Humanitarian hub plays key role in COVID-19 response
Focus explores Dubai’s International Humanitarian City to see the vital role it is playing in the response to COVID-19 and other humanitarian crisis.
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Dubai acts to stem the tide of single use plastic
Almost 90 million air passengers pass through Dubai each year, bringing 5,500 tonnes of plastic. But attitudes are changing.
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Innovation Radar Prize 2019 – 4D Hybrid Project
The autonomous robot detects and repairs vertical metal surfaces, including those found in sites like offshore platforms or ship hulls. Designed to repair all metal surfaces, the robot can work in extreme temperatures
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Empowering rural women in Africa under the spotlight at the African Women’s Forum
Women contribute nearly 80% of the food supply in Africa yet only have access to 15% of the land. The African Women’s Forum looks at how to empower women in the continent economically, enabling them to become powerful players in the fight against hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity.
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Dubai’s bid to make bureaucratic backlogs a thing of the past
Dubai is aiming to take the lead in streamline its public services and create a fully integrated “smart city”, on a single smartphone app.
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South Africa’s €90 billion investment drive
Over 1,700 people from 22 countries converged at the second inaugural South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg. The gathering that was part of the president’s push to improve Africa’s second largest economy and deal with the 29.1% unemployment rate.
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Qingdao’s multinational summit attracts more investment for China
China is one of the world’s largest host countries for multinational businesses and it wants to continually attract new companies to invest more into the country. The summit will now be held on an annual basis.
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Russia and Africa: working towards a win-win partnership
The first edition of the Russia-Africa Summit was co-chaired by President Vladimir Putin and his Egyptian counterpart President Abdel Fattah Al-sissi to re-define and intensify strategic trade relations between the two continents.
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Building dialogue, trust and partnership; the meeting of speakers of parliaments begins in Nursultan
More than 60 countries are represented in Nursultan, the capital of Kazakhstan at the 5th meeting of speakers of parliament of Eurasian countries.
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South Africa wants to lead the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Countries around the world are gearing up for the arrival of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. On the African continent, South Africa wants to lead its implementation
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