DUBAI / WAM Dubai Municipality launched its Building Intelligence Platform during the World Governments Summit 2025 (WGS). This cutting-edge digital platform provides comprehensive and up-to-date data on buildings across the emirate, aligning with Dubai’s ambition to be a sustainable, technologically advanced global centre for urban innovation. The platform is part of Dubai Municipality’s commitment to enhancing sustainable urban planning and ...

NOUAKCHOTT / WAM A delegation from the International Charity Organisation, led by Secretary-General Dr Khaled Al Khaja, on Thursday launched 80 charitable projects in Mauritania, totalling AED13 million. The launch took place during a field visit by the delegation to several villages in Mauritania as part of preparations for the 2025 Ramadan campaign, which aims to provide large-scale aid to ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE has signed three cooperation agreements aimed at driving sustainable development in Asia and Africa, with a special focus on environmental, social and economic areas in line with the UAE’s humanitarian mission to contribute to the development of societies, promotion of happiness and formulating solutions to current and emerging challenges. Two of the agreements were signed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has introduced new flexibilities to support business expansion and growth across the emirate. New regulations now allow firms registered in other emirates of the UAE, and their respective free zones, to open branches within Abu Dhabi without requiring physical premises for the first year. The decision streamlines business ...

DUBAI / WAM Khalifa Al Shamsi, CEO of &e International, announced that “e& money,” the digital wallet company, has attracted over 1.5 million subscribers to its app since its launch two years ago. In addition, the company has issued one million digital and physical cards distributed to its users. In statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on the sidelines ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In line with the Year of Community, HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the Digital Wellbeing Council; Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications, along with Sana bint Mohammed Suhail, Minister of Family ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced that DEWA achieved the lowest electricity Customer Minutes Lost (CML) in the world in 2024, recording just 0.94 minutes per customer. This breaks DEWA’s own record of 1.06 minutes per customer in 2023 and is significantly lower than the approximately 15 minutes ...

DUBAI / WAM The power of culture to revive cities in crisis was at the forefront of discussions at the World Governments Summit 2025, being held in Dubai under the theme ‘Shaping Future Governments’. During a session titled “Can Culture Revive a City in Crises?”, Sheikh Salem bin Khalid Al Qassimi, UAE Minister of Culture, and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC announced on Thursday record financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending on December 31, 2024. Full-year revenue reached AED14.70 billion (US$4.03 billion), an increase of 32 percent year-on-year. Full-year EBITDA amounted to AED7.41 billion (US$2.01 billion), an increase of 36 percent year-on-year, with a 50 percent margin. Full-year net ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, met with a host of UAE ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions abroad during World Governments Summit 2025, which concluded on Thursday in Dubai after an immensely successful edition under the theme ‘Shaping Future Governments.’ HH Sheikh ...