SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah real estate developer, the Alef Group, has launched Zone 3 in its Al Mamsha Sharjah development at a value of AED1.6 billion. The AED 5 billion project, based in the Al Muwaileh area, will be the city’s first fully walkable community. Al Mamsha Raseel (Zone 3) comprises 2210 units offering a variety of modern 1-, 2-, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, discussed, with Dukguen Ahn, Minister for Trade of South Korea, ways of strengthening the bilateral economic and commercial cooperation between the UAE and South Korea in food security, health, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing and renewable energy. Their discussion took place during the virtual “UAE-Korea ...

  DUBAI / WAM Strata Manufacturing has signed a new contract with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to produce more parts for MBZ-SAT. MBZ-SAT will be the region’s most advanced commercial satellite in the field of high-resolution satellite imagery. The signing of this agreement confirms the two entities’ commitment to supporting the growth of the space and manufacturing ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) research scientist Dimitra Atri has produced the world’s first ever Mars Atlas in Arabic. The atlas uses data exclusively created from the UAE’s Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), also known as Hope or Al-Amal, in an aim to make the Hope probe’s findings more accessible to both the UAE’s Arabic-speaking population and ...

  Dubai / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), announced that Dewa has plans to invest AED40 billion on capital expenditure in the next five years including the expansion of renewable and clean energy projects. He noted that Dewa plans to invest about AED16 billion to strengthen and expand electricity and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Etihad Airways announced that it has become the country’s first airline to join the In-Country Value (ICV) Programme. The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT) is expanding the programme’s scope to include new sectors like aviation as part of the national industrial strategy to sustain economic growth and raise the efficiency and competitiveness of ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar on Wednesday announced that 23 graduates successfully completed its annual Women in Sustainability, Environment, and Renewable Energy (WiSER) Pioneers Programme, which empowers women aged 25 to 35 to lead sustainable change in their communities and careers. Now in its fourth year, more than 70 young women representing 17 nationalities have graduated from the WiSER ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ECA) has announced awarding AED1.2 million in funding across five significant research projects related to Early Childhood Development (ECD). The projects will be conducted by researchers and academics coming from local and international higher education institutions. The move comes within the ECA’s efforts to develop and implement an effective ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber members’ exports and re-exports surged to AED129.4 billion during H1 2022, marking a 17.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year. The number of certificates of origin issued also rose 8.9 percent year-on-year to exceed 357,000. The growth momentum reflects the Chamber’s ongoing efforts to expand and improve its services that are ...

  PARIS / WAM The Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change and the Government of France have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to maximise the social and economic benefits of climate action and raise ambition for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, as well as support for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the ...