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EGA teams up with Microsoft on Industry 4.0, digitalisation

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Microsoft UAE on Monday announced their collaboration on Industry 4.0 and broader digital transformation, aiming to set global best practice for the aluminium industry while improving the sustainability of EGA’s computing operations. Both Microsoft and EGA are members of the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology’s Industry 4.0 Champions ...

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Deal signed to empower Arab women on their financial journey

  Dubai / WAM National Bonds has signed an agreement with the Arab Women Authority, the leading NGO aimed at empowering Arab women across the Mena region, to equip women with valuable financial management skills and savings tools. The partnership will see the two organisations join forces to empower women and support their role in societal and economic development and ...

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DHA highlights its ‘Wayakom’ health initiative at Arab Health

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Dubai Health Insurance Corporation, at the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2023, highlighted the features of the “Wayakom” health initiative designed to serve the needs of Emirati senior citizens in Dubai. Saleh Al Hashimi, CEO of Dubai Health Insurance Corporation at the DHA, highlighted that the distinguished service was launched in ...

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Dubai records AED2bn in realty deals in one day

  Dubai / WAM Dubai real estate market recorded 568 sales transactions worth AED1.32 billion, in addition to 72 mortgage deals of AED673.74 million, and 12 gift deals amounting to AED30.06 million on Monday, data released by Dubai’s Land Department (DLD) showed. The sales included 532 villas and apartments worth AED1.18 billion, and 36 land plots worth AED141.76 million. The ...

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Danube Properties launches AED1.4b project in JLT, Dubai

  Dubai / Gulf Time Danube Properties, the UAE-based affordable housing pioneer and one of the most dynamic and popular private real estate developers in the UAE, unveiled its largest real estate project, Viewz, a set of twin high-rise towers that once complete will deliver apartments and Sky Villas, with a development value exceeding AED1.4 billion. Launched in partnership with ...

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WAM inks seven pacts with media entities in Ecuador

  QUITO / WAM A delegation from the Emirates News Agency (WAM) discussed ways of boosting cooperation with media organisations in Ecuador. The discussions took place during a visit that the WAM delegation, led by Mohammed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director-General of WAM, made to the cities of Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador, to review the outcomes of the inaugural the ...

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FTA launches first event of ‘Tax Support’ initiative

  Dubai / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) launched the ‘Tax Support’ initiative to raise tax awareness among business sectors in the UAE through direct and sustained contact, as a means to enhance compliance with tax laws and regulations. The first workshop for 2023 under the initiative was held as a collaboration between the FTA and On Time Business ...

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Sewa installs 955 lighting poles to cycling track

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) installed 955 lighting poles to Al Bataeh cycling track project, which operate according to the best specifications. The project was completed in a record time of no more than two and a half months, in implementation of the directives of HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme ...

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UAE Circular Economy Council reviews ‘Year of Sustainability intiatives’, COP28

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Attended by HH Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, CEO of Alliances for Global Sustainability, the UAE Circular Economy Council convened its meeting, presided over by Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment to discuss ‘Year of Sustainability’ initiatives and COP28. In her welcoming note, Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri ...

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Dewa commissions 17 new substations for AED3.32bn

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) inaugurated 17 new substations in 2022. These include fifteen 132kV stations with a conversion capacity of 2,280 megavolt amperes (MVA) and two 400kV stations with a conversion capacity of 4,000 MVA, in Al Qusais Industrial Area 5 and Jebel Ali First. Dewa installed five kilometres of 400kV overhead transmission lines and ...

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