e& UAE launches SME network security offering, Saudi FDI up 12% to $299B, Pfizer seeks MENA manufacturing partnerships, Vietnam sets new state ownership thresholds, India plans Big Tech market study for Digital Competition Bill
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- European Commission clears Eni-Khazna data center JV
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai digital parking systems to be integrated
- UAE to introduce licensing fees for venues playing music commercially
- International investors now account for 48% of ADX total trading value
- e& UAE launches SME network security offering NetSecure360
- flynas inks first deal for govt travel services
- Aramco delays restarting operations at Jazan refinery to 30 August
- Instant money transfers surges 26% to $1.86 in June
- FDI up 12% to $299B by end Q1
- Saudi rail use spikes, records over 38M passengers in Q2
- Govt to more than double reach of mandatory Universal Health Insurance
- Egypt cracks down on telcos over unauthorized SIM registrations
- FFRA cuts green bond application review fees by 50%
- Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd reroute AE19 Gemini service from Cape of Good Hope to Suez Canal
- Govt plans first tax-backed sukuk
- Digital finance push underscores tech-driven govt model
- Islamabad Technopolis approved under PPP model
- MOITT, Meta launch Small Business Growth Academy
- Cabinet approves national info security framework
- Saudi Arabia tops source countries for remittances, amidst 13% surge to $3.6B in July
Other MENA+ Developments
- Bank of Jordan launches first Saudi branch
- UAE-Oman govt JV to acquire Fincorp
- Strait of Hormuz ship traffic falls to six vessels/day
- Pfizer seeks regional localization, supply chain, healthcare partnerships
- Egypt, Libya explore development of $1B pipeline
Southeast Asia Developments
- Vietnam sets new state ownership thresholds in move to restructure SOEs
- VinSpace to launch first satellites onboard 2027 SpaceX mission
- Malaysia, HK to implement dual IPO listing framework next month
- Singapore raises 2026 forecast on AI boom
- Anthropic, GIC, Macquarie form AI data center JV
India Developments
- Govt plans to curb states' powers to tax minerals rights
- Corporate affairs ministry developing Big Tech market study for Digital Competition Bill
- India warns Meta to tackle AI-generated content
- Indonesia, India exploring Preferential Trade Agreement
- MPs push three bills seeking age-based restrictions on social media use
