Dubai / WAM The Pearl Initiative, a business-led non-profit organisation promoting corporate accountability in the Gulf Region’s private sector, has taken the next big step in fortifying the governance atmosphere for one of the Gulf’s most prolific economic sectors – micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) – by launching a unique digital platform in the Gulf region at a recent ...

HADRAMAUT / WAM Some 1,000 food parcels weighing over 80 tonnes were distributed by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), in Yemen’s Hadramaut governorate. Five thousand individuals and families across the Lubna and Al Haseer suburbs in the governorate received the food aid. So far in 2019, the ERC has distributed 26,744 food parcels assisting 133,720 Yemenis residing in the Hadramaut ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 40 representatives from international defence manufacturing companies expressed interest in joining the Sustain and Enhance Emiratisation in Defence and Security (Seeds), programme, latest initiative of the UAE defence and security industry enabler Tawazun Economic Council. This came during a gathering hosted by Tawazun in London earlier this week, to acquaint its international defence partners with ...