Abu Dhabi’s financial free zone and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) are working to bring a national trade receivables discounting platform to the UAE, having already built and tested a prototype toge…
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Zomato sells UAE business to Talabat owner
Zomato has sold its UAE food delivery business to Talabat, a wholly-owned subsidiary of German firm Delivery Hero Group, for an undisclosed amount. According to Delivery Hero, the transaction will …
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Doctors fit Dubai schoolgirl with 3D printed jaw
Surgeons in Dubai turned to 3D technology to replace the jaw of a teenage girl diagnosed with an aggressive tumour. The 17-year-old high school pupil was admitted to Rashid Hospital after it was found …
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Telecoms, IT, media climb Emirati jobs rankings at careers UAE
DUBAI, 3rd March, 2019 (WAM) — Jobs in the telecoms, Information Technology (IT) and media sectors are in increasing demand among job-seeking Emiratis, according to findings by Careers UAE, the leadi…
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Countdown: Dubai’s ‘game-changing’ e-scrap facility
Enviroserve has built the facility in partnership with Immark Technology of Switzerland. The UAE, of course, forms a major source of electronic scrap for the facility. ‘More important’, says Fleming, …
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Dewa issues RFQ for key phase of 900MW solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has issued a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for developers to build and operate the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which bo…
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Emirates inflight Wi-fi: More despair than OnAir
Plan B was to write, fact-check, polish and file my stories from my seat as Emirates flight EK448 made its way from Dubai to Auckland. The plane has in-flight Wi-fi, so it should have been practical. …
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Dewa asks companies to begin qualification for fifth phase of mega solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority issued a request for qualification for the 900 Megawatt fifth phase of the emirate’s mega solar park as it forges ahead with plans to source the majority of its p…
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DEWA releases RFQ for 900MW 5th phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest single-site strategic solar park of its kind in the world. Dubai, UAE: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a Request fo…
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Technology must drive positive change, school students agree at second Expo 2020 Dubai Next Gen World Majlis
Effects of technology on creativity, empathy, mindfulness debated in latest edition of Majlis series Next Gen World Majlis programme enables students to discuss topics that will affect their future DU…
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DEWA to mount solar rooftops on 10% of Dubai homes
Ten per cent of homes in Dubai will receive rooftop solar as part of the 50-year charter for the emirate launched by its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum a month ago. Dubai Electricity and …
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Dubai’s Du conducts first live 5G data call on its network
“We are delighted to modernise and expand our network to latest state of the art 5G NSA including access network and native cloud 5G core network that supports NSA and SA. We are proud to make this te…
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Business card-sized sticker set to prevent skyscraper fires in Dubai
Pyro stickers from Indonesian firm Actok are already distributed in the UAE, but DCD aims to produce its own version of the technology. Colonel Ali Hassan Almutawa, assistant director general for prot…
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Dubai’s DEWA tenders 900MW of solar
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has issued a tender for 900MW of solar located within the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The tender comes shortly after Dubai’s regional neighbou…
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One-tenth of Emirati homes in Dubai to get solar PV panels in 2019
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) will install photovoltaic panels on up to 10% of homes owned by UAE citizens, with six contractors picked to deliver the installation that is due to comple…
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10 companies that make your life easier in Dubai
Woman, girl cleaning her house, washing, ironing Living in Dubai is luxurious and enjoyable for anyone. There are many facilities for those who live here and all thanks to the technology that has made …
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More Gulf institutions turning to education technology
DUBAI: Technology is playing a key role in transforming the learning process in the Gulf region as educational institutions are investing heavily to shift from lecture-style classrooms to active-learn…
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