DUBAI / WAM Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED) located in Dubai and mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, announced the licencing of the first business incubator in Dubai, following the introduction of the ‘Incubators and Business Accelerators’ regulations. The regulations were introduced to ensure necessary guidance and mentoring support to ...

Sharjah / WAM His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, received at Al Badee’ Al ‘Amer Palace, Ramadan well-wishers who called on him on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, was present. Sheikh Sultan received ...

BRATISLAVA / WAM The UAE role in Socotra is purely of a developmental and humanitarian character, said Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC2018 Bratislava Forum, the Minister acknowledged that better communication on Socotra was needed. “Because Socotra was far away from the conflict in ...

Dubai / WAM Abdullah Sultan Al Shamsi, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Chairman of the Executive Global Innovation Team, and Kim Yungray, Director-General of Commercial Policies at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of South Korea, discussed potential cooperation in advanced automotive technology during a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Economy in Dubai. They also ...

BRUSSELS / WAM The UAE participated in an international ministerial conference on the victims of racial and religious violence in the Middle East, which was held in Brussels, Belgium. The Emirati delegation was headed by Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Minister of State. The conference is a follow-up of the first conference, which was held in Paris in 2015, the general session ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium, (EGA) the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has surpassed the 30 million tonnes mark in cast metal produced. The aluminium EGA is producing is a key component in helping to make modern life possible through its use in construction, the automotive industry, electronics and other vital everyday ...

DUBAI / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award has announced opening of submissions for the fifth edition of the annual programme, which will honour individuals and organisations from around the world who have pioneered new forms of knowledge dissemination that benefit humanity. Organised by the Mohammed bin Rashid Knowledge Foundation, MBRF, the $1 million award seeks to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, has said that the UAE’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has made cultural, intellectual and social diversity in the UAE a source of strength, prosperity and innovation, based on the sustainable values of tolerance, respect, coexistence and compassion. Sheikh Nahyan made his ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Injazat Data Systems (Injazat) and MDC Business Management Services (MDC-BMS), along with Mubadala Investment Company’s Enterprise Technology Services division, have announced the establishing of ‘Project Tarabot’, a strategic Joint initiative for building a Hybrid Cloud Platform in Abu Dhabi for the Mubadala Group of Companies. The Hybrid Cloud platform will be aligned to the principle ...

NAJRAN / WAM The Spokesman of the Arab Coalition Forces Supporting Legitimacy in Yemen, Colonel Turki Al-Malki, has said that on Saturday ‘Jameela’, a 4-year old girl used as a human shield by terrorists, was safely secured and handed over to a representative of the legitimate government of Yemen. The girl was reunited to her family in the presence of ...