Dubai and Abu Dhabi lead as top cities for digital nomads, while SDAIA issues rules for appointing data protection officers
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Dubai, Abu Dhabi lead as top cities for digital nomads
- Banks, telcos onboarded to prepare for Jaywan cards rollout
- NMDC Group to offer 23% of energy unit in $877M IPO
- e& enterprise acquires Turkey's GlassHouse
- Adnoc to push ahead with Covestro bid as early as Sep
- GEA launches $266M Boulevard Business Park
- Investments rise to 31.3% of GDP as unemployment declines
- SDAIA issues rules for appointing data protection officers
- E-commerce startups raised over $400M from VCs last year
- PIF inks deal to refinance $15B loan
- Dabaa nuclear project to be 30% complete by end-2024
- TSFE names new acting chief
- Govt plans draft law for financial, business districts
- Local startups raised $88.7M in H1 across 39 deals
- Black & Decker plans 1st MEA electrical equipment plant
- Google launches local app, gaming programs
- Govt to merge 82 state-owned enterprises
- Mega IT event expected to create $500M revenue impact
- PTA says to fix subsea cables causing slow internet by Oct
- Pakistan, China to launch 5 new economic corridors
Other MENA+ Developments
- Regional firms increasingly eye SEA to deploy capital
- Africa VC funding down 57% in 1H2024
- Kuwait paves way for expansion of 5G services
- India-Oman free trade deal to be finalized soon
- Morocco’s parliament to discuss potential TikTok ban
Southeast Asia Developments
- Thailand eyes income tax cuts to bolster financial hub
- Singapore to see new platform work associations after passing Bill
- Vietnam eyes tax portal for small e-commerce businesses
- Google considers setting up Big Tech’s 1st data center in Vietnam
- Eros Investments plans $1B AI, data center investment in Malaysia
