Laura Georges, one of the top stars of international women’s football and Secretary General of French Football Federation, has urged the sports fraternity to invest in women’s sports to strengthen the whole community as it recovers from COVID-19.
H.H. Sheikha Fatima Supreme Chairwoman of FDF, highlighted the fundamental role played by culture and media in innovatively promoting the Emirati identity, to reinforce the UAE’s international stature.
Dubai Summer Surprises launches into another weekend with lots of great deals, promotions and activities for residents and visitors to explore. Enjoy a selection of mega sales, hilarious comedy shows, daring activities and relaxing hotel stays for an unforgettable DSS weekend.
DSO announced the launch of the second phase of the AI-powered chatbot, “HADI”, including the expansion of the list of smart services available online, to facilitate providing support remotely to customers, residents, business partners.
The Authority is calling local and international amateurs and professionals in the creative field aged 15 and above to participate in the competition, which aims to encourage the talented youth and provide them with a platform to showcase their creativity.
The Chinese School Dubai, mainly focused on serving the Chinese community in the emirate, will create an additional 2,000 seats in the private education sector once it is fully operational.
Between April and June 2020, Emirates SkyCargo has facilitated the movement of essential commodities and other supplies for individual consumers and businesses across the world by operating more than 10,000 cargo flights to destinations across six continents.
RTA’s participation entitled: The Economic and Financial Impacts of Covid-19 and Precautionary Measures. During the event, the UITP MENA Centre for Transport Excellence, in collaboration with RTA, released a report entitled: The Economics of Public Transport in MENA region.
The Dubai College of Tourism (DCT), part of Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), has announced its Scholarship and Awards programme for the upcoming academic year commencing in September.
The Central Bank of the UAE, CBUAE, has alerted consumers of the increase in fraudulent activities, and stresses not to disclose private information such as personal and bank account information to any person or entity.
According to the latest trade statistics, Dubai’s food imports touched AED22 billion (6.23 million tonnes), while exports reached AED5.5 billion (2.1 million tonnes) and re-exports amounted to AED4.5 billion (733,000 tonnes) in H1 2020.
Beach sports lover are in for a treat this weekend and the next, as Dubai Sports Council have announced a “Beach Sports Week” that will see competition in four different events taking place at Kite Beach in Jumeirah.
The Team for Global Promotional Investment Missions attended a webinars organised by the Dubai FDI, targeting businesspersons and investors in Australia to explore the opportunities and partnership potential in the food & agribusiness, healthcare, logistics, and technology sectors in Dubai.
Dubai further accelerates entrepreneurial growth across the aviation and tourism industry with the launch of Intelak Hub. Former programmes Intelak Incubator, Idea Lab and the Futurism Accelerator have been brought together under one brand to support ideation and early and late stage start-ups.
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa has said that the launch of the 'Hope Probe' on its historic journey to Mars under the slogan of "Nothing is impossible" constitutes a national and Arab achievement and an advanced Emirati push in the process of building global knowledge in space.
Emirates NBD (DFM: EmiratesNBD), a leading banking group in the region, delivered a net profit of AED 4.1 billion for the first half of 2020. Net interest income increased 36% y-o-y and non-funded income grew 24% y-o-y with the acquisition of DenizBank in 2019.