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ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund (UAE-CREF), has entered the second cycle of its three-year plan to build climate-resilient renewable energy projects in 16 Caribbean nations, successfully completing new development and funding agreements for the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname. The announcement was made at Abu Dhabi Sustainability ...

Bloomberg Mobile app spending and usage hit a record in 2019 and show no signs of tapering off this year as faster cellular connections and more big-name video streaming services come online, industry tracker App Annie says. In the past year, mobile apps accumulated $120 billion of global consumer spending, with games accounting for 72% of that. Advertising brought in ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE could save over AED11 billion through implementing advanced blockchain technologies, a joint whitepaper by Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE, C4IR UAE, Dubai Future Foundation and World Economic Forum, revealed. The report cites both Dubai Blockchain Strategy in 2016, and the Emirates Blockchain Strategy in 2018. Statistically, in addition to the cost savings, the ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority (SCTDA), continues to work towards establishing a strong foothold in the Northern European tourism market. Efforts to draw in more visitors from the region will commence this year with its upcoming participation at the Matka Nordic Travel Fair in Helsinki, Finland. Set to take place from January 15 to 19, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, signed a power purchase agreement (PPA), with Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), the state electricity company in Indonesia, for the first floating solar photovoltaic (PV), plant in the country. Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Chairman of Masdar, and Zulkifli Zaini, President Director, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Nation Brand Office of the UAE has officially begun its task of unifying and coordinating the message of promoting the UAE’s capabilities to the rest of the world, and has also released official guidelines for the use of the Nation Brand with the launch of its new website portal: www.nationbrand.ae. The Nation Brand Office, which holds ...

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 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, along with several representatives of Arab and foreign countries, attended the inauguration of the Barnis Military Base located in Southern Military Area of the Red Sea Governorate. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy and sustainable real estate companies, has announced the launch of a sustainable real estate investment trust (REIT) — the first ‘green’ REIT to be introduced in the UAE. The REIT was launched at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), by Ahmed Ali ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways on Wednesday announced its commitment to a minimum target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050 and halving its 2019 net emission levels by 2035. In a press release issued by Etihad on Wednesday, coinciding with Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the company said that its ambitious environmental targets will be achieved through a mix ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Wednesday announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trip.com Group, a world’s leading one-stop travel service provider. The agreement was signed in Shanghai by executives of both companies, signalling the start of a strategic cooperation between Emirates and Trip.com Group and allowing the airline to expand its reach in the ...