Business & Investments

ADGM Builds Momentum in Strengthening Global Network with Participation in iConnections Global Alts 2025 

  • ADGM delegation participated in a high-level panel discussion at the iConnections Global Alts 2025, exploring the topic – ‘Abu Dhabi: The Capital of Capital’.
  • A total of 28 strategic bilateral engagements were conducted with leading asset managers, private equity firms, hedge funds, family offices, and venture capital investors from the United States, Canada, Switzerland and Brazil.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 17 February 2025: Continuing its efforts to strengthen global ties through international roadshows, ADGM, the international financial of the UAE capital, has participated in iConnections Global Alts 2025, and held another round of strategic bilateral engagements in the United States (US). The successful roadshow further highlighted Abu Dhabi’s position as a premier hub for global asset managers across hedge funds, private equity, and venture capital.

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Business & Investments

Ras Al Khaimah Ruler attends the opening of the 16th International Workshop on Advanced Materials 

  • HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi delivers an opening keynote address at the event  

HH Sheikh Saud:   

  • ‘Ras Al Khaimah is reaffirming its commitment to nurturing scientific advancement and contributing to the global conversation on advanced materials’
  • ‘Science must be the bedrock upon which we in Ras Al Khaimah, the UAE and around the world build a sustainable and prosperous future’

February 17, 2025, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, delivered an opening keynote address on the first day of the three-day International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM), where he talked of science holding the key to building a more sustainable world, by revolutionizing industries through innovation, and of how Ras Al Khaimah is committed to scientific advancement.

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Featured

UAE IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR TRUST

  • The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer reaffirms the UAE’s position as one of the most trusting nations, with exceptionally high trust in government and business
  • Over half of respondents in the UAE are optimistic about the future for the next generation compared to the global average of 36%, suggesting trust and optimism are linked 

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. February 17th, 2025: The UAE has once again emerged as one the most trusting countries according to the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer.

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Education

Inception and MBZUAI Launch SHERKALA Transforming the Large Language Model Landscape for Kazakhstan

17 February 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Inception, a G42 company specializing in AI-native products, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first AI-focused graduate research university, through its Institute of Foundation Models and in collaboration with Cerebras, today announced the launch of SHERKALA, a revolutionary Kazakh Large Language Model (LLM) designed to empower over 13 million Kazakh speakers with the potential of generative AI.

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Sports & Recreations

Baseball United UAE Series Sets Records for Attendance and Viewership

The historic three-game series between the Arabia Wolves and Mid East Falcons – the UAE’s first professional baseball teams – was watched in more than 100 countries

DUBAI, UAE (February 17, 2025) – Baseball United, the first professional baseball league focused on the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent, announced today that a record three million viewers watched the international broadcast of the league’s three-game series between the Arabia Wolves and the Mid East Falcons.

The historic series was carried by 17 linear and digital broadcast partners, with viewership in more than 100 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia. It was the most watched baseball event in the history of the region.

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