UAE starts issuing domestic Jaywan cards, KSA launches exceptional three-month discount season, Oman selects Muscat Airport site for AI Special Zone, Indonesia approves international financial center laws, India to ease export procedures for small businesses
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- UAE seeks UK CEPA alongside GCC-UK trade agreement
- Jaywan cards now accepted across Network International's e-commerce merchant network
- All UAE banks, financial institutions to begin issuing domestic Jaywan cards
- WEF recognizes UAE PASS as global model for digital government
- ADNOC to invest $6.2B in offshore field to expand UAE gas supply
- Tawal in discussions to buy over Mobiliy 10,000 mobile tower sites
- Red Sea terminal operator RSGT inaugurates $170M Bangladesh port terminal
- Saudi oil loadings drop 36% as Houthis threaten 'maritime embargo'
- Saudi economy proves resilient despite regional turmoil
- Commerce Ministry launches exceptional three-month window allowing firms to offer more discounts
- EgyptSat builds Egypt’s first domestically-made mobile satellite station to support 5G coverage
- Qatari Diar Egypt unveils $29.7B development plan for North Coast
- Valu, Wego strike travel fintech partnership
- Egypt, Thales in discussions to localize comms tech
- Post-IMF national economic program to be released for public consultation
- FIA develops unit to tackle use of cryptocurrency in cybercrime
- Honeywell proposes national refinery upgrade plan
- Pakistan pushes localization of public, private sector data
- Govt to cut hybrid vehicle tax rate
- Pakistan, Qatar propose new 10-day Iran-US ceasefire arrangement
Other MENA+ Developments
- US judge pauses Paramount's Gulf-backed acquisition of Warner Bros
- Chevron, Qatar's Power International agree to develop Iraq-Syria pipeline
- Ooredoo Kuwait partners AlooChat to offer enterprise conversational AI
- Scale AI, Dell Technologies ink partnership to strengthen Qatar’s digital, AI growth
- Oman selects Muscat Airport site for AI Special Zone
Southeast Asia Developments
- Indonesia approves international financial center laws, offers zero corporate income tax
- Thailand plans investment accounts with tax incentives for citizens
- CP-backed Thai digital bank Ascend delays launch, citing regulatory requirements
- Vietnam approves 2026-30 digital transformation strategy
- Singapore updates Guide on Synthetic Data Generation
India Developments
- TCS acquires land in Vizag, Pune for OpenAI's local data infrastructure
- India to ease export procedures for small businesses, first-time exporters
- India says it will not offer long-term tax relief for local equity investors
- Indian firms pivot to Chinese LLMs on high AI costs
- Coca-Cola appoints banks for India bottler IPO
