ABU DHABI / WAM Expats’ remittances from the UAE amounted to AED38.41 bn during Q1-2019, according to figures released by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. A total of AED25 bn thereof was transferred through money exchange companies and the rest from the banks operating in the country. India took home the crown as the top-receiving country for ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced a record 2,373 completed submissions for the 2020 awards. Following its 11th annual awards ceremony held in January, Prize entered a four-month submissions phase, which closed on May 30 with a record 13 percent increase in submissions over the previous year. Of the entries received, the breakdown across the Prize’s ...

YAOUNDE / WAM Fahad Obaid Mohammad Al Taffaq, UAE Ambassador to Nigeria and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, held meetings with a number of officials and businessmen in Cameroon, and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation with the Central African country in all fields. Al Taffaq visited the capital city Yaounde, and toured a number of institutions and bodies ...