UAE's e& completes $6B Vodafone stake sale, KSA reaches 13th globally for FDI inflows, Qatar issues drone regulations, Indonesia to amend copyright law, IAMAI launches E-Commerce Council of India
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- TDRA updates spectrum regulations covering air taxis, delivery drones
- e& completes $6B Vodafone stake sale
- Non-oil foreign trade grows 13.1% to record $530M in H1
- Financial Stability Council approves plan to incorporate AI into monitoring, decisionmaking
- Islamic digital bank Ruya, Remi partner to explore cross-border payments collaboration
- PIF expected to get EU approval for Electronic Arts deal
- Mawani signs $262M in deals to expand Jeddah Port logistics
- Saudi Re to acquire 22.5% stake in UK's AdA Risk
- Saudi Arabia reaches 13th globally for FDI inflows
- Saudi Arabia, Oman are the only GCC economies still expected to post growth in 2026
- FRA, EGX form committee to recommend tax treatment for capital market activities
- Egypt starts supplying electricity to Libya via cross-border interconnection
- Al Mokhtabar, Siemens Healthineers launch region's first FLEXLAB-X lab automation system
- US cloud platform Vercel acquires homegrown AI infrastructure firm Stakpak
- Egypt working to develop Tanzania logistics links
- Pakistan targets 100% digitization of $41.6B remittance sector
- PTA plans free e-SIMs transfers with new standardized policy
- FDI falls 34% to $1.6B in FY26
- IT exports beat govt target to reach record $4.6B in FY26
- Govt to consider reviving fuel austerity measures on higher oil prices
Other MENA+ Developments
- Qatar issues drone regulations
- Morocco adopts new rules in overhaul of copyright laws
- New anti-trust challenges threaten to block GCC-backed Paramount-Warner Bros merger
- Pakistan, Kuwait exploring expanded defense partnership
- China pushes to curb reliance on Qatar energy supply
Southeast Asia Developments
- SoftBank spinoff SBI acquires crypto platform Coinhako
- Singapore mandates AI-specific notifications for use of personal data in model training
- Indonesia to amend copyright law, require platforms to pay for link previews, AI training use
- Vietnam offers 100% interest rate subsidy for strategic tech R&D
- Indonesia seeks AI partnerships with Huawei, ByteDance
