Dubai-based fintech company Fils and US blockchain platform Sui’s green partnership won the 2024 Best Social Impact Project award at the AIBC Eurasia Awards,according to a press release (pdf). The award nods to the digital players’ collaboration back in December 2023, which saw Fils integrate Sui’s blockchain technology to track carbon credits in its ecosystem, helping businesses mark off ESGs.

Some 10% of Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine (MBRU) faculty have been placed in Stanford’s list of the world’s top 2% of scientists, which recognizes the top most-cited researchers globally,reports Wam.

Empower adheres to Emiratisation targets: Over 15% of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems’ (Empower) workforce is Emirati as of December 2023, with a gender balance focus where women constitute 45% and men make up 55% of the company’s employees, the company said in an ADX filing (pdf).

More Ramadan aid to Gaza: In partnership with American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera), Dubai-based charity Dubai Cares has launched a “Gaza In Our Hearts” Ramadan fundraising campaign, geared at raising emergency relief funds for hot meals, food baskets, waterproof, and fire-resistant tents in Gaza, reports Wam. You can donate to the campaign here, or by sending an SMS to these numbers via du ore& carriers.

The Emirates Red Crescent launched 300 housing units in Syria’s Latakia governorateas part of the UAE’s Gallant Knight 2 humanitarian operation, Wam reports. The units are part of a wider project aimed at delivering 1k housing units to 1.5k Syrians in the areas devastated by the earthquake that hit Latakia in February last year.

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