Jenny Hunt
UAE Weekly Business News 18/04/22
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UAE Weekly Business News, Issue 82. 18th April 2022.
UAE Trade licence and visa-related headlines
New Emirates ID rules replacing residency visas come into effect (The National 11/04/2022)
DMCC breaks record registering 665 new companies in Dubai in Q1 2022 (WAM 12/04/2022)
Ramadan 2022: ‘Am I entitled to overtime pay during the holy month?’ (The National 17/04/2022)
Abu Dhabi Business Centre adds 80 new economic activities in 2021 (WAM 18/04/2022)
UAE Bilateral trade-related headlines
UAE, Costa Rica sign MoU to promote tourism exchange (WAM 11/04/2022)
Abu Dhabi Chamber keen to expand economic cooperation with Rwanda (WAM 12/04/2022)
Sheikh Mohammed hails UAE-US Mars data-sharing partnership (The National 12/04/2022)
FCSC, UK Statistics Authority sign cooperation agreement (WAM 14/04/2022)
UAE business and economy-related headlines
Empower District Cooling network grows 33.2% in 4 years (WAM 11/04/2022)
Dubai airport was world's busiest international hub in 2021 (The National 11/04/2022)
DEWA surges 15.7% on market debut (WAM 12/04/2022)
ADQ, Chimera Investments partner to launch UAE’s first SPAC on ADX (WAM 12/04/2022)
AED, SAR account for 25% of inter-Arab payments (WAM 12/04/2022)
Mubadala's Cepsa looks to Abu Dhabi for green hydrogen and clean energy partnerships (The National 12/04/2022)
Department of Health in Abu Dhabi joins coalition to revolutionize cancer care (The National 12/04/2022)
Directory launched for women-founded businesses in the UAE (The National 12/04/2022)
Dubai FDI launches 'Investment Aftercare' book (WAM 13/04/2022)
Dubai Chamber sees AED11m in cost savings from paperless strategy (WAM 13/04/2022)
FSRA issues discussion paper on Decentralised Finance 'DeFi' (WAM 13/04/2022)
Ministry of Economy continues monitoring prices of 300 commodities (WAM 13/04/2022)
UAE chief executives account for more than half of top 20 in the Middle East (The National 13/04/2022)
UAE calls on global investors to benefit from its business-friendly environment (The National 13/04/2022)
UAE retirement: 45% of residents have not started saving (The National 13/04/2022)
Dubai Electronic Security Center launches Cyber Node (WAM 14/04/2022)
Emirates airline plans to create NFTs and metaverse experiences (The National 14/04/2022)
UAE to digitize procedures and reduce costs for industrial businesses (The National 14/04/2022)
Mena economies to grow 5.2% in 2022 but recovery will be uneven, World Bank says (The National 14/04/2022)
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed visits Bahrain for talks with King Hamad (The National 14/04/2022)
UAE will 'build bridges and partnerships' in a changing world (The National 14/04/2022)
Dubai RTA detects more than 1,000 fare evaders in inspection operation (The National 14/04/2022)
Abu Dhabi plans to stop sending waste to landfill by 2071 (The National 14/04/2022)
Dubai's weeklong real estate transactions hit AED7.8b (WAM 15/04/2022)
Barakah Plant powers UAE’s net-zero economy, drives innovation (WAM 15/04/2022)
Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi issues its digital annual report (WAM 15/04/2022)
Dubai property prices: where they are rising and falling - March 2022 (The National 15/04/2022)
Abu Dhabi unveils world’s biggest Arabic AI language processing model (The National 15/04/2022)
UAE head teachers speak of struggle to recruit talent amid global teacher shortage (The National 15/04/2022)
With pandemic well controlled, Abu Dhabi charts a futuristic path in healthcare (The National 15/04/2022)
Environment Agency Abu Dhabi highlights success stories of 2021 (The National 15/04/2022)
Mena start-up funding more than doubled to $864m in first quarter of 2022 (The National 16/04/2022)
Sand dunes can 'breathe', research carried out in Gulf desert shows (The National 16/04/2022)
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque welcomes more than 1.2m visitors in six months (The National 16/04/2022)
Dubai Customs’ Logistics City Centre clears AED1.6b of goods in Q1 (WAM 17/04/2022)
RTA endorses 5-Year Sustainability Plan 2021-2025 (WAM 17/04/2022)
New Dubai court to hear family inheritance cases (The National 17/04/2022)
Ruler of Dubai sets out plan to make Expo site a global destination (The National 17/04/2022)
Dubai Chambers rebrands, unveils new corporate identity (WAM 18/04/2022)
EAD announces 2021 achievements regarding groundwater conservation (WAM 18/04/2022)
DCD launches first emirate-wide survey for sports, physical activity (WAM 18/04/2022)
Dubai and Abu Dhabi office rents rebound to pre-pandemic levels (The National 18/04/2022)
UAE's best universities: United Arab Emirates University (The National 18/04/2022)
Written by Jenny Hunt
Founder, Gateway Group, Abu Dhabi & Dubai, United Arab Emirates
FORBES' Top 100 Most Influential Women in the Middle East
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