DUBAI / WAM Eight prominent business leaders have been selected to mentor high-potential startups from the UAE and Africa participating in Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) Mentorship Programme. Four UAE-based mentors and four Africa-based mentors have joined the first-of-its-kind programme, which aims to foster cross-border cooperation between the two startup communities and help participants expand ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Al Ain City Municipality and Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) have commenced construction works of the Asharej and Al Markhaniya roundabout development project in Al Ain city at a total cost of approximately AED183 million. Both parties stated that development of the two roundabouts aims to facilitate traffic movement, reduce congestions particularly during peak hours, ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s National Programme for Advanced Skills (NPAS) has launched an interactive self-assessment tool enabling individuals to discover their most prominent skills out of the 12 outlines in the advanced skills strategy. The platform includes the game, ‘FutureFit’, designed to provide all members of society to assess themselves to discover which of the skills they are most ...