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Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will work with Expo 2020 Dubai at the 4th Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa, with the aim of raising awareness about the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. Dubai Chamber and Expo 2020 Dubai will align during ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has welcomed 361 of the world’s best students into its Class of 2021, a diverse group of young men and women representing 88 nationalities and speaking some 71 languages. UAE Nationals and Americans make up the two largest groups of students by nationality, with 51 Emirati students and 43 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The worlds’ most global and disruptive technology events, GITEX Technology Week and GITEX Future Stars will bring together a world-class gathering of industry innovators, government leaders, technology creators, and future-forward thinkers from October 8 to October 12 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). With a spotlight on frontier technology that will transform corporations into global powerhouses, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAEand Ruler of Dubai, ordered an aid airlift to Sierra Leone to deliver core relief items to communities affected by a devastating landslide. Following the order, an Airbus A330 aircraft carrying around 50 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid departed from Dubai’s Al ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Forty-eight Sharjah government entities are taking part in GITEX Technology Week 2017, with many of the bodies unveiling innovative digital applications and services that are key for the digital transformation in Sharjah. Thirteen smart applications, six new and updated websites and an array of digital services are scheduled to be launched at GITEX 2017, which opens ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Cisco on Saturday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator of destinations, to further explore opportunities to enhance Miral’s digital offerings across its portfolio of leisure destinations on Yas Island. The MoU establishes a framework for closer collaboration between the two parties by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of technology ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Azizi Developments, the fast growing real estate developer operating in the UAE for over a decade, is continuing to push forward on its construction plans. After selling out all the waterfront projects of phase one and 50 percent of phase two of its AED12 billion waterfront project Azizi Riviera at Cityscape Global 2017, the developer announced ...

Bloomberg Nigeria’s oil minister sent a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari listing at least $24 billion of contracts involving the state oil company that he said were never discussed with him or the firm’s board, a copy of the document seen by Bloomberg shows. Emmanuel Kachikwu, the state minister for petroleum resources, complained in the seven-page, August 30 letter to ...

TOKYO / Reuters Tokyo Gas Co, Japan’s biggest city gas supplier, will not accept new contracts for long-term purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that contain clauses that restrict where the gas can be sold, the company’s president said. “We have no intention of signing new contracts unless the destinations are free,” Tokyo Gas President Michiaki Hirose said during a ...

Bloomberg Oil took a downward turn as concerns eased about Tropical Storm Nate’s threat to offshore crude platforms and coastal refineries while prices broke through a key technical barrier. Futures slipped 3 percent in New York, bringing this week’s decline to the steepest since May. While BP Plc, Chevron Corp. and other explorers cleared workers from the Gulf of Mexico ...