Business & Money | Sunday 15 October, 2017 4:08 am

MEFIC Private Equity F&B Opportunities Fund acquires a stake in Sultan Delight Burger

MEFIC Capital, in its capacity as fund manager of MEFIC Private Equity Food & Beverage Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”), has successfully completed an investment in Ghatha’a Al Sultan For Fast Foods Company, a leading quick service restaurants (QSR) chain in the Western &...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 15 October, 2017 3:56 am

Cisco’s Network of the Future, Kinetic IoT Platform and AI Innovations Attract Significant Attention at GITEX 2017

Cisco’s participation at GITEX Technology Week 2017 received widespread attention as the global technology leader leveraged the region’s largest tech event to showcase some of its latest innovations and solutions for the digital era.   Aligned with the theme of...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 15 October, 2017 3:19 am

Fifth Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival Concludes Successfully with 124 Screenings

The 5th Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (SICFF)’s 6-day celebration of cinema and the media arts concluded with a well-attended crowd from the UAE and across the region to its film screenings, workshops, celebrity meet-and-greets, competitions, and numerous other...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 October, 2017 2:16 am

World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2017 to shed light on how smart cities have become a key to a green economy

The fourth edition of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2017 will highlight the importance of smart cities in the transition towards the green economy. This is an endeavour to design ‘smart’ approaches, which ensure that cities, will be optimised for economic activity, energy...

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Sports | Sunday 15 October, 2017 2:05 am

Princess Rima to head sports federation in Saudi first

A princess has been named to head a Saudi multi-sports federation, in the latest of a string of such appointments in the Kingdom. An official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has become “the first woman to lead a federation”...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:47 am

DPM Develops Automated Planning System For Abu Dhabi Government

 The Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) is leading a project to develop a Capital Investment Planning System that will automate processes and bring together all government capital projects across the emirate.   The Capital Investment Planning System...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:38 am

Kalimat’s Books Add Literary Flair to SICFF 2017

One of the UAE’s strongest advocates of the Arabic children’s book industry, Kalimat Group, the Sharjah-based publisher of Arabic books, did not miss the opportunity to bring books and young readers together once again at the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:38 am

Siemens honored by His Excellency, Khalid Al-Falih at Saudi Electricity Forum

Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Falih, honored Siemens at the inauguration of the Saudi Electricity Forum 2017 in Riyadh as the Main Sponsor and an active contributor to localization of key technologies in the Kingdom.   Siemens displays its latest...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:23 am

Courtyard by Marriott World Trade Center Renewed its focus on developing its F&B

With the new season just around the corner, Courtyard by Marriott World Trade Center, Abu Dhabi has renewed its focus on developing its F&B (food and beverage) experience with a new-found vigour. This reformed brand mantra has thrust the man behind its trend-setting culinary concepts to the...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 October, 2017 1:03 am

Ras Al Khaimah Public Service Department Signs MoU with FEWA

The Ras Al Khaimah Public Service Department (RAKPSD) and the Federal Authority for Electricity and Water (FEWA) have signed a memorandum of understanding between the two entities aimed at developing a joint working strategy and a specific mechanism for cooperation and coordination related to...

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