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Dubai / WAM DP World, UAE Region and its flagship trade and logistics hub, Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) are set to participate in Gulfood 2021, scheduled to take place from February 21-25 at Dubai World Trade Centre. The entities will shed light on their wide range of incentives and the enhanced F&B trade enabling capabilities of their logistics hub, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Upon the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with the support of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the monitoring of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (Sewa) signed an agreement with the Dutch Bundera Consult Company to establish an advanced weather station in the Central Region, to collect data and develop a climate information base to be used in preparing studies on renewable energy projects from wind and solar energy. The agreement was signed remotely by ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) launched its latest programme, the Sharjah Startup Studio (S3), designed to build enduring businesses that will accelerate the region’s digital transformation and contribute to the growth of the non-oil economy in the UAE. This model provides founders with $30,000 in pre-seed funding and allows them to focus on building a high-quality product, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the AED2 billion improvement project to widen the Dubai-Al Ain Road reached a completion rate of 60 percent. The project is aligned with HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai’s vision for the emirate for the next ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the International Defence Conference 2021 kicked off on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. For the first time, the International Defence Conference 2021 is being held as a hybrid event. The conference brings together more than 24 experts and specialists in the defence sector, physically ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Major General Staff Pilot Ishaq Saleh Al Balushi, Head of the Executive Directorate of Industries and Development of Defence Capabilities at the Ministry of Defence and Vice Chairman of the Higher Organising Committee for Idex and Navdex, has said that the participation of 900 companies from 59 countries in the current edition of the joint event, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have signed a Strategic Commercial Cooperation Agreement (SCCA) to deepen their partnership between Abu Dhabi and Bahrain and beyond the respective hubs. The wide-ranging SCCA, subject to obtaining applicable governmental and regulatory approvals, was signed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Saab, a defence and security company in the UAE, is revealing its first UAE developed product at Idex 2021. The company’s inaugural UAE developed product is a Rugged Camera Module — Infrared, (RCAM-IR) which features an extremely rugged design for harsh and demanding environments. This is the first of many such products to be developed in ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah developer Arada has announced the award of a contract to build “Nest”, an integrated student housing complex based at its Sharjah megaproject Aljada. The AED367 million contract was won by Intermass Engineering and Contracting Company, a Sharjah-based contractor with more than 40 years’ experience in the regional construction industry, which has also worked on previous phases ...