Dubai / WAM The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), announced first smart customs free zone at GITEX Technology Week 2017. DAFZA’s pavilion this year will showcase a group of smart innovative initiatives in customer experience and organisational leadership aimed at supporting Dubai Plan goal of establishing a leading platform and a smart city. It will also highlight cooperation between DAFZA ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Addressing an audience of more than 900 teachers and experts from 80 countries around the globe, HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, emphasised the importance of adapting teaching methods and curriculums to the demands of the 21st century. In his keynote speech at the opening of the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, Dubai Culture, the Emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, has announced that the Etihad Museum scooped top honours at The Leading Culture Destinations Awards 2017 in London, where it took home the coveted ‘Best New Museum in the Middle East and Africa’ award and also placed first runner-up in the ...

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, LCC, has further strengthened its operations in Dubai with the opening of a new sales office and city terminal check-in services. The new office is located at Emaar Towers in Deira and will be open from Saturday to Thursday, 9 am to 10 pm. ...

Cairo / WAM The Khalifa International Date Palm Award and Agricultural Innovation has signed three memoranda of understanding, MoU, with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the governorates of New Valley and Giza in Egypt to develop the palm date sector. The signing ceremony was attended by Tarek Qabil, Minister of Trade and Industry, Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi, UAE ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will work with Expo 2020 Dubai at the 4th Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa, with the aim of raising awareness about the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. Dubai Chamber and Expo 2020 Dubai will align during ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has welcomed 361 of the world’s best students into its Class of 2021, a diverse group of young men and women representing 88 nationalities and speaking some 71 languages. UAE Nationals and Americans make up the two largest groups of students by nationality, with 51 Emirati students and 43 ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The worlds’ most global and disruptive technology events, GITEX Technology Week and GITEX Future Stars will bring together a world-class gathering of industry innovators, government leaders, technology creators, and future-forward thinkers from October 8 to October 12 at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). With a spotlight on frontier technology that will transform corporations into global powerhouses, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAEand Ruler of Dubai, ordered an aid airlift to Sierra Leone to deliver core relief items to communities affected by a devastating landslide. Following the order, an Airbus A330 aircraft carrying around 50 metric tonnes of humanitarian aid departed from Dubai’s Al ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Forty-eight Sharjah government entities are taking part in GITEX Technology Week 2017, with many of the bodies unveiling innovative digital applications and services that are key for the digital transformation in Sharjah. Thirteen smart applications, six new and updated websites and an array of digital services are scheduled to be launched at GITEX 2017, which opens ...