Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has signed an agreement with Borsa Istanbul wherein the latter will provide consultancy services and implementation support to Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in the information technologies. The signing of the agreement came during the visit of the President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan of Turkey, to the UAE on February 14. The ...
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DMCC launches unique growth programme
Dubai / WAM DMCC, the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, on Wednesday announced that it has partnered with C3 (Companies Creating Change), to launch the Impact Scale-Up Programme. C3 is a UAE-based social enterprise empowering impact-driven entrepreneurs across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, while the DMCC is the UAE’s ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Airport sees 5.26mn visitors in 2021
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport has welcomed 5.26 million guests in 2021 thanks to a fourth-quarter surge that saw 2.43 million, which equates to 46 percent of the full year’s passenger numbers, pass through the UAE capital’s hub. The Abu Dhabi Airport released its 2021 passenger traffic results, revealing that 5,262,376 passengers were served compared to ...
Read More »UAE and Cuba ink deals in culture, healthcare sectors
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, attended the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoU) covering the cultural and health sectors between the UAE and Cuba at Expo 2020 Dubai. The MoU related to culture was signed by Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and ...
Read More »ADX inks deal with Borsa Istanbul to enhance tech infrastructure
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) has signed an agreement with Borsa Istanbul wherein the latter will provide consultancy services and implementation support to Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in Information Technologies. The signing of the agreement came during the visit of the President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan of Turkey, to the UAE on February 14. The CEO ...
Read More »WAM content viewed 470bn times in 2021
ABU DHABI / WAM A report published by the media monitoring company, Strategico, revealed that the media content of the Emirates News Agency (WAM) was viewed nearly 470.3 billion times in 2021, including content shown by news agencies, newspapers, radio and TV stations, websites and social media accounts. Asia led the list, totalling 393.3 billion views, while the Americas ...
Read More »UAE reports 2,538 new recoveries from Covid-19
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 365,306 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. ...
Read More »UAE, Turkey to cooperate in agri sector
Dubai / WAM The UAE, represented by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkey, represented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, to step up cooperation in agriculture, rural development, and adoption of modern farming systems. The agreement aligns with the strategic direction of the UAE leadership to enhance international cooperation ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Airport welcomes 5.26mn visitors in 2021
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport has welcomed 5.26 million guests in 2021 thanks to a fourth-quarter surge that saw 2.43 million, which equates to 46 percent of the full year’s passenger numbers, pass through the UAE capital’s hub. The Abu Dhabi Airport released its 2021 passenger traffic results, revealing that 5,262,376 passengers were served compared to ...
Read More »UK inflation overshoot adds to brutal cost of living squeeze
Bloomberg UK inflation unexpectedly accelerated for a fourth straight month in January, a surprise that highlights a brutal cost-of-living crisis that’s only set to worsen this year. Annual price growth rises to 5.5 percent, a new 30-year high, driven by clothing and footwear, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday. Both economists and the Bank of England had ...
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