UAE gaming revenues rise to $735M, KSA investment license issuance up 68% in Q1, Oman unveils child social media regs, Vietnam's digital economy to contribute 30% of GDP by 2030, India's Reliance Jio to file draft IPO papers
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Hisense launches MEA headquarters in Dubai Internet City
- Mubadala takes $200M stake in subsea interconnector Greenlink
- Abu Dhabi inks autonomous street sweeper deal with Micropolis Robotics
- DMCC, Tether to collaborate on tokenization, digital asset initiatives
- Gaming revenues rise to $735M in 2025
- US allows Riyadh Air to operate Saudi-US services
- Kingdom ramps up land logistics push amid regional disruptions
- Aramco-DHL JV to develop two new facilities in Jubail over next two years
- Investment license issuance increases 68% in Q1
- King Salman Energy Park to offer specialized ready-built factories
- Afreximbank to break ground on $100M Egypt gold refinery this year
- Huawei Cloud, Thndr to collaborate on fintech innovation
- EBRD, Valu partner to finance household purchases of energy-efficient, renewable tech
- ENOC, Dragon Oil explore expanding investments
- Egypt seeks to boost fertilizer industry growth as exports hit $9.4B
- Air Link subsidiary announces Pakistan IPO to expand smart devices manufacturing
- PVARA releases draft Virtual Asset Services Regulations for public consultation
- Digital bank Easypaisa, Binance to study digital savings, investment ecosystem collaboration
- JazzCash, Mobilink Bank to offer mobile access to treasury bills
- SLM Tyres raises $28M in PSX's largest-ever private sector IPO
Other MENA+ Developments
- US-Iran deal to include $300B Iran investment fund, 60-day discussion period
- Ships begin to pass through Strait of Hormuz
- Qatar's MCIT launches new Hukoomi e-government platform
- Oman TRA launches public consultation on child social media regulations
- Bahrain issues legislative package to protect investments
Southeast Asia Developments
- GCash parent Mynt plans Philippine IPO targeting $1B raise
- Singapore revises takeovers, merger code to protect competition
- AI-related products drive 38% growth in Singapore's non-oil domestic exports
- Vietnam projects digital economy to contribute 30% of GDP by 2030
- China says Indonesia nickel curbs threatening billions in investments
India Developments
- Electronics exports rise 11.6% to $5.1B in May
- Tata says all pollution regulation issues addressed at Apple iPhone parts plant
- Wipro opens Bengaluru AI center of excellence for Anthropic
- Reliance Jio to file draft IPO papers
- Department of Posts, Flipkart partner on e-commerce logistics ecosystem development
