September, 2019

• 28 September

  UAE, UN agencies to enhance joint cooperation

  

  NEW YORK / WAM The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, held on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA), in New York, Guterres discussed with Sheikh Abdullah ways to enhance joint cooperation between the UAE and ...

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• 28 September

  Khalifa Fund provides $10mn to entrepreneurs in Zanzibar

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM In the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Dr. Ali Mohammed Shein, President of Zanzibar, the Khalifa Fund For Enterprise Development, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Ministry of Finance and Planning of Tanzania ...

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• 28 September

  Iconic ‘Constellation’ at Founder’s Memorial wins global award

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Constellation, a monumental public artwork featuring a dynamic three-dimensional portrait of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, the Founder of the UAE, clinched The CODA awards 2019 in the “Institutional Category”. The internationally acclaimed award celebrates projects the most successfully integrate commissioned art into interior, architectural, or public spaces. The CODA awards 2019 ...

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• 28 September

  ADFD provides $10m for Zanzibar’s health sector

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Zanzibar in the Federal Republic of Tanzania to provide AED37 million ($10 million) towards the development of Wete Hospital on Pemba Island in Zanzibar. The MoU was signed by Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, ADFD Director General and Mohammed Ramia Abdiwawa, ...

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• 28 September

  DMCC, China to bolster ties

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of Dubai Economy, announced that the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), will be holding an “Investing in Trade Forum”, on the sidelines of the Dubai Investment Week 2019. The Forum is part of “Spotlight on Investment Opportunities” forums that are a series of specialised forums held in partnership with Dubai FDI’s partners ...

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• 28 September

  ADX shares expertise with ‘Capital Markets and Returns’ lectures

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Majlis Affairs Office at the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court in coordination with the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), carried out two informative lectures on “Capital Markets and Returns”. The lectures took place in Zakher Majlis in Al Ain and Al Wathba. ADX briefed investors and public about its new market products and services, and vital ...

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• 28 September

  Abu Dhabi government bodies reveal readiness for Gitex 2019

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Government of Abu Dhabi, represented by 32 key government and academic entities, has expressed readiness in preparing its participation at ‘Gitex Technology Week’, which will be held from October 6 to 10, at the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Abu Dhabi Digital Authority (ADDA), the leading governmental entity in charge of coordinating the participation of ...

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• 28 September

  Expo 2020 Dubai selects 25 innovative projects

  

  Dubai / WAM A Norwegian programme to swap plastic waste for financial reward, an online software from Bhutan that calculates healthy, cost-effective school meals sourcing ingredients from local farms, and a Cameroonian project to build sustainable refugee camps are among the 25 projects selected in Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Best Practice Programme. The 25 success stories – all simple, effective, ...

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• 28 September

  Russia sends refinery equipment on epic 9,000km voyage

  

  Bloomberg Seven hundred tons of Russian refinery equipment has just completed a journey worthy of a great explorer. The parts manufactured in Volgograd will be used to upgrade Gazprom Neft PJSC’s Omsk refinery. That’s a trip of 2,599 kilometers by land, but the oversized cargo had to be taken by water. That required a journey of more than 9,000 kilometers ...

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• 28 September

  Pemex names new chief of trading arm

  

  Bloomberg Petroleos Mexicanos replaced the head of its trading arm PMI with Ulises Hernandez, formerly an executive of Pemex Exploration and Production, after a mass exodus by former management. Hernandez, previously the head of resources, reserves and partnerships at Pemex, will replace Raul Enrique Galicia, according to a statement. PMI’s crude trading division will also have new management, as Armando ...

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