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AD Ports, Aurora50 partner to empower Emirati women

Emirates Business AD Ports Group, a leading facilitator of trade and logistics, has signed a new partnership deal with Aurora50, a social enterprise focusing on achieving gender-balanced boardrooms in UAE. Through the new partnership, AD Ports Group and Aurora50 aim to create a more inclusive, integrated workplace environment with a new purpose-driven programme, Glow (Gain Leadership Opportunities for Women). The ...

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Jafza sees 40% rise in new customer registrations in first half of this year

DUBAI / WAM DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) witnessed a robust new customer growth of nearly 40 percent year-on-year in H1 2021, taking the total number of companies in Jafza to over 8,700. Some of the industry segments in Jafza observed a significant rise in figures, with machinery and equipment witnessing an increase of 188 per cent, ...

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Dana Gas payments from Egypt, Kurdistan rise 102%

SHARJAH / WAM Dana Gas announced that its collections for the first nine months of 2021 from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and Egypt have increased 102 percent year-on-year to $256 million (AED938 million) from $127 million (AED466 million) in the same period the previous year. Dana Gas, which owns a 35% interest in Pearl Petroleum, saw its share ...

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Merger of Arkan, Emirates Steel complete

Abu Dhabi / WAM Arkan Building Materials Company PJSC (Arkan), a leading construction and building materials company in the UAE, announced the legal completion of its merger with Emirates Steel Industries PJSC (Emirates Steel), a leading integrated steel manufacturer in the Middle East. The merger of Arkan and Emirates Steel (the Combined Group) creates the UAE’s largest steel and building ...

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Thank God, we have overcome the Covid-19 crisis: Mohamed

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has said, “We overcame the Covid-19 crisis and learned many lessons from the experience. As life in the UAE begins to return to normal, we give thanks to God.” At Qasr Al Bahr Majlis, ...

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AD Ports, Aurora50 partner to empower Emirati women

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business AD Ports Group, a leading facilitator of trade and logistics, has signed a new partnership agreement with Aurora50, a social enterprise focusing on achieving gender-balanced boardrooms in the UAE. Through the new partnership, AD Ports Group and Aurora50 aim to create a more inclusive and integrated workplace environment with a new purpose-driven programme, Glow (Gain ...

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Etihad marks UAE Civil Aviation Day

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of UAE, is marking UAE Civil Aviation Day with a video featuring its young and talented Emirati workforce to support the UAE’s efforts to elevate awareness of the aviation sector. The video consists of various professions in Etihad Aviation Group including pilots, doctors and engineers. Today, 89 years ago, a pioneering ...

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Abu Dhabi issues 500 plus golden visas to doctors

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Residents Office (ADRO), a division of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (Added), recognised more than 500 doctors who obtained the Golden Visa in reflection of their efforts. This came as part of Abu Dhabi’s commitment to empower global talent and help ...

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Wetex and DSS host 10 international pavilions

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said that the 23rd Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) and Dubai Solar Show (DSS) will host 10 country pavilions: Italy, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Poland, Ireland, Belgium, Chile, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This year’s exhibition covers over 29,200 square metres. More than 1,200 companies from 55 countries and 61 ...

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Etihad Rail to send Emirati engineers to train in Germany

Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE National Rail Network, has announced signing a strategic partnership with Herrenknecht, one of the oldest and largest companies specialised in tunnelling solutions, to develop new tunnel design and construction technologies. The agreement, which took place on the sideline of Expo 2020 Dubai, was signed by Shadi Malak, ...

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