DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the number of riders using public transport, shared transport, and taxis in Dubai, which include the metro, tram, public buses, marine transport means (abras, ferry, water taxi, water bus), e-hail vehicles and taxis (Dubai Taxi and franchise companies) in 2021 amounted to about 461 million riders. The number ...

  Sharjah / WAM The Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) has emphasised the importance of innovation in the business sector as a critical driving force for economic growth and productivity improvement, and transformation towards a knowledge economy, in addition to its role in tackling the challenges facing the private sector. The authority also pointed to the value-add of innovation to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Khalifa Empowerment Programme (Aqdar), a part of the UAE Ministry of Interior, has partnered with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), one of the largest listed integrated utilities in the region, and Blue Forest, a leading UAE-based reforestation service provider, on a major employee-based mangrove restoration initiative in the UAE. Entitled “Tree for 50,” ...