Menarini, ADCAN Pharma sign local manufacturing partnership, UN selects Riyadh for UNITAR's first cybersecurity office, Oman-UAE railway project reaches 40% completion, Vietnam extends exemption of EV registration fee to 2030, Asus begins making gaming laptops in India
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Menarini, ADCAN Pharma sign local manufacturing partnership
- Finance House launches digital bank Dhabi Bank in ADGM
- Edge launches Europe arm headquartered in Paris
- Emaar plans $54B mega residential project in Dubai
- Mubadala's Abu Dhabi Investment Council to add $15B exposure in global hedge funds
- UN selects Riyadh for UNITAR's first cybersecurity office
- Saudi Arabia's first hydrogen truck begins operations
- Embraer moves to deliver on Saudi manufacturing MoUs
- Madak gets Sharia certification for fractional property co-ownership platform
- Brookfield gets CMA approval to run funds in Saudi Arabia
- AD Ports raises offer for Alexandria Containers
- Egyptian Supply Ministry, Fawry in discussions to cooperate on improving services for citizens
- Suez Canal to raise transit surcharges amidst shipping boom
- Finance Ministry launches initiative to tie up with startups designing smart solutions for government
- Cabinet amends land-use regulations, adding fees for battery storage projects
- Pakistan to unveil $60B budget, targeting 4% growth, $54B in taxes
- Smartphone usage reaches 71.6%
- Pakistan produced 161.6M mobile handsets in FY2025-26 amidst high import tariffs
- QGDC to develop 100MW data center in Karachi
- NA passes telecom bill to acclerate 5G, fibre
Other MENA+ Developments
- Oman-UAE railway project reaches 40% completion
- KIA, KKR, Vistra, Nvidia unveil $10B digital infrastructure platform
- AirAsia delays opening of GCC hub in Bahrain over war concerns
- World Bank expects Iran war to slow global growth, cuts forecast for two-thirds of countries
- Algeria launches tech and innovation center for virtual education
Southeast Asia Developments
- Philippine central bank says Binance needs virtual asset license to restart operations
- Indonesia working on AI regulations to protect public data, ensure accountability
- Vietnam extends exemption of EV registration fee to 2030
- Applied Materials opens $600M Singapore plant
- Philippines' Pax Silica AI hub targets $10B in initial investments
