Author: KME Staff
House of Artisans, an initiative under the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), has announced the second edition of its Design Competition aimed at promoting new talent and craftsmanship in the UAE in the fields of Furniture Design and Product Design and Deco Art.
The Sharjah Archaeology Authority (SAA) has announced the inscription of four new archaeological sites in the emirate of Sharjah on the Islamic World Heritage List of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO).
The UAE’s Child Digital Safety Council held its inaugural meeting on Thursday, marking a foundational step in establishing a coordinated national effort to protect children and support their balanced development in the digital world. Significantly, a consensus was reached on developing a national classification system for digital platforms.
The UAE has positioned itself as a leading AI market, with 42% of organizations now qualifying as AI Leaders, according to a new study. The report also reveals that UAE organizations not only match global peers but are demonstrating exceptional progress in enterprise-wide AI deployment.
The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MoHESR) has concluded the ‘Future of Higher Education Dialogues’ series, which reviewed the Federal Decree-Law on Higher Education and Scientific Research. The series was held as part of the Ministry’s efforts to strengthen dialogue with higher education institutions (HEIs) and clarify the practical dimensions of the new law and its implications for the UAE’s higher education system.
A new national programme that embeds university entrepreneurship into real economic and institutional needs has been launched by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Establishment for Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Dubai SME) in partnership with INJAZ UAE.
Called ‘Founders of Tomorrow’, the programme aims at establishing a direct pipeline from academia to enterprise and accelerating the creation of scalable Emirati-owned businesses.
As it marks its five-year milestone, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has launched The Academy, a global platform dedicated to disseminating cutting-edge AI knowledge and facilitating high-level exchange. The university has also announced its first AI x Arts Fellowship.
The Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy has signed an agreement with the global visual communication platform Canva to establish the company’s regional headquarters in Dubai and support 250,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the digital sector and individuals over the next five years.
Indian teacher Rouble Nagi was awarded the $1 million GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize 2026 during the World Governments Summit in Dubai. Now in its 10th year, the Global Teacher Prize is an initiative of the Varkey Foundation organised in collaboration with UNESCO. It is considered the largest award of its kind in the world.
A multi-year initiative to strengthen AI literacy education across Dubai’s private schools was launched at the World Governments Summit 2026. The initiative is a collaboration between DP World Foundation, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE).