Dubai seeks to become regional hub for hedge funds, while Tanmiah plans $1.2B investments to bolster food security
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Indian soonicorn MakeO buys healthtech startup Smileneo
- DIFC registers record growth last year
- Dubai seeks to become regional hub for hedge funds
- Thales to double UAE subsidiary workforce
- 3D printing to transform construction industry
- stc saw record profits last year
- Tanmiah plans $1.2B investments to bolster food security
- Crude oil exports rise after reaching 5-month low
- Saudi Arabia could become Hollywood funder with investment push
- Real estate investments to grow with FDI growth
- Expiry of cost control scheme causes price surge
- Koncar, Al Massa consider EV charger manufacturing
- 44% of employees fear AI will take their jobs
- Major Chinese projects launched in SCZone
- Mobile phones parts to get tax exemption in localization push
- Additional import duties extended till end-March
- Elections for Punjab, KP set on April 9
- Banks need to rethink architecture in digital transition
- National Assembly approves mini-budget for IMF loan
- FDI inflows up 2x YoY in January
Other MENA+ Developments
- ACN, Mena Aerospace start Bahrain-based air cargo JV
- World Bank says GCC economies becoming more open
- Israel’s parliament approves judicial overhaul despite protests
- Qatar to lead Gulf logistics market growth
- Turkey’s exports to GCC rise 16.1% in January
Southeast Asia Developments
- E-commerce logistics players hit as consumption slows
- Early-stage startups secured bulk of VC funding last year
- Alipay Thailand expects mobile payments surge amid China's reopening
- Indonesia P2P lending faces hit from NPLs
- Thailand’s Central Retail announces $1.45B investments in Vietnam
