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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business twofour54, Abu Dhabi’s media and entertainment hub, has been acknowledged as having one of the best eyes for an investment in the region. The free zone has been ranked 10th on the Forbes Middle East’s list of the 50 Most Active Investors – and the second highest accelerator. The list, which was revealed at the ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum approved the new Board for the Emirates Youth Council with Shamma bint Sohail Faris AlMazrui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, as Chairperson. The Board will also include seven members representing the seven emirates of the country. Highlighting ...

Dubai / WAM Sheikh Diab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Department of Transport and Member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, reviewed the projects and initiatives currently undertaken by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to improve the infrastructure of roads network and mass transit systems in Dubai. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as well as Fujairah Terminals and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), welcomed a high-level delegation from Japan headed by Shigehiro Tanaka, Director-General for Trade Policy Bureau of Japan, to KIZAD. As part of the ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah International Airport achieved a 3.29% growth in passenger traffic during the first nine months of 2017. The total number of passengers that passed through Sharjah International Airport in the first nine months of 2017 grew to 8.611 million passengers, up from 8.336 million during the corresponding period last year. The airport handled 3.118 million passengers ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The fourth edition of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2017 will highlight the importance of smart cities in the transition towards the green economy. This is an endeavour to design ‘smart’ approaches, which ensure that cities, will be optimised for economic activity, energy consumption, environmental impact reduction and a good urban life. Held under the ...

CALIFORNIA / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) launched Jumeirah Energy International Silicon Valley Company, JEI Silicon Valley, a wholly-owned investment subsidiary of DEWA, at a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel – Silicon Valley, in California, USA. Abdulla Alsaboosi, Consul General of the UAE in Los Angeles, was present. Also ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has awarded to Zublin Construction LLC the AED 500 million contract for the refurbishment and conservation of the Cultural Foundation Building at Qasr Al Hosn, the symbolic birthplace of the capital of the UAE. The Cultural Foundation Building at the site has come to symbolize Abu ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, announced the launch of the ‘Hamdan Centre for the Future of Investment’ (HCFI), a global initiative that aims to promote the contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) to sustainable development. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed stressed that the initiative ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Higher Organising Committee of the Unmanned Systems Exhibition and Conference (UMEX 2018) and the Simulation and Training Exhibition and Conference (SimTEX 2018), held its first coordination meeting at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) to discuss initial preparations and coordinate efforts with various national institutions. Jointly organised by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions ...