ABU DHABI / WAM According to the latest statistics from the Central Bank of the UAE, the country’s national banks increased their credit facilities for the business and industrial sectors by around AED28.4 billion in the first five months of this year. The statistics also showed that the two sectors witnessed a 4 percent rise in credit balance from national ...

DUBAI / WAM   The World Economic Forum announced the selection of Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, for the steering committee in the AI Governance Alliance which includes 10 of the world’s leaders in the digital and technological fields globally. The AI Governance ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) reported its first half earnings for the period ending on June 30, announcing a group revenues of AED26.8 billion, 5% higher than the prior-year period, primarily due to higher pass-through bulk supply tariffs and transmission use of system within the Transmission and Distribution segment. Taqa also announced that the net ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE, represented by the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), has participated in the 3rd Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) Meeting and the Anti-Corruption Ministers Meeting of G20 that were held in Kolkata, India from August 9-12. The UAE’s participation aims to enhance the strategic role of the country in anti-corruption while taking part in the discussions for developing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), congratulated some leading Grade 12 students who are orphans for their academic excellence by sending them to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. The ERC followed up on the implementation of Sheikh Hamdan’s directives and made ...

SHARJAH / WAM Beeah Tandeef, the waste collection and city cleaning vertical of Beeah Group, announced a monumental step towards cleaner urban environments with AI City Vision. This groundbreaking AI 360 Camera system for waste collection vehicles, the first of its kind in the region, is set to revolutionise how cities are maintained and waste is managed. A standout innovation, ...

BLOOMBERG Vestas Wind Systems A/S said it expects increased costs from a backlog of wind turbine orders to drag down full year earnings as executives avoided giving details on how the quality issues plaguing the broader wind industry would affect the Danish company. A key supplier of blades to Vestas published a profit warning last month after higher inspection and ...

BLOOMBERG Nigeria’s biggest city and commercial hub of Lagos plans to raise as much as $10 billion in private investment to boost electricity supply to nearly five million households by 2032, state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said. Lagos, home to about 25 million people, receives about 25% of 5,000 megawatts of national grid-connected electricity, prompting the city to depend on fragmented ...

BLOOMBERG South Africa’s government will need another two to three months to complete an energy transition implementation plan, further delaying the flow of funds from an $8.5 billion climate finance agreement with some of the world’s richest countries. More work needs to be done on how to re-skill workers from coal-dependent communities as coal-fired plants gradually close down, said Joanne ...

BLOOMBERG The Norwegian government has given Equinor ASA the green light to electrify its liquefied natural gas facility in northern Norway, a project forecast to lower emissions and lock in gas deliveries beyond 2030. “We are putting in place the policies so Hammerfest LNG can continue operating to 2040,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said at a press conference in ...