DUBAI / WAM The UAE gross domestic product (GDP), grew by 1.7 percent in 2018 at constant prices of 2018 as compared to 2017, said Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, on Saturday citing preliminary macro-economy indexes issued by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), for last year. Al Mansouri noted that the improvement in the UAE’s ...

NEW YORK / WAM During his participation in the High-Level Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development for All, convened by Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, reiterated the country’s green commitment and support for ambitious and innovative global climate action. ...

Dubai / WAM Investments in technologies enabling smart cities in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), region is expected to hit the $2.30 billion mark by 2021 as per the estimates of International Data Corporation. Given that large funding is needed to build smart cities, public-private partnerships (PPPs), are seen as the key force that will help accelerate such undertakings ...