News

Dubai / WAM The UAE Government Annual Meeting on Wednesday saw the launch of the National Strategy for Higher Education 2030, put forward by the Ministry of Education. The strategy sets out to build and achieve the highest scientific and professional education standards to serve the UAE’s future generations. The strategy seeks to equip a new generation of Emiratis to face ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD), on Wednesday signed an agreement of partnership with ABB, a global pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids. Prof. Eric Fouache, PSUAD Vice Chancellor, Pierre Leretz, Regional President IA Div at ABB and Mostafa AlGuezeri, Managing Director at ABB in UAE, signed this agreement ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / Emirates Business His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, has stressed the importance of creating an ideal and sustainable environment for future generations, to enable them to achieve further success. During his participation in the 2nd Global Youth Leaders’ Forum, an important meeting for youth leaders ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) on Wednesday announced the launch of its third MENA venture capital fund – the Middle East Venture Fund III (MEVFIII) – with a target size of USD 250 million. MEVFIII will invest in innovative early-stage and growth-stage tech companies in the MENA and Turkey region. The launch of the new fund follows ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi witnessed a dramatic double digit increase in the number of hotel guests during August compared to the same period in 2016, helping to drive the total number of guests staying in the emirate to more than 3.1 million for the first eight months of the year. Figures released by the Department of Culture ...

Ajman / Emirates Business In a move that would support and reinforce the UAE’s consistent endeavor to enhance FDI flows into the country, Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) announced that it has started offering corporate re-domiciliation services to global offshore companies in its premises. In a statement, AFZ said its re-domiciliation facility comes at a time when there is an increasing ...

AJMAN / WAM As part of its strategy to highlight Ajman’s unique tourist attractions and promote the emirate at an international level, the Ajman Department of Tourism Development (ADTD), is hosting a 3 city roadshow to Scandinavia which will run until September 29. The roadshow kicks off in Copenhagen, and consists of a delegation from Ajman, including representatives from the ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Middle East Cleaning Technology Week (MECTW) Excellence Awards embraces individuals who make the surroundings more livable and sustainable by recognizing and celebrating the success of those who are leading a better way in the cleaning sector. MECTW is region’s largest event that will feature three platforms – Gulf Laundrex-Linen Care Expo Powered by EXPOdetergo International, ...

DUBAI/ WAM University students across the UAE who believe they have an idea that could make a real difference to society are being urged to apply for a new grant scheme launched on Wednesday by Expo 2020 Dubai’s Expo Live programme. Expo Live has an allocation of $100 million to back projects that offer creative solutions to pressing challenges that ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), is getting ready to participate at GITEX Technology Week 2017, which will take place from October 8-12 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. DEWA will have its own stand, S2-D1, and will be also part of the Dubai Smart Government pavilion, the technology arm of the Smart Dubai initiative, to transform ...