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DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in coordination with Dubai’s Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management and Covid-19 Command and Control Centre announced on Wednesday that it has commenced its Covid-19 vaccination campaign. The campaign will see the DHA providing the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccination, which has recently been approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration ...

DUBAI/ DAKAR / WAM Trade enabler DP World, and the Government of Senegal, have signed agreements for the development of a deepwater port at Ndayane, approximately 50 kilometres (km) from the existing port and near the Blaise Diagne international airport. The new port will further reinforce Dakar’s role as a major logistics hub and gateway to West and North-West Africa. ...

SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has issued a law concerning the organisation of the Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA). Law No. (7) of 2020 stipulates that the SMA shall enjoy the legal personality and the full capacity necessary to undertake all actions that ensure the achievement of its ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Aldar Properties PJSC has signed an agreement to divest its two district cooling assets on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island to National Central Cooling Company PJSC (Tabreed) for a total consideration of AED 963 million. Aldar had purchased a 100 percent stake in Saadiyat District Cooling LLC (SDCL) and an 85 percent stake in Saadiyat Cooling LLC ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and a leading renewable energy companies, announced on Wednesday the financial close of the Nur Navoi Solar Project — Uzbekistan’s first successfully-financed independent power producer solar project. Loan and guarantee agreements to finance the 100-megawatt photovoltaic plant were signed in a virtual ceremony with representatives from Masdar, Uzbekistan’s Ministry ...

FUJAIRAH / WAM Stockpiles of oil products at the Port of Fujairah fell 4 percent in the week to December 21, with the biggest decline recorded in middle distillates, the latest data from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone (FOIZ) showed. The total stood at 23.684 million barrels, a drop of 900,000 barrels from the previous week, according to the data ...

SHARJAH / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that Zee Stores PJSC, has listed its shares on ADX’s Second Market under the ticker symbol ZS, and trading began on the shares on Wednesday. The company’s nominal value of share capital is AED 100 million, with each share having a nominal value of AED 1. This is the third listing ...

DUBAI / WAM Enoc group on Wednesday announced that it has opened a new service station located at Al Rasheed Road in Dubai, bringing the total number of Enoc service stations across the country to 149. The new service station located on Al Rasheed Road in Dubai will cater to residents and motorists in Deira and the others passing through ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has successfully completed over seven million smart transactions between January and September 2020. This achievement helped reduce over 24,000 tonnes of carbon emissions. This is equal to planting over 27,000 trees over a distance equal to 52 football pitches, and achieving savings of over AED285 million. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and a leading renewable energy companies, announced on Wednesday the financial close of the Nur Navoi Solar Project – Uzbekistan’s first successfully-financed independent power producer (IPP) solar project. Loan and guarantee agreements to finance the 100-megawatt photovoltaic plant were signed in a virtual ceremony with representatives from Masdar, Uzbekistan’s ...