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  DUBAI / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) launched a business centre at Jafza One, offering state-of-the-art office space to companies at competitive prices. Ibrahim Mohammed Aljanahi, Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer of Jafza, inaugurated the business centre in the presence of Kory Thompson, Country Manager UAE, Oman and Kuwait. The centre, which is managed by Regus, a ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has recorded strong growth in H1, 2016, becoming the number one financial centre in the Middle East and Africa, with 143 new companies licensed, including 39 leading financial firms. The DIFC has registered significant growth in workforce to over 21,000 professionals across more than 1,500 firms and continued infrastructure development including launch ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A team of researchers from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Tadweer – Abu Dhabi’s Centre of Waste Management, are testing an integrated chemical reactor they have designed to produce high-quality biodiesel from fats, including waste cooking oil, in less time and with less energy and potentially lower cost than traditional biodiesel ...

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), in collaboration with Emaar Properties, is starting the trial run on Thursday of the first autonomous 10-seater car shuttling over a 700-metre long track at the Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard. Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said, “The trial run of the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, manager and operator of ports and the Khalifa Industrial Zone in the emirate, has partnered with Abu Dhabi Chamber to establish a representative office of the chamber at the business centre of the Khalifa Industrial Zone, Kizad, in Al Taweelah. The new representative office was inaugurated by Mohamed Helal Al ...

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) on Wednesday organised a ‘creativity lab’ workshop themed, ‘Envisioning the Future’, to discuss innovative solutions and industry solution in the energy sector, 3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. IoT is the connection of everyday physical objects to the Internet in order to gather real-time data about ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said on Wednesday that the private sector is a key partner to the public sector in the UAE’s economic development growth and in the country’s ambitious vision for comprehensive development. Sheikh Mohammed made the remarks while visiting the IMG ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) paid visit on Wednesday to the Etihad Airways Innovation Hub in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy. He was accompanied by Omar bin Ghaleb, GCAA’s Deputy Director-General and Assistant Director of Support Services, Laila Ali bin Hareb Al Muhairi, GCAA’s Assistant Director-General of ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Data released by Tokyo’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) shown that Japan imported 25.47 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE in July. This accounted for 26.1% of Japan’s total crude imports, the agency, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, said. Saudi Arabia provided 32.89 million barrels, or ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The federal government takes interest in the national companies that work within the food diversity ecosystem, Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment said. While touring the National Feed and Flour Production and Marketing company in Abu Dhabi, he praised the company’s role in preserving national food diversity, noting that such ...