Abu Dhabi / WAM As the UAE marks Innovation Month in February, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, is accelerating the commercialisation of clean technologies at home and abroad. Established in 2006 to help maintain Abu Dhabi’s leadership in the global energy sector, while supporting the diversification of both its economy and energy sources for the benefit of future generations, ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), on Sunday announced that its emissions of perfluorocarbons were at a record low for the company in 2017. EGA has signed an agreement with the University of New South Wales to research how to carry out further reductions. Perfluorocarbons, known as PFCs, are a group of greenhouse gases which have thousands of ...
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Dubai / Emirates Business More than 300 media experts from around the world will convene in Dubai next week for the 13th edition of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) Middle East Conference, organised in association with Dubai Production City (DPC). Set to run from February 28 to March 1 at The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach ...
Read More »LONDON, AUSTIN and DUBAI Emirates Business In its efforts to continue pioneering innovative banking solutions, UAE’s leading financial institution, Mashreq, announced that it is working with Blue Prism to increase productivity, improve customer experiences and deliver new services. Mashreq selected Blue Prism’s secure, scalable and easy-to-use Digital Workforce to deliver greater operational efficiencies, higher accuracy and a massive reduction in ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation and the Ministry of External Affairs of India have agreed on setting up a joint committee to follow up the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in the manpower field. The signing ceremony of the MoU took place earlier this month and was ...
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM The total number of new economic licences in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that were issued by Abu Dhabi Business Center of the Department of Economic Development (DED) reached 9,412 in 2017 compared to 9,089 new licences in 2016, indicating an increase by 3.5 percent. The report of the economic licencing activity in Abu Dhabi which ...
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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched the second round of Arab Hope Makers, the largest Arab initiative dedicated to celebrating philanthropic efforts. The initiative seeks to honour and promote the people who spread hope, and who encompass the values of giving, positivity and ...
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Dubai / WAM Dubai has once again improved its innovation performance climbing one spot to rank 14th among 30 global cities on the 3rd Dubai Innovation Index, outperforming major business destinations such as Berlin, Madrid, Shanghai and Sao Paulo. The findings of the latest Index were released by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the sidelines of the ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), issued on Saturday Directive No. (1) of 2018, reinstating DIFC Authority’s Board of Directors for a two-year term. DIFC Authority’s Board of Directors is mandated to ensure that all the Centre’s activities, ranging from ...
Read More »Dubai / WAM The Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA), on Saturday launched a new cutting-edge solution, CONNECT, which has been designed to take customer services and human resources at the free zone to the next level. The launch comes as part of DAFZA’s wider strategic plan and ‘Customer Happiness Index,’ which aims to continuously increase customer happiness and, in ...
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