April, 2025

• 3 April

  Takaful Emarat Rebounds with 84% Revenue Growth, Achieves AED 960M in Assets

  

  DUBAI/GULF TIME Takaful Emarat has announced a remarkable 45 percent increase in its total assets, reaching AED960 million for the fiscal year ending 31st December 2024, reinforcing the group’s strengthened financial standing. The company recorded an 84 percent surge in revenues, reaching AED420 million in 2024, compared to AED229 million in the previous year. This strong top-line growth was mirrored ...

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• 3 April

  Multiply, Al Arabia to establish global investment entity in OOH advertising

  

  ABU DHABI/WAM Al Arabia Outdoor Advertising signs a memorandum of understanding with the media vertical of Multiply Group, the Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company, setting the stage for the creation of a joint entity dedicated to investing in the global out-of-home (OOH) advertising sector, strengthening global presence and supporting expansion plans into international markets. This collaboration also focuses on exploring ...

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• 3 April

  EDGE Group strengthens regional partnership with Indra at LAAD 2025

  

  RIO DE JANEIRO/WAM EDGE Group LATAM Office and Indra, a leading global Defence and Technology company, have announced a Regional Agreement at LAAD 2025, Latin America’s largest defence and public security exhibition, currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro. The agreement builds on the PULSE joint venture, formalised by EDGE Group and Indra and officially signed last year in the ...

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• 3 April

  Edge signs pact with Brazilian naval company EMGEPRON

  

  RIO DE JANEIRO/WAM EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology and defence groups, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian state-owned Naval Projects Management Company (EMGEPRON) at LAAD 2025 in Rio de Janeiro. The MoU will enable technical information exchange for the future development of weapons systems, including missiles, torpedoes and advanced high-precision devices for strategic ...

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• 3 April

  Abu Dhabi Petroleum Products Trading Regulatory Committee convenes first 2025 meeting

  

    ABU DHABI/WAM The Abu Dhabi Petroleum Products Trading Regulatory Committee (TRC) convened its first meeting of 2025, headed by Dr Saif Saeed Al Qubaisi, Acting Director-General of Regulatory Affairs at the Department of Energy, and attended by representatives from 21 federal and local government entities. The meeting’s agenda featured discussions on various subjects and included presentations concerning the ongoing ...

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• 3 April

  Bodour Al Qasimi becomes 1st woman from GCC to win BolognaRagazzi Award

  

  SHARJAH/WAM Emirati publisher, author, and women’s advocate Bodour Al Qasimi has made history by becoming the first woman from an Arab Gulf state to receive a prestigious BolognaRagazzi Award for Fiction. Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi received the prize for her groundbreaking children’s book ‘House of Wisdom’ at a ceremony in the impressive Farnese Chapel, at Palazzo d’Accursio, in Bologna. Reflecting ...

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• 3 April

  EPA concludes its participation in Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025

  

  SHARJAH/WAM The Emirates Publishers Association (EPA) has successfully concluded its participation in the 2025 edition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, held in Bologna, Italy, from  March 31 to April 3. The event brought together leading literary and artistic figures, as well as content creators from around the world, reinforcing the association’s continuous efforts to support the Emirati publishing industry ...

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• 3 April

  DLD, Afza partner to boost real estate investments

  

  DUBAI/WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD) and Ajman Free Zones Authority (AFZA) have signed a joint memorandum of cooperation to simplify pathways for companies registered in AFZA to secure freehold ownership of land and property, streamlining the registration process. The partnership supports efforts to enhance synergy across government bodies. The agreement was signed by Marwan bin Ghalita, Director-General of the Dubai ...

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• 3 April

  Taqa, Ewec drive UAE’s AI plan, net zero goals with new projects

  

  ABU DHABI/WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) together with Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), on Thursday announced the development and implementation of new energy infrastructure projects to directly advance the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, and UAE Net Zero by 2050 initiative. The transformative collaboration includes TAQA signing a 24-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EWEC ...

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• 3 April

  Hamdan bin Mohammed launches ‘MyDubai Communities’ digital platform, amplifying success of #MyDubai initiative

  

  DUBAI/WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, on Thursday launched ‘MyDubai Communities’, a community-based digital platform that gives citizens, residents and visitors alike the opportunity to explore and participate in the diverse range of activities that the city ...

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