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ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Finance (DoF) on Sunday announced an AED 6 billion supply chain financing initiative to support a variety of sectors, as a key initiative in its commitment to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The first phase of this initiative is in partnership with the National Health Insurance Company (Daman) and First ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to President Vladimir Putin of Russia on the death of the Russian Ambassador to the UAE Sergei Kuznetsov. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown ...

Dubai / WAM du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), and Etisalat, from Emirates Telecommunication Group Company, have announced the finalisation of their master developer agreements (MDA) with Emaar Properties. As part of new partnership, both operators will, through the Taawun infrastructure deployment initiative, cover Emaar’s major projects, providing essential telecommunications infrastructure. Customers will be able to choose their retail ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU) has announced the signing of a research agreement, which will be co-funded by Aldar properties and Sandooq Al Watan, to develop economical, reusable and disposable contact lenses for those suffering from colour blindness. The project team will include researchers from Khalifa University who are currently working in collaboration with ...

DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has won two prestigious awards at the HIMSS-Elsevier Digital Healthcare Award Middle East 2020, which is organised by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). In Outstanding ICT Innovation category, MoHAP came first through the ‘Newborn Hearing Screening’ project, which aims to deploy a universal and automated newborn hearing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), and ADQ, on Sunday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the Abu Dhabi Hydrogen Alliance (the Alliance). The Alliance partners will collaborate to establish Abu Dhabi as a trusted leader of low-carbon green and blue hydrogen in emerging international markets. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure is cooperating with federal and local authorities to achieves goals 6,7 and 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through implementing projects and initiatives aimed at making cities and communities comprehensive, safe, flexible and sustainable by 2030, in line with the UAE Centennial 2071 and the ministry’s contributions to the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced on Sunday that the company achieved the highest ever rate of Emiratisation in 2020. Some 42 percent of in-focus roles at EGA are now held by UAE nationals – exceeding the company’s long-standing goal of Emiratising 40 percent of these positions by the end of 2020. In-focus roles are all those ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Sunday that it conducted 162,251 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry stressed its aim to continue expanding the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Officials from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Sharjah (AASTS) and the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment discussed their cooperation and collaboration, including ways of employing the academy’s capabilities and the expertise of its staff to protect the environment and curb marine activities that cause climate change. Their cooperation also includes ...