November, 2019

• 23 November

  UAE, Sweden sign MoU on innovation for SMEs

  

  STOCKHOLM / WAM An agreement signed by the UAE and Sweden for startups, innovation and entrepreneurship cooperation will take the two countries’ partnerships to a higher level, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy. The MoU was signed by the Ministry of Economy and Swedish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation during a visit by Al Mansouri and a top-level ...

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• 23 November

  EU plans $3.9bn fund for startups in ‘valley of death’

  

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is planning a 3.9 billion fund that will invest in early stage technology in an effort to increase the pipeline of innovations that might someday take on giants in the US and China. Traditional venture capital firms typically don’t fund “the famous innovation valley of death,” where science has produced a breakthrough, but a costly ...

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• 23 November

  ADX holds sustainability workshops

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) held two sustai- -nability reporting workshops, titled ‘Enhancing the efforts of listed companies to disclose sustainability reports.” The initiative is one of the pivotal axles of ADX’s broader programme to advance international best practices for sustainability across the Emirate, in line with the issuance of the Environmental, Social, and Governance ...

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• 23 November

  VP, Mohamed to chair 3rd UAE government annual meetings

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces will be chairing the third UAE Government annual meetings in Abu Dhabi, which will commence on ...

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• 23 November

  UN praises funding for humanitarian response plan for Yemeni people

  New York / WAM A top UN official has commended funding for the Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen by “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, the United States and others.” “New funding since September from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, the United States and others has enabled agencies to re-open suspended ...

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• 23 November

  UAE reaffirms pledge to achieving world free from nuclear weapons

  

  New York / WAM The UAE has reaffirmed its commitment to the continued efforts to achieve and maintain a world free of the threat posed by nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during the United Nations Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other WMD. The UAE delegation to the ...

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• 23 November

  UAE, Uzbekistan launch 1 million coders initiative

  

  TASHKENT / WAM International partnerships are key to shaping the future of governmental processes, said Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and The Future. Al Gergawi made the remarks as the head of the UAE delegation to the launch of the ‘One Million Uzbek Coders’ initiative at Inha University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. “Building international partnerships for shaping ...

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• 23 November

  12mn travellers visit Dubai in 9 months

  

  DUBAI / WAM A surge in arrivals over the summer months accelerated Dubai’s tourism momentum, as the city welcomed 12.08 million international overnight visitors in the first nine months of 2019, according to the latest visitation figures released by Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism). The strong 4.3 percent increase in volume growth compared to the same ...

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• 23 November

  DSOA to promote Dubai Digital Park in Cairo

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, announced its participation in the 23rd edition of Cairo ICT 2019, one of the leading technology events in the Middle East. Cairo ICT will run from December 1-4 at Egypt International Exhibition Center (EIEC) in New Cairo ...

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• 23 November

  ADX holds two workshops on sustainability reporting

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADX held two sustainability reporting workshops, titled ‘Enhancing the efforts of listed companies to disclose sustainability reports. The initiative is one of the pivotal axles of ADX’s broader programme to advance international best practices for sustainability across the Emirate, in line with the issuance of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Disclosure Guidance for listed ...

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