UAE's Masdar’s clean energy capacity hits 65 GW, Saudi PIF transfers $12B gaming shares to Savvy, Bahrain gets first edge data center, Google to develop smartphones in Vietnam, India q-commerce drops 10-min deliveries
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Masdar’s clean energy capacity hits 65 GW as it targets 100 GW by 2030
- IHC in competition to acquire Lukoil’s assets
- EDGE partners IT firm Indra to set up new defense manufacturing entity in Spain
- PureHealth launches Abu Dhabi Health Research Center
- Mal raises MEA's largest seed round ahead of AI-native Islamic digital bank launch
- PIF transfers $12B in gaming company shares to Savvy Games
- STC Bank to adopt Mastercard Move for cross-border payment services
- 10 pharmacies fined for breaching electronic drug tracking system
- MCIT Minister, senior US official discuss expanding AI, advanced tech partnership
- AI software firm OpenText launches Riyadh regional HQ
- E-finance submits non-binding offer to acquire unnamed NBFC
- EU to give Egypt two-year exemption from Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
- Contact, Al Safy plan financing fintech platform
- Maersk completes Red Sea transit, working on Suez Canal return
- Egypt records most private foreign investment in Africa for fifth year
- Pakistan, UAE agree to fast-track CEPA negotiations
- Pakistan, KSA explore joint mining investment
- Ignite begins accepting applications for PM’s Cloud Program for Startups
- Visa, Easypaisa Digital Bank sign partnership to expand card-based digital transactions
- Pakistan to partner World Liberty Financial on USD stablecoin
Other MENA+ Developments
- Egypt, Oman explore boosting mining expertise exchange
- OPAZ signs smart city partnership with Ibn Firnas Drone Center
- Qareeb to operate first edge data center in Bahrain
- MEPS to integrate with Mastercard Gateway in Jordan
- DP World says Berbera Port operations stable despite Somalia dispute
Southeast Asia Developments
- Google to develop high-end smartphones in Vietnam
- UAE reaches CEPA deal with Nigeria, Philippines
- Indonesia partners Arm to develop $120M national chip ecosystem
- Malaysian regulator to take legal action against X over Grok AI content misuse
- NTT Data consortium to build $1B Japan-Malaysia-Singapore subsea cable
India Developments
- Q-commerce firms drop 10-minute delivery offerings following Labor Ministry meetings
- Zoho rolls out first UAE-based data centers
- Meity seeks higher budget allocation for electronic component manufacturing scheme
- Tata calls on govt to support mass market EVs following GST changes
- India, US foreign ministers discuss critical minerals, nuclear power as trade talks inconclusive
