GENEVA / WAM The International Publishers Association (IPA) is offering financial support to African publishing entrepreneurs to overcome the staggering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on education in 2020 and beyond. Under a four-year $800,000 fund administered by the IPA in partnership with Dubai Cares, the UAE-based global philanthropic organisation, the grants for 2020 will be directed towards locally-owned, digital learning ...

DUBAI / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai has announced that it is gearing up to help shape a post-pandemic world and create a better future for all after a two-thirds majority of Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) Member States voted in favour of postponing the next World Expo by one year. The event will now run from October 1, 2021 to ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation launched the unified National Call Center, Tawasul 171, within the framework of the initiatives approved by the Federal Government Services Continuity Committee. Tawasul 171, an initiative launched in the context of enhancing coordination and concerted efforts between the government and private sectors to support national efforts in facing the ...