From chastising Jeremy Corbyn, UK’s Leader of the Opposition, for his “disgraceful behaviour of being an apologist for the Russian regime” to candid views on Brexit and US President Donald Trump, former British prime minister Tony Blair and George Osborne, editor of London Evening Standard and a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, offered varied perspectives
WOMEN ACHIEVE, a women’s advancement initiative launched by AmCham Abu Dhabi’s Women in Business Committee, celebrated its fifth anniversary on March 15, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal. The symposium featured keynote addresses by The Honorable Barbara A. Leaf, U.S. Ambassador to the U.A.E., Virginia Grebbien, Chief of Staff, Parsons Corporation and Asantewaa
Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation, Empower, has been awarded the Dubai Chamber Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, label for the fourth year consecutively, in recognition of its commitment to achieving sustainable development and its CSR efforts. The award highlights Empower’s established culture of environmental awareness among its employees, customers, and community members. Ahmad bin Shafar, CEO
The UAE is set to join countries from around the world for the biggest environment event of the year “Earth Hour”, a landmark drive introduced by World Wildlife Fund, WWF, in 2007. The initiative has become known as the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, bringing over 7,000 cities, as well as 180 countries
Three edtech start-ups, the UAE’s TeachMeNow, the UK’s Chatterbox and Nigeria’s dot Learn, have won the inaugural ‘Next Billion’ Edtech Prize instituted by The Varkey Foundation to recognise the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low-income and emerging world countries. All three winners will be awarded US$25,000 as well
In his ministerial statement at the sixth annual Global Education & Skills Forum (GESF) in Dubai, His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Tolerance, called upon educators and students to embrace “the value of tolerance that will have the most profound and beneficial impact” in tackling the issues surrounding global education
In line with its vision for a “Workplace of the Future”, Samsung Electronics has launched its new interactive digital flip chart, the Samsung Flip WM55H, across the UAE. First introduced at the company’s First Look event during CES 2018, the innovative flip chart promotes more collaborative digital engagement by alleviating the most prominent challenges businesses
