Mubadala Health, Oracle partner to digitize healthcare records, while PIF improves to 5th place among world's largest SWFs
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- AD Ports' digital arm buys border systems developer
- 80 tech companies to participate in Arabian Travel Market
- JV Ventures to invest $1B in schools, targets UAE, Bahrain, Oman
- Emirates NBD launches service for ultra-wealthy customers
- Mubadala Health, Oracle partner to digitize healthcare records
- Saudis now make up 82.2% of finance, insurance sectors
- Korean game developer Wemade to boost Saudi footprint with MoU
- India considering power linkage with UAE, Saudi Arabia
- PIF improves to 5th place among world's largest SWFs
- Saudi Arabia seeks 3 flights weekly to Iran
- Refugee concerns grow as Sudan crisis worsens
- Moody's says Sudan conflict poses credit risk to neighbors
- Egypt to build world's longest river, worth $5.3B
- eFinance partners LogRhythm to scale security for 500M transactions annually
- Egypt, UK sign water development MoU
- SOE bill to be tabled in Parliament
- PTA to enforce telecom equipment standards ahead of 5G rollout
- SECP issues draft law tightening registration of foreign firms
- Govt says all IMF deal conditions met
- Q1 startup funding up 52% MoM to $23M, down 86% YoY
Other MENA+ Developments
- Qatari public debt falls to 44% of GDP on hydrocarbon exports
- Jordanian national exports strategy targets $4.4B with untapped sectors
- UAE lowest risk country in MEA, with KSA ranking third
- Oman to sign contracts for 6 hydrogen projects worth $20B
- Sudan internet nears collapse with major disruptions
Southeast Asia Developments
- MAS proposes safeguards for digital marketing of financial products
- Singapore's iFast launches UK digital personal banking
- Data storage laws stoke cloud demand from AWS, VNG
- Equinix, Astra forms Indonesia data center JV
- Half of Philippine SIM cards to be deactivated this week
