August, 2019

• 18 August

  UAE, Japan team up to empower ‘people of determination’

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business A ten-member delegation headed by HE Abdulla Al Humaidan, Secretary-General of Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination (ZHO) visited Japan to receive insights on how to create a more inclusive society for people faced with challenges. The eight-day visit was organised by the Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), and provided opportunities for the ZHO delegation ...

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• 18 August

  UAE embassy in Beirut organises panel discussion and workshop on tolerance

  

  BEIRUT / WAM The UAE Embassy in Beirut organised a panel discussion and workshop, entitled, “Pardon when you are powerful”, targeting 50 students at the Al Othman Mosque, attended by Fahad Al Kaabi, Acting Charge D’Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Lebanon, and a representative of the Grand Mufti of Lebanon, Sheikh Abdulatif Daryan. The students participated with the Emirati ...

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• 18 August

  du and Nokia to highlight 5G-ready future network

  Dubai / Emirates Business du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) has developed a white paper in conjunction with Nokia to highlight the need for cloud-based future network architecture for new 5G and IoT use cases. Additionally, the whitepaper discusses the changes needed for adopting the new architecture and the ways to address new security threats through holistic security management. ...

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• 18 August

  Imkan appoints China’s CNTC as main contractor for Pixel project

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Imkan has joined forces with the esteemed Chinese construction company (CNTC) appointing the internationally renowned company as the main contractor for its Pixel project. The developer carried out an official signing ceremony at Imkan’s head office, where ADCG CEO, HE Abubaker Seddiq Al Khoori, Dr Hamad Abdulqadir Al-Ali, Board member in Royal Strategic Partners LLC ...

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• 18 August

  Registration for FNC membership opens

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business The National Election Committee (NEC) announced that candidate registration centres across the UAE are now accepting applications for Federal National Council (FNC) membership and will continue to do so until August 22, 2019. The official working hours of the centers extend from 8am to 3pm, Sunday to Thursday. In Abu Dhabi, candidate registration centres are located ...

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• 18 August

  Private sector key to achieving sustainable development goals

  

  DUBAI / WAM Government and private sector collaboration is key to overcoming challenges and driving further sustainable development in the UAE, a report by the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA) revealed on Wednesday. Titled, ‘Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the UAE — Private Sector Contribution’, the report, produced in collaboration with Oliver Wyman, noted how sustainable development is ...

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• 18 August

  AED1m fund to back youth-led medical innovation projects

  ABU DHABI / WAM Two groups of Emirati students are set to become ground-breaking figures in UAE’s healthcare industry, after it was announced that their medical startup projects would be advanced from incubation to acceleration. The announcement comes following the students’ involvement in Al Bayt Mitwahid Association and VPS Healthcare’s ‘Future Medical Stars’, an innovative healthcare initiative which focusses on ...

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• 18 August

  8 tycoons join Dubai Chamber GBF mentorship programme

  

  DUBAI / WAM Eight prominent business leaders have been selected to mentor high-potential startups from the UAE and Africa participating in Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) Mentorship Programme. Four UAE-based mentors and four Africa-based mentors have joined the first-of-its-kind programme, which aims to foster cross-border cooperation between the two startup communities and help participants expand ...

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• 18 August

  Works begin on AED183m Al Ain ‘roundabout’ project

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Al Ain City Municipality and Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) have commenced construction works of the Asharej and Al Markhaniya roundabout development project in Al Ain city at a total cost of approximately AED183 million. Both parties stated that development of the two roundabouts aims to facilitate traffic movement, reduce congestions particularly during peak hours, ...

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• 18 August

  Interactive tool to drive future skills launched

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s National Programme for Advanced Skills (NPAS) has launched an interactive self-assessment tool enabling individuals to discover their most prominent skills out of the 12 outlines in the advanced skills strategy. The platform includes the game, ‘FutureFit’, designed to provide all members of society to assess themselves to discover which of the skills they are most ...

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