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Dubai / Emirates Business The Middle East Cleaning Technology Week (MECTW) Excellence Awards embraces individuals who make the surroundings more livable and sustainable by recognizing and celebrating the success of those who are leading a better way in the cleaning sector. MECTW is region’s largest event that will feature three platforms – Gulf Laundrex-Linen Care Expo Powered by EXPOdetergo International, ...

DUBAI/ WAM University students across the UAE who believe they have an idea that could make a real difference to society are being urged to apply for a new grant scheme launched on Wednesday by Expo 2020 Dubai’s Expo Live programme. Expo Live has an allocation of $100 million to back projects that offer creative solutions to pressing challenges that ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), is getting ready to participate at GITEX Technology Week 2017, which will take place from October 8-12 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. DEWA will have its own stand, S2-D1, and will be also part of the Dubai Smart Government pavilion, the technology arm of the Smart Dubai initiative, to transform ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Energy unveiled on Wednesday the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036, which aims to ensure sustainable access to water during both normal and emergency conditions in line with local regulations, standards of the World Health Organisation, and the UAE’s vision to ?achieve prosperity and sustainability. The announcement was made at the UAE Annual Government ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), announced that it won Safety Idea of the Year, at Ideas America 2017, an annual awards programme that recognises people for engaging with their work in creative and outstanding ways. The winning submission for Safety Idea of the Year was developed by Dileepan Soundararajan, who works in Casthouse Maintenance at EGA in ...

Dubai / WAM The fertiliser production capacity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region has reached 42.3 million tonnes per annum in 2017, increasing by 12 per cent over the previous year, according to a new report of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). According to the report entitled, ‘2016 GCC Fertiliser Industry Indicators’, the industry expanded at the ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Economy achieved a milestone in its accelerators initiative by establishing a partnership to facilitate financial transactions through contactless payment. The partnership brings Emcredit, a subsidiary of Dubai Economy, and the UK-based Object Tech Group Ltd together under the Dubai Economy Accelerators umbrella to develop and implement emCash, an encrypted digital currency, which people can use to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s largest bank and one of the world’s largest financial institutions, has been named Leading Corporate for Investor Relations in the UAE at the 2017 Middle East IR Association (MEIRA), Annual Conference. The awards recognise top IR leaders in the region for the quality of their work, and are based ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with global payments technology company, Visa, to jointly support innovative start-ups and exchange knowledge of emerging technologies. The MoU was signed by Shahla Ahmed Abdulrazak, Deputy CEO of DSOA, and Ihab Ayoub, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), opened the Emirati-France Business Summit held by the RTA in collaboration with the French Business Council. The event, which attracted the participation of 63 Emirati and French entities, aims to boost PPP, nurture an investment climate ...