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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 Dubai’s plans to become the global capital for the future at the 2017 World Government Summit. He called on all Dubai Government entities to embrace disruptive innovation as a fundamental mantra of their operations and to seek ways ...

  Dubai / WAM Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office of the UAE and Deputy Chairman of the World Government Summit, and Angela Maria Gonzales Loayza, Secretary-General of the Administrative Department of Civil Service of Colombia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of their governments to promote co-operation in ...

  Ajman / WAM Around 40 exhibitors are to participate in the forthcoming 5th edition of the Ajman Education and Training Exhibition (AETEX). Under the banner, “Towards a New Era of Innovated Education”, the event is held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, and is organised by the Ajman ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, UAE’s leading financial institution has recorded significant growth in the usage of Cardless Cash via its Mobile Banking application – Mashreq Snapp. Mashreq introduced Cardless Cash in 2015 and since then, the feature recorded 126% growth in 2016 with 77% of requests initiated via Snapp. Mashreq Cardless Cash feature allows customers to withdraw cash ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Art enthusiasts in the UAE are being treated to a new exhibition that has just opened to the public at Sharjah Ladies Club (SLC). Titled ‘Thoughts’ the work from Jordanian conceptual artist Sana Al Jefout was displayed at Noon Art Gallery in the club’s Collage Talent Centre. Featuring expressionist paintings that use architectural structures, formations ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the Emirate’s commercial and community ports as well as Khalifa Industrial Zone, obtained the ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognised standard for quality management systems. This reflects Abu Dhabi Ports’ commitment to meeting and exceeding the needs of customers and stakeholders as well as ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business In line with its ‘Shared Growth Ambition’ program and global commitment to cultivate employability and financial skills in the communities in which it operates, Barclays partnered with INJAZ UAE, a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide (JAW), which is one of the world’s largest non-profit business education organizations, reaching over 10 million students a year across ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Finance (MoF), in cooperation with the Prime Minister’s Office and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held a high-level closed session on economic diversification, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit 2017. The session aimed to discuss challenges and solutions to support thought-leaders during the implementation of economic diversification policies and change the ...

  KHARTOUM / WAM Hamad Mohamed Humaid Al Junaibi, the UAE Ambassador to Sudan, signed a contract to build four model villages with 1,200 traditional ‘Qateya’ housing units in the Sudanese state of Kassala, which will benefit over 5,000 people. He signed the agreement on behalf of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Sudanese ...

  DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), discussed future cooperation opportunities with Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of Tesla, the American company specialised in electric vehicles and energy storage. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second day of the World Government Summit 2017. Al Tayer discussed ...