UAE President thanks India for BRICS invitation, while car rental firm Lumi announces Saudi IPO
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Dubai-based Beyond ONE buys VMLA
- UAE partnership set to drive Turkiye’s carbon-neutral push
- President thanks India for BRICS invitation
- FAB, Magnati partner fintech Geidea for Saudi expansion
- Govt to work with MasterCard to boost AI adoption
- Car rental firm Lumi announces Saudi IPO
- Kingdom considering Chinese proposal for nuclear plant
- Altanfeethi partners PIF-backed The Helicopter Co.
- Digital Experience Maturity Index rises to 80.6%
- Kingdom’s BRICS invitation set to bolster global presence
- Egypt welcomes BRICS invitation for membership
- Swiss MEDLOG secures 30-year deal for new dry port, logistics center
- New mobile app to aid voters in upcoming elections
- Non-oil trade deficit down 10.7% in Q2
- EGX gets new chairman amid privatization push
- Forex reserves held by cenbank drop below $8B
- Govt urged to apply for BRICS membership
- Exports to EU hit $9.5B last fiscal year
- Inaugural Pakistan-China road transport trade route launched
- Interim govt seeks to tackle rupee decline
Other MENA+ Developments
- Women protest Israeli public transport segregation
- Kuwait-India bilateral trade hits record high at $12.5B
- Tunisia to launch social media crackdown on state critics
- Turkey raises interest rate to 25% in surprise move
- Turkey attracts more IPOs this year than London, Milan
Southeast Asia Developments
- Garuda, Citilink, Pelita Air to merge, raising questions of effectiveness
- Asia leads in superapp usage as other regions play catch-up
- Singapore, KSA, South Korea seek India space partnerships
- Vietnam inks deal to join SEA cross-border payments system
- Charging infra development lags amid Vietnam’s EV push
