Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), a major initiative within the UAE Centennial 2070 objectives. This is the first such strategy of its kind in the region and the entire world to promote government performance and ...

MUMBAI / WAM The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), of India signed an investment agreement worth $1 billion with a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). As part of the comprehensive partnership agreement, ADIA will become the first institutional investor in NIIF’s Master Fund and a shareholder in National Investment and Infrastructure Limited, the NIIF’s ...

DUBAI / Reuters Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) intends to tap the Islamic bond market within the next nine months as part of a strategy to diversify the company’s funding, its chief executive said on Monday. The Dubai government-controlled company became one of the world’s largest aircraft lessors in August after acquiring Dublin-based AWAS. DAE Chief Executive Firoz Tarapore said that ...