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ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has launched a Ramadan project that aims to provide 10,000 food parcels, to the residents of Socotra through a maritime and aerial bridge, which will benefit over 50,000 people. The project is a realisation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and is ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Digitalisation is the number-one trend driving CEO decision-making in the global oil and gas sector. According to recent research by international consulting firm, McKinsey, a range of interconnected emerging technologies have the power to unlock a potential $50 billion in savings and increased profit. Encompassing fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, sensor technology, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Dubai Technology Partners LLC (DTP), the region’s leading systems integrator for the aviation industry, announced that it has joined forces with Xovis, the leading provider of people flow monitoring solutions, to help improve operations at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). Serving 24 million passengers per year, AUH is one of the fastest growing hubs in ...

DUBAI / WAM Julphar, one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa, has won the Frost & Sullivan 2018 Award for the Best Emerging GCC Pharma Company. The awards programme, now in its fourth year, is based on Frost & Sullivan’s research on best practices in growth, innovation and leadership and honours best-in-class innovators and disruptors ...

SHARJAH / WAM Prof. Qutayba Hamid, Vice Chancellor for Medical Colleges and Health Sciences and Dean of College of Medicine at the University of Sharjah (UoS), inaugurated the annual exhibition of the graduating students’ projects from the College of Health Sciences for the 2017-2018 academic year. Attending the exhibition were Dr. Amina Mohammed Almarzouqi, Acting Dean of the College, department ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced that it recorded a 61% year-on-year increase in the number of companies from the UAE and GCC applying for the 10th cycle of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award. The number of companies in the region applying for the 2nd cycle of the MRM Business ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) inaugurated a workshop, organised in cooperation with Intel Corporation, one of the largest multinational technology companies in the world. The workshop focussed on available applications to use artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of its innovative technologies in Dewa’s workplace. Organised at the ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) located in Dubai and mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, announced the licencing of the first business incubator in Dubai, following the introduction of the ‘Incubators and Business Accelerators’ regulations. The regulations were introduced to ensure necessary guidance and mentoring support to ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, received at Al Badee’ Al ‘Amer Palace, Ramadan well-wishers who called on him on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, was present. Sheikh Sultan received ...

BRATISLAVA / WAM The UAE role in Socotra is purely of a developmental and humanitarian character, said Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC2018 Bratislava Forum, the Minister acknowledged that better communication on Socotra was needed. “Because Socotra was far away from the conflict in ...