Dubai / WAM Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office (GDMO), announced on Saturday the shortlist for the AED2.3 million Dubai Canvas 3D Art Award. A total of 25 artists have been chosen for the Award’s final round from 122 submissions. The shortlist features many of the luminaries of the 3D art world from across …

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar announced the winner of its fifth Engage Social Media Contest. This year’s winning post was submitted by Seva Karpauskaite from Kaunus, Lithuania. Her video, featuring the iconic Washington, D.C., monuments as a backdrop, explored the need to develop green structures that would allow clean technologies to expand and scale in …

  Dubai / WAM The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai issued a record number of 26,707 new business licences in 2016 as the improved ease of doing business and increasing competitiveness in the emirate spurred optimism among investors and entrepreneurs. The results achieved by the Business Registration and Licensing (BRL) sector in DED point to commercial activity in the …