DUBAI / WAM The World Organisation of Racing Drones (W.O.R.D) has announced the World Drone Prix Dubai 2016 will be held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on March 11-12 at Skydive Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan released a video on Instagram featuring a McLaren supercar competing against a racing drone …

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has announced on Sunday its collaboration with American computer giant, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), to launch the ‘Dubai Digital Entrepreneurship Hub’, an online community that will support Dubai’s technology and startup ecosystem. The Dubai Digital Entrepreneurship Hub will connect startups, entrepreneurs, developers, venture capitalists and students so that …

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business A Saudi-UAE alliance involving a group of companies has submitted a request to the Economic Commission of the Suez Canal to obtain 5 million square feet to establish a US$3bn industrial city, according to Saudi Arabian newspaper, the Arab News. The alliance’s representative, Ahmed Sabri, said the industrial city would have factories to manufacture various …