No more household chores: Amazon takes on the growing home services market as it launches its latest platform
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Amazon Home Services launches with fixed upfront prices in the UAE
- UAE investors aided the US tech stock rebound in the second quarter
- DEWA is the 1st government entity to utilize NVIDIA GPU in AI applications
- UAE moves up a spot in driverless car readiness ranking
- 'Vape Stop' set to launch its e-commerce store in UAE
- Samsung, Misk Academy partner to launch AI program
- Saudi fintech Lean raises $3.5 million seed for its financial APIs platform
- Saudi Arabia to host Arab-Chinese summit to strengthen political ties
- Visa and Saudi Arabia's stc pay extend their alliance
- Saudi drama series ‘Takki’ launches on Netflix
- MCIT, election authority sign protocol to develop electoral infrastructure
- Egyptian women flood Instagram with #MeToo stories as suspect arrested
- Swvl reveals security breach as customers' personal data accessed by unauthorized party
- Orange Egypt tops the list of mobile operators for speediest data services
- How Tiba-1 satellite contributes to securing Egyptian borders
- Body formed to prevent coronavirus misinformation on social media
- South Korea’s Eximbank mulls $76m financing for Pakistan’s large-scale IT project
- NIC launches report on “Impact of COVID-19 on Pakistani Startups and The Way Forward”
- Pakistani health-tech startup secures six-figure investment
- Street Foodies becomes the first platform for street food cooking in Pakistan
Other MENA+ Developments
- Iran: Cryptocurrency miners must register with the state, says Government
- Kuwait: Warba Bank digitizes operations, enhances customer experience with Nutanix
- Oman: Sohar Port and Freezone launches online permit management platform
- Qatar: Updating transport ticketing and services ahead of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup
- MENA: 'Don’t underestimate the influencer': will the pandemic change the industry?
