entries to capture sales with strong infrastructure-and-payment pitches. Leading the drive ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) signed, on Saturday, two memoranda of understanding with OMV and one MoU with Borealis to explore new opportunities for collaboration in the downstr-eam sector. The signing of agr-eements was attended by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM As part of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) held a workshop for listed companies on enhancing relations between listed companies and investors and the role of investor relations manager in this regard in line with international best practice. The workshop comes as part of ADX’s efforts to enhance the role of investor relations in listed companies ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping people in need worldwide, announced that it provided total support worth AED 58 million, to help over 1,091,000 people across 12 conflict-affected countries, in the year 2018. The funds focused on supporting vital sectors including education, healthcare, and food security, thereby rehabilitating underprivileged ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi will host the 2nd Obstetrics, Gynecology and Fertility International Conference from March 28 to 29 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (Adnec), with the participation of seven international experts from the University College London Hospitals (UCLH), and leading medical institutions in UK, Switzerland, Lebanon and the UAE. During the conference, organised by ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Etisalat announced the winners of its inaugural ‘SMB Awards 2018’ in Grand Gala event to recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of small and medium businesses (SMBs) and start-ups in the UAE. The prestigious inaugural awards function was attended by Ali Ibrahim, Deputy Director General, Department of Economic Development, Dubai and Abdul Baset Al Janahi, CEO, ...