March, 2019

• 23 March

  Deal signed to spur Abu Dhabi digital transformation efforts

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions and Services Authority (ADSSSA) signed a strategic new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Saturday to accelerate the Abu Dhabi Government’s digital transformation efforts. The agreement was signed by Dr Rauda Al Saadi, Director General, ADSSSA and Fabio Fontana, Vice President and Managing Director, HPE Middle East, in ...

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• 23 March

  Emirates Group attracts 3,300 applicants at Careers UAE

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Emirates Group has completed yet another successful year at Careers UAE 2019. Showcasing a variety of UAE National programmes, the Group attracted more than 3300 applicants during the three-day exhibition. This year, for the first time, the Group has revealed a new programme, targeting national school graduates who aspire to be part of the exciting ...

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• 23 March

  Mohamed, Austria Chancellor discuss bolstering relations

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria, have reviewed the prospects for further consolidating bilateral relations across all fronts. This came as the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince received the Austrian leader in the UAE capital ...

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• 23 March

  ‘Sharjah, Unesco have long history of fruitful cooperation’

  

  PARIS / WAM Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Vice President of International Publishers Association (IPA) and Head of Advisory Committee of Sharjah World Book Capital (SWBC), said the prestigious Unesco title is a global acknowledgement of Sharjah’s longstanding cultural achievements. It is also a reward for pursuing an approach of knowledge-based human development in Sharjah through the use of ...

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• 23 March

  ADFD financed 108 water sector projects in 56 nations

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM From its inception in 1971 until December 2018, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), financed 108 water sector projects in 56 countries with a total value of AED8 billion. The Fund’s interest in water and electricity projects reflects its keenness to support international efforts aimed at achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, directly contributing to ...

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• 23 March

  Role of global bodies vital in promoting tolerance values: UAE

  Geneva / WAM The UAE has reiterated the critical role global parties can play by engaging in promoting values of tolerance. During a session entitled, ‘Celebration of diversity: beyond tolerance, the path towards empathy’, Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the UN and Other International Organisations in Geneva, stressed the importance of the role international bodies and governments ...

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• 23 March

  ‘Zayed Al Khair Camp’ to assist Rohingya refugees

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Sheikha Fatima Global Humanitarian Campaign has announced the launch of the ‘Zayed Al Khair Camp’ which will see thousands of Rohingya refugee women and children receive medical care, under the supervision of a UAE-Bangladesh volunteer medical team. This latest endeavour was launched in conjunction with Mother’s Day, and falls within the framework behind ‘We Are ...

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• 23 March

  Dubai to host inaugural ‘Abundance 360 Summit’

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business A world-class speaker line up has been confirmed for the signature Abundance 360 (A360) Summit in Dubai, taking place at Emirates Towers on March 26-27. Conceptualised by renowned futurist Peter Diamandis, A360 is hosted by Dubai Future Foundation, and held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince ...

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• 23 March

  Apple CEO urges China to ‘open up’ its economy

  

  Bloomberg Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook encouraged China to keep opening up its economy, as his company grapples with weaker demand from the nation and uncertainty over its trade war with the US. “We urge China to continue to open up,” Cook said during a speech at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing. “We see that as essential. ...

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• 23 March

  Italy, China to sign up to $23 billion of deals, says official

  Bloomberg Chinese and Italian companies will sign 10 accords potentially worth as much as 20 billion euros ($23 billion) at a ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, according to an Italian official who declined to be named before the event. Xi and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will separately sign a memorandum of understanding giving Italy a role ...

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