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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s Department of eGovernment (DeG) has announced that it is hosting a workshop to bring together 30 of the emirate’s departments as part of the forthcoming GITEX Technology Week 2016 (GITEX). Taking place on September 1, the activity being held under the umbrella of the Government of Sharjah is being organised to review its preparations ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sharjah will host the second edition of ‘Investing in the Future’ (IFFMENA), a conference that aims to overturn negative cultural stereotypes that hinder women’s progress in the region. Taking place on October 19-20, under the theme ‘Building the Resilience of Women and Girls in the Arab Region,’ the event focusses on advocacy for Arab women and the ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality (DM) has clarified its stand on the issue of a product known as Green Coffee 1000, which claims to have weight loss benefits. The Municipality said that the issue of Green Coffee 1000 is not a rumour to be confirmed or denied. According to a press release issued by the UAE Ministry of Health in May ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) has taken part in Automation Expo 2016, India’s biggest and South East Asia’s second largest automation show, which concluded recently at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The 11th Automation Expo attracted over 850 exhibitors and over 42,000 visitors from many different countries. The four-day exhibition, which was organised ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE), an agency of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), has unveiled the highlights of its annual ‘Eid in Dubai’ celebrations aimed at further enhancing Dubai’s position as the holiday destination of choice for families and tourists during the joyous occasion of Eid Al Adha. Held ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, said that the UAE’s development and growth strategy is essentially based on investment in its human capital, saying that this “real wealth” is what will secure the nation’s bright future. He also stressed the ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said on Tuesday that the UAE needs fresh thinking and new blood for realising the ambitions and meeting the challenges of the next phase of the country’s development. Addressing a brainstorming session chaired by him, and attended ...

  Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) held the second Government Innovation Lab for Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector 2016 entitled “First, Last Mile Transportation,” during which 17 innovative ideas were adopted. The event was attended by Nasir Abu Shehab, CEO of the Strategy and Corporate Governance Sector as well as the creme of researchers, scholars, students and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A team of researchers from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a novel, low-cost solar thermal energy conversion system that can easily generate steam from sunlight. The solar conversion system can help make technologies that rely on steam, like seawater desalination, wastewater treatment, residential water heating, ...

  Sharjah / WAM Sheraa, the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre, recently conducted a training workshop for young girls engaging more than 200 students between the ages of eleven and eighteen belonging to the Sharjah Girl Guides and Sajaya Young Ladies of Sharjah, focusing on business planning, product branding, effective leadership, and tricks of the trade in pitching new ideas. Najla Al-Midfa, General ...