Abu dhabi: Supported by the Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale (AIM for Scale), a collaboration of researchers from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and the University of Chicago are working to ensure that governments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can adopt AI innovations early and build world-class national services-delivering services once limited to places like the US, EU, or Japan. According to Emirates News Agency, just as climate change brings extreme and unpredictable weather to communities worldwide, advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are making it possible to predict these shifting conditions with greater speed, lower cost,

New york city: The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative and XPRIZE today announced the 143 Qualified Teams representing 29 countries, selected to advance to the next stage of the XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition – a five-year, $119 million prize made possible by a $150 million contribution from The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative that aims to accelerate the development of more efficient, affordable and sustainable seawater desalination technologies. The announcement was made today during Climate Week in New York City. According to Emirates News Agency, the competition – the largest XPRIZE in history – was launched in March 2024 by

Dubai: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) today organised the ‘Digital Participation in Government Decision-Making Forum: Partnership, Interaction, Impact’ at Etihad Museum in Dubai, in partnership with several government and international entities. According to Emirates News Agency, the forum aimed to highlight digital participation as a strategic tool for policymaking and improving government services, while strengthening integration between decision-makers and the community through innovative digital platforms. The event was held as part of the ministry’s commitment to reinforcing government-community partnership concepts and developing interactive channels that enable society to directly contribute to shaping public decisions and policies. It also aligns with

Dubai: Ranking No.1 globally in terms of the number of Greenfield FDI projects it attracted for the eighth consecutive half-year period since H2 2021, Dubai has underlined its status as a leading hub for foreign direct investment (FDI), according to data published in the Financial Times Ltd’s ‘fDi Markets’ tracking database. According to Emirates News Agency, maintaining its leading position on the global stage, Dubai attracted 643 Greenfield FDI projects in the first half of 2025 – 478 more than the second-placed city, and the highest number ever recorded for any city globally in a half-year period since fDi Markets