DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Smart City Accelerator (DSCA), the first industry-focused accelerator award winning program of its kind in the Mena region, has issued an open call for applications from global startups dedicated to innovative smart city solutions to join its third cohort. DSCA was launched in May 2017 by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA) in collaboration with ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The strengthening of national and global food security was the topic on the agenda during the visit of Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, to South Korea. Building on the existing strategic alliances that the UAE has with Asia’s fourth largest economy, the visit formed part of the UAE’s extensive Official Development ...

VATICAN / WAM Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has affirmed that tolerance and UAE are ”two sides of the same coin” during an audience with Sara Almahri, Acting Charge d’Affaires of the UAE Embassy in Madrid. Pope Francis commended the UAE’s vision for promoting values of coexistence and tolerance, which he said that he himself had seen ...