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DUBAI / WAM Dr Ntoi Rapapa, Minister of Education and Training in Lesotho, highlighted the importance of digital transformation in government development and skill building during the World Government Summit (WGS) in Dubai. He expressed his country’s aspirations to embrace digitalisation across various sectors, including education and training. In statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) at WGS, Dr Rapapa ...

DUBAI / WAM Manuel Marrero, Prime Minister of Cuba, expressed Cuba’s active engagement in strengthening ties with the United Arab Emirates across diverse sectors, including renewable energy, agriculture, tourism, and biotechnology. “The UAE is a country with extensive experience and with which we have signed several agreements,” Marrero said in statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) during his participation ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday met with Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, who is currently visiting the UAE as a guest of honour at the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024. The three-day summit, held under the theme “Shaping Future Governments”, concluded its activities ...

GENEVA / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, participated in the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva on Wednesday, the final meeting before the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi of which he is Chair. The General Council, the highest decision-making body of the WTO outside of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) programme, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Chamber, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Programme, at the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024, being held in Dubai under the theme of “Shaping Future Government”. Ahmed Khalifa Al Qubaisi, CEO of the Abu Dhabi Chamber, ...

WORLD CAPITALS / WAM Gold prices lingered near a two-month low on Wednesday, trading below the key $2,000- per-ounce level, as a stronger-than-expected US inflation report prompted traders to trim bets for deeper rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. According to Reuters, spot gold was flat at $1,992.21 per ounce (Oz) as of 0429 GMT after hitting its lowest since ...

SHARJAH / WAM Beeah, a sustainability pioneer, held the first edition of its “Future Summit — Beyond Tomorrow: A Journey into Exponential Innovation” for future technologists and business leaders. In collaboration with the Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park (SRTIP) and US-based exponential education company, Singularity, the summit empowered a group of futurists to embrace an exponential mindset, be prepared ...

DUBAI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) participated in the World Governments Summit (WGS) in Dubai as a strategic partner. The three-day event, which took place from February 12-14 under the theme of “Shaping Future Governments”, served as a global platform uniting government leaders, thinkers, experts, and decision-makers to exchange insights, anticipate the future, and leverage innovation ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of Investment of the UAE and the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology of the Republic of India have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), setting out a framework for the expansion of bilateral investment cooperation in the digital infrastructure sector, with a special emphasis on data centre projects in India. The memorandum marks ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Fertiglobe, the strategic partnership between Adnoc and OCI Global, on Wednesday reported Q4 2023 revenue of $646 million, adjusted EBITDA of $289 million, and adjusted net profit of $103 million. Fertiglobe’s full-year 2023 revenues and adjusted EBITDA were $2,416 million and $1,004 million, respectively, with adjusted net profit of $363 million. Fertiglobe achieved 23% growth in ...