ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Tuesday announced its Panorama Digital Command Centre (Panorama) has generated over $1 billion (AED3.67 billion) in business value since its inception three years ago. Panorama is a key part of Adnoc’s ongoing strategic investments in digitisation and artificial intelligence (AI) to enable the company to drive greater efficiencies, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi on Tuesday announced the launch of the ‘Abu Dhabi Specialist Programme’, an e-learning platform which will provide travel trade industry professionals with destination-related information about the emirate through a series of online courses. DCT Abu Dhabi noted that the programme will be rolled out in three phases ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Government Support, as represented by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority announced launch of digital payment platform, ‘Abu Dhabi Pay’ through the Abu Dhabi Government Services ecosystem (Tamm). The launch of Abu Dhabi Pay is a new step towards accelerating pace and impact of digital transformation, innovating more solutions and services aimed at facilitating ...

Bloomberg Oil headed for the longest run of daily gains in more than nine months as the impact of production cuts indicated the glut may be beginning to ease. Futures in New York rose for a fifth day after Genscape reported an increase in inventories of only 1.8 million barrels at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for West Texas Intermediate ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday sent an aid plane containing 7 metric tons of medical supplies to Guinea to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. The aid will assist approximately 7,000 medical professionals as they work to combat the virus. Commenting on the aid delivery, Ahmed Nasser Abdul Rahim Al-Khaja, UAE ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business RAK International Corporate Centre (RAK ICC), a world-class corporate registry in Ras Al Khaimah, has announced unprecedented Business Stimulus Measures to support its Registered Agents and promote new business during these challenging times. RAK ICC’s Business Stimulus Measures are in the form of exclusive discounts to its clients in order to provide reassurance, boost ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, has gifted 300 books to evacuees in Emirates Humanitarian City (EHC), aiming to provide them with books for entertainment and education during their quarantine period. Part of the ‘We Support Reading’ initiative, the gift includes literary and scientific titles, the department said in a ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa) pledged to create a solidarity fund of $1 million, to help startups affected by the impact of the coronavirus and celebrate the #UbuntuLoveChallenge challenge. The challenge is led by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi and Mamadou Kwidjim Toure, Founder and Chairman of Africa 2.0 Foundation, a global movement designed to encourage ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Marking the 44th Unification Day, the UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff has said that the 6th of May represents a “perpetual moment” in the nation’s history. In a statement to the ‘Nation Shield’, the UAE’s military journal, Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces noted the historical moment ...

DUBAI / WAM du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, launched an e-Shop, a new digital platform that can be availed of by SME corporates in the UAE, to enable them to on-board new mobile services for themselves and their employees with free and fast delivery within 48 hours, as well as other products and services through an end-to-end digital experience. ...