TAQA creates green finance framework, while Aramco launches freelancers' job platform
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- TAQA creates green finance framework
- TDRA announces digital transformation projects
- COP28 President, IMF, UN sign joint statement on climate finance
- Masdar buys 50% stake in US solar project from EDF
- Rashid Rover to attempt moon landing on April 25
- Yango Deli Tech to integrate tech with grocery delivery platform Nana
- US-Saudi oil agreement falters as Russia takes bigger OPEC+ role
- Syrian Foreign Minister makes first visit in over a decade
- Aramco launches freelancers' job platform
- China’s Haichang to develop theme parks, targets 100M visitors by 2030
- Industry still skeptical of plans to privatize state-owned companies
- Capital markets expect major EGP devaluation
- UAE, Bahrain, Netherlands top capital inflow sources from 2014-2022
- Turkey targets $20B in trade within next decade
- UAE President MBZ makes surprise visit, meeting Sisi
- Inflation hits record 35%
- Court issues country's first ChatGPT-enabled decision
- Imran Khan seeks US backing for Pakistan elections
- ECC to decide on e-bike incentives
- IMF official says staff-level agreement to happen soon
Other MENA+ Developments
- Kuwait central bank introduces electronic payment limits
- Syria, Tunisia announce resumption of diplomatic ties
- Oman installs region's first floating desalination plants
- Tiger Global among Silicon Valley VCs visiting KSA, UAE, Qatar
- Qatar, Bahrain to normalize ties
Southeast Asia Developments
- Philippine govt to create single operating system for transactions
- Indonesia P2P businesses struggle to find retail investors
- Digital wallets to overtake credit cards in Singapore by 2026
- Apple begins talks to manufacture MacBooks in Thailand
- Thailand, Vietnam among regional digital payments laggards
India Developments
- Foxconn's ST Microelectronics chip talks stall over tech transfer issue
- Apple to open first India stores next week
- E-pharmacies to meet Health Minister over potential regulations
- Smartphone exports double to $11B, surpassing govt's $9-10B target
- Gaming firms deploy geofencing after Tamil Nadu ban disrupts operations
