DUBAI / WAM Dubai Municipality has won 11 local and international awards during the first half of 2018. Ahmed Al Louz, Acting Director of the Knowledge Management Department, noted that the participation in various local and international forums was part of the municipality’s endeavour to be a leader in the race for excellence and achievements. “The highest participation was in ...

DUBAI / WAM Etisalat Digital on Monday announced its new set of challenges for the 5th cohort of Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA), focusing on creating smart innovative solutions based on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain. The partnership with the government-supported accelerator is part of Etisalat Digital strategy to bring the latest technologies and innovations to enable a ...

Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), and BESIX, the region’s leading company operating in infrastructure concessions and construction, has signed a joint venture agreement to operate and maintain an existing wastewater treatment plant in Al Saja’a, Sharjah. The newly formed company, called QATRA, will continue developing and expanding the wastewater infrastructure in line with Sharjah’s masterplan ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised workshops and meetings in Singapore, the first stop in a series to be held around the world to promote the Global Knowledge Index as a tool for sustainable development and the betterment of society. The main objective from these ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The third UAE Public Policy Forum will take place in Dubai in January 2019, the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), announced. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, the upcoming Forum, titled ‘Accelerating SDGs Implementation: Future Policy ...

Dubai / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai signed an agreement with the China-Arab International Cooperation Committee (CAICC), to promote the global destination in the most populous country. Based in Shanghai, the CAICC is a government-backed, non-profit organisation that supports China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative by stimulating and facilitating business cooperation and cultural communication between China and Arab nations. Under the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Space Agency (UAESA), concluded in Abu Dhabi the first national workshop on measuring the space economy. The Agency organised the workshop in collaboration with the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It was attended by Ministry of Economy, local statistics centres and local economic authorities. ...

Bloomberg Zimbabweans streamed to polling stations to vote in the first election since the end of Robert Mugabe’s fractious 37-year-rule. A credible vote would help provide the southern African nation with a foundation to begin rebuilding its battered international reputation and an economy largely laid to ruin during the latter half of Mugabe’s reign. While the campaign has been mostly ...

Bloomberg Total SA raised its production target for the second time this year, accelerating its emergence from the oil slump as rising prices deliver a surge in profit. While the return of US sanctions on Iran derailed a major gas endeavor of the French energy giant, the move also boosted oil prices just as Total reaped the benefits of project ...

Bloomberg Protests at some South African power stations amid deadlocked wage talks are stopping coal from getting to plants and threaten to force the country’s electricity provider to implement rolling blackouts. “The national grid is expected to be constrained this evening due to instability at several power stations due to acts of intimidation,” Khulu Phasiwe, a spokesman for Eskom, said ...