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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE will join global celebrations for World Humanitarian Day, commemorated on August 19 every year. On this day, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) advocates on behalf of the entire humanitarian community, honouring humanitarian efforts worldwide and propagating the idea of supporting people in crisis. This year’s World Humanitarian Day is ...

Bloomberg The race to develop oil terminals that can fully load supertankers on the US Gulf Coast remains congested, even as one of North America’s largest pipeline operators decided to push its project ahead. Over a year, more than 10 projects have been proposed for terminals that, combined, will be able to load 8 million barrels a day onto very ...

Bloomberg The days when energy stocks and price of oil moved in lockstep are now few and far between. Oil may go up but stocks still fall, and in Canada it’s the worst divergence on record. The ratio of the iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF to West Texas Intermediate crude oil is at an all-time low, according to data ...

Bloomberg Freyr AS, a startup planning to build one of Europe’s first battery gigafactories in Norway, has a bigger vision for the region: a “Nordic Battery Belt.” The Norwegian company is still gathering approvals, technology licenses and funding for its initial, 40 billion-krone ($4.5 billion) project in northern Norway. But it already sees the scope for as many as four ...

Bloomberg Australian pension fund First State Super is on a hiring spree as it seeks to more than double in size to A$200 billion ($136 billion) within next four years. The Sydney-based firm’s investment team will grow to more than 100 people from 80 by 2022 as it builds out in-house expertise across equities, fixed income, infrastructure and direct lending, ...