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SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), is organising a trade mission to Lisbon in Portugal from October 8-10, with the aim of enhancing economic cooperation and mutual investment between Sharjah and Portugal, under the framework of the growing bilateral relations between the UAE and Portugal in various fields. The mission comes at a time when ...

ADEN / WAM­­­­­ The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has distributed 33,000 food baskets to people in liberated Yemeni districts over the past ten days, reaching 231,000 Yemeni citizens, including 165,000 children and 34,000 women. The distribution covered 21 districts in nine Yemeni governorates: Aden, Dhale, Abyan, Lahij, Hodeidah, Hadramaut, Shabwa, Taiz and Al Mahra. The efforts are part of an ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai-based Zaitoun Green Shipping LLC participated at the second edition of “Malta Maritime Summit”. The event carries the theme of ‘The Voice of the Industry’, and several important themes, such as logistics, security, finance, digitalisation, sustainability and Brexit, will be addressed. Commenting on his participation, Eng. Mohammed Zaitoun, President and CEO of Zaitoun Green Shipping ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, has completed its preparations for Gitex Technology Week (Gitex, 2018), between October 14-18, at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). DEWA’s participation aligns with the government’s directives for digital transformation, shaping of the future, and keeping pace with the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Dewa will showcase its latest solutions, digital technologies, ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, has launched a school gardening competition, set to run until end-April 2019, in collaboration with the Knowledge and Human Dev- -elopment Authority (KHDA). Dr. Al-Zeyoudi announced the start of the competition during a visit to Al Sadiq Islamic English School in Dubai, where he toured the ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), the entity mandated to promote Abu Dhabi as an attractive global destination for investments in various strategic sectors, and the International Real Estate and Investment Show (IREIS), signed an agreement to host the inaugural edition of the Abu Dhabi Investment Forum on the sidelines of IREIS 2018. Set to run ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has been once again ranked as the largest donor of emergency humanitarian assistance to Yemen in the world for 2018. According to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), a centralised source of information on humanitarian funding flows, the UAE is also the second-largest source supporting the 2018 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP), following Kingdom of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi based investment company (Sanad AD) on Wednesday announced a minority investment in local food and beverage company, Slices. The strategic new partnership is expected to help Slices in its continuing crusade to provide wholesome, nutritious meals within the education sector, across schools in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai and Sharjah —improving the health of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The September data for Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the UAE was released on Wednesday. The survey, compiled by IHS Markit, contains original data collected from a monthly survey of business conditions in the UAE non-oil private sector. Commenting on the UAE PMI survey, Khatija Haque, Head of MENA Research at Emirates NBD, said: ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Microsoft’s technology ecosystem and the growing popularity of cloud services will create more than 55,000 jobs in the United Arab Emirates by the end of 2022, according to new research by the International Data Corporation (IDC). The study also covers findings from other Middle Eastern markets such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. IDC’s white paper analyses ...