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Dubai / Emirates Business Under the patronage of the Federal Transport Authority for Land and Maritime (FTA) and with the presence of HRH Princess Sarah Al Saud, Tactics Maritime Media and Marasi News have successfully arranged “The UAE Maritime Leaders Roundtable Discussion” under the theme of “Leading the UAE towards being a preferable destination for maritime investment”. The event brought ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), will host a series of strategic events during the month of May, in keeping with the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The most high-profile of these will be the Capital Majlis, being held for the third year in a row, which will welcome over 700 guests throughout ...

MUKALLA / WAM A UAE ship carrying medical supplies arrived in the Port of Mukalla, as part of the country’s efforts to support the health sector in the Yemeni Governorate of Shabwa. Ahmed Al Neyadi, Head of the Emirates Red Crescent Team in Hadramaut, said in a statement that the latest effort is part of a series of humanitarian operations ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with professional services company Accenture to foster innovation in the financial services industry globally. Under the MoU, FinTech Hive at DIFC — the first financial technology accelerator in the ...

TALLINN / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, met Juri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia, on Saturday and discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation. He also met Kadri Simson, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure. Al Mansouri is currently heading a high-level UAE business delegation on a visit to Estonia. During his meeting with the Estonian ...

AJMAN / WAM The Department of Economic Development — Ajman (DED-Ajman) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 2GIS, a technology solutions company, as part of its efforts to achieve integration between public and private sectors. The move is aimed at enhancing Ajman’s position on the world economic map through facilitating procedures and services for investors and providing them with ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED) has joined a workshop on the implementation of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (Adnoc) new in-country value (ICV) strategy that was launched to help stimulate socio-economic value, promote locally-made content and products, and nurture government and private partnerships in the UAE. The participation was in keeping with Fund’s ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Gulf region’s highest quality projects were announced at the 2018 MEED Projects Awards, in association with Mashreq. The UAE won eight trophies, dominating the only annual awards programme recognising the region’s completed projects. Oman had five winning projects, followed by Kuwait with four and Saudi Arabia with two. The winning projects from the UAE are ...

Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, issued Law No. (8) of 2018 on the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The new Law further enables DHA to achieve its objectives including regulating medical services in Dubai, enhancing competiveness and transparency, improving ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has participated in selecting 15 start-ups in the energy sector out of 515 companies from 65 countries that applied for the 2nd Free Electrons Programme. This is a global energy accelerator programme that includes 9 of the most prominent energy companies in the world. It helps start-ups to develop innovative energy ...