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DUBAI / Emirates Business Business leaders and CEOs from top Ghanaian banks and insurance companies will join a trade mission to Dubai later this month which is being organised by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s representative office in Accra. The trade mission will be held from April 7-13 and coincide with the Annual Investment Meeting 2018 in Dubai. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA), achieved 100 percent, compared to 88.5 percent in 2016, in transforming its services to smart and electronic services, based on the findings of the Smart Government Enablers Indicators annual evaluation report 2017, issued by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). The report commended the efforts made by ICA to ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The University of Birmingham continues the UAE tour of its major interactive digital exhibition telling the fascinating story of the Birmingham Qur’an. The exhibition comes to Dubai for the first time at Dubai Design District (d3) from April 19 to May 3. One of the oldest surviving Islamic manuscripts, the Birmingham Qur’an is considered a global ...

DUBAI / WAM Pursuing its goal to establish a generation of highly qualified Emirati technicians, Smart Dubai has launched its ‘EDAAD’ training programme. EDAAD aims to ready new Emirati graduates to work with the Smart Dubai office by matching the gold standard output of the country’s tertiary education facilities with the premium quality of its human resources sector. Through EDAAD, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the 17th Arab Journalism Award at a ceremony held at the conclusion of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), 2018. HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh ...

Abu DHABI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Wednesday announced the launch of a roaming pack exclusively for its mobile post-paid and prepaid customers, offering unlimited data and voice roaming for AED400 per week. The new Saudi unlimited pack, valid for 7 days, offers value for money with bigger savings on calls and data usage due to very high data and ...

Sharjah / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, HH Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Umm Al Qaiwain, and HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, this morning accepted condolences on the death of Sheikh Ahmed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates NBD has won four awards at The Asian Banker’s for international excellence in retail financial services, which was held in Malaysia. Emirates NBD won the ‘Best Retail Bank in the Middle East’ and ‘Best Retail Bank in the UAE’ awards, while Liv., Emirates NBD’s digital lifestyle bank for millennials was recognised as the ‘Best Digital ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), agreed to focus more on providing children with protection against maltreatment, violence and abuse. In their consultative meeting, held on Wednesday at the Headquarters of the UAE General Women’s Union (GWU), the two parts reviewed the UNICEF Country Programmes of ...

Dubai / WAM On the second day of the Arab Media Forum (AMF) proceedings, a session entitled ‘Jerusalem at the Heart of Media’ was held, where Arab media representatives discussed the situation in Jerusalem, especially after the recent US decision to consider the city as the capital of Israel and its implications on the peace process. The session, moderated by journalist ...