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  UMM AL QAIWAIN / WAM Etihad Water and Electricity has announced it has completed installing over 220,000 smart electricity metres and 240,000 smart water meters, accounting for 65 percent of its planned number. Mohammed Mohammed Saleh, Director-General of Etihad Water and Electricity, said the company aims to standardise the model of smart meter used in all its facilities and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Silal, Abu Dhabi’s leading fresh produce and agri-tech company, and AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and leader in indoor vertical farming, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forge a long-term research and development collaboration involving knowledge and technology transfer of advanced farming systems to local farmers. Under the MoU, both parties will assess ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Edge Group, an advanced technology group established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond, announced its participation in the inaugural World Defense Show, being held in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from March 6-9. EDGE is the region’s leading advanced technology company for defence and beyond, and ...

DUBAI / WAM School visit numbers to Expo 2020 Dubai — the world’s best classroom — have hit 500,000, as students from public and private schools across the UAE make the most of the myriad educational opportunities available across the site. As of February 25, 532,794 students had visited the site through the Expo School Programme. The Expo School Programme ...

  AMMAN / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has intensified its humanitarian efforts and relief programmes to reduce the repercussions of the severe cold and bad weather conditions on the lives of the affected and refugees in Jordan. The UAE provided more winter aid to benefit more than 120,000 people in several Jordanian governorates. The assistance included heating devices, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The total value of the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade in 2021 amounted to nearly AED 1.9 trillion, reflecting a 27 percent growth compared to 2020, and by 11 percent compared to 2019, as the growth was consistent across all areas of trade, including exports, imports and re-exports. The individual non-oil foreign trade figures of all ...

SHARJAH / WAM Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, Chairman of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), received a delegation of US senators including Gustavo Rivera, Kevin Thomas, and James Skoufis, to explore cooperation between the SBA and cultural affairs entities in the United States. During a meeting at SBA’s headquarters, the two parties discussed several topics related to the publishing industry, ...

  DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit agency (ECA), and its Egyptian counterpart Export Credit Guarantee of Egypt (EGE) have signed a reciprocal reinsurance agreement to support Emirati and Egyptian projects in their respective countries as well as their collaborative initiatives around the world. The agreement between the two state-owned firms will bolster the ...

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s state oil company discovered five new natural gas fields across the kingdom that can produce over 100 million cubic feet per day in total, as the oil-rich kingdom looks to boost production of the fuel. The fields, discovered by Saudi Aramco, are located in the country’s central region, the empty quarter desert, the northern border region ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) strongly participated in UAE Innovates 2022. It organised the Innovation Week 2022, until February 28, and held the series ‘Future Next’ virtually along with a group of workshops and panel discussions. The Innovation Tent at Dewa’s headquarters and the Festival Garden at Expo 2020 Dubai hosted key Dewa innovative projects and ...