Abu Dhabi unveils FIDA cluster, Lenovo rolls out KSA talent program, Oman offers $5B chip investment opportunities, Thailand plans Feb elections, India speeds up Chinese business visas
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- BYD in discussions to establish R&D center
- Adnoc Distribution to enable AE coin payments across retail network
- First Arab satellite launched featuring hyperspectral imaging tech
- PureHealth opens UAE’s largest AI-powered diagnostic laboratory
- Abu Dhabi unveils FIDA cluster to drive fintech, digital assets sector
- Non-human identity firm GitGuardian expands to Saudi Arabia
- IBM-MCIT partnership reaches milestone of 500,000 Saudis trained in digital skills
- Autonomous driving firm QCraft plans Saudi expansion
- Lenovo rolls out smart manufacturing talent program
- Samsung, Amazon sign customer experience partnership
- Govt kicks off airport privatization process
- Morocco surpasses Egypt as Africa’s most visited destination
- Raya launches Egypt's first accelerator dedicated to EV innovation
- Cabinet grants golden license to Alamein's silicon manufacturing project
- tpay gets NTRA's first license to offer direct carrier billing for government payments
- Over 10M women now have BISP bank accounts
- Systems Limited to merge with global IT services firm Confiz
- World Bank warns SMEs facing severe pressure from international compliance costs
- LuLu Exchange partners with ABHI to offer instant earned-wage access, faster remittances
- PSX sees record high investor account openings in November
Other MENA+ Developments
- UAE says EU free trade talks accelerating
- Mastercard, Kee Platforms to offer embedded financing for SMEs
- Oman offers chip investment opportunities worth $5B, including silicon manufacturing plant
- AeroVecto Aviation Services launches as Oman's first specialized advanced air mobility firm
- Danantara, Jordan Investment Fund partner to invest in strategic Jordanian projects
Southeast Asia Developments
- US phone imports from Vietnam drop to lowest since 2020
- Thailand to hold elections by February
- Philippine SEC limits interest, fees for small consumer loans
- Indonesia expects to complete US tariff negotiations by this month despite disagreements
- Indonesian competition commission to review monopoly risk in Grab-GoTo merger
