For the second time in less than a week, Dubai’s International Humanitarian City (IHC) has dispatched a cargo flight made available by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, a Boeing 747, to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid to victims of Cyclone Idai.
H.E. Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security in the UAE, has held a further meeting with the UAE’s food security stakeholders and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), following last week’s announcement on the innovation-driven Food Security Roadmap for the Middle East and the UAE’s bid to become one of
Emirates Global Aluminium, Mubadala and Dubal Holding today officially broke ground on a new AED 1 billion state-of-the-art power block at EGA’s Jebel Ali smelter in Dubai. EGA is the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, and is jointly owned by Mubadala Investment Company and Dubal Holding. The ground-breaking ceremony was
55 percent of local angel investors are prioritizing the UAE over other global markets according to the latest research from startAD, the Abu Dhabi-based global accelerator anchored at NYU Abu Dhabi and powered by Tamkeen. The findings reveal the importance of the UAE for angel investors globally and demonstrates the attractiveness of the region for
Investments in technologies enabling smart cities in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is expected to hit the USD 2.30-billion mark by 2021 as per the estimates of International Data Corporation. Given that large funding is needed to build smart cities, public-private partnerships (PPPs) are seen as the key force that will help accelerate
Bee’ah, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, has unveiled its findings from an exclusive in-depth study conducted on waste segregation perceptions and practices among Sharjah’s higher education community, shedding new light on the sustainability ambitions of the UAE’s youth. Undertaken by Bee’ah’s Environmental Consultancy & Services arm, the study gathered responses from a healthy sample of
The global economy is slowing down. Accurate reporting on global economic developments is crucial to keep the public informed about its possible impact on the Arab region, a leading UK professor has warned. Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science was speaking during a discussion on the
