UAE's e& launches sovereign cloud comms platform, Saudi firms' AI adoption yields strong returns, Qatar unveils Digital Transformation Program, DigitalBridge considers $2B sale of Malaysia’s Aims Data Center, US and India conclude trade deal talks with no breakthrough
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- e& launches sovereign cloud communications platform
- EGA launches biggest aluminium recycling plant
- Masdar City opens GCC's first commercially scaled shared lab with M42, Attentive Science
- Biosidus to introduce biologic therapies with Mubadala Bio partnership
- Dubai Holding studying investment in Bain-backed data center developer Hscale
- Lucid hires Ford exec to run upcoming Saudi EV plant
- Gasco finalizes 50% acquisition of Jaco Gases
- Saudi firms' AI adoption yields strong returns amid workforce reforms
- Absher platform processed 43M+ electronic transactions in May
- Visa announces return as Founding Partner of Money20/20 Middle East 2026
- Sany Group inks deal to develop Egypt’s first wind turbine plant
- MNT-Halan weighs EGX IPO of local business
- Egypt to invest around $3B in new battery energy storage capacity
- Telecom Egypt, NTRA, AASTMT unveil cybersecurity innovation lab
- African investment firm Adenia acquires Parkville Pharmaceuticals
- PM's Digital Youth Hub crosses 800,000 users
- Tasdeeq to Launch PSX IPO, Becoming South Asia’s First Listed Credit Bureau
- Pakistan, US in discussions for maritime investments
- Barclays upgrades Pakistan debt to ‘overweight’
- Review committee proposes consent-based changes in telecom bill
Other MENA+ Developments
- UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain reportedly skeptical of US-Iran deal
- LuLu Group pushes ahead with $137M Qatar expansion
- Qatar unveils Digital Transformation Program to support pipeline of skilled digital professionals
- Arcapita, Hines plan joint investments in GCC industrial, logistics facilities
- Data center costs to rise with high concentration of energy-intensive materials
Southeast Asia Developments
- DigitalBridge considering $2B sale of Malaysia’s Aims Data Center
- Agoda introduces AI features to support bookings growth
- SK Plasma, INA to develop Indonesia's first blood plasma facility
- Sea, OpenAI partner to introduce ChatGPT shopping on Shopee
- VinFast-backed EV taxi service enters Kazakhstan
India Developments
- RBI proposes rules requiring banks to introduce risk management frameworks for AI
- US, India conclude trade deal talks with no breakthrough
- RBI finalizes digital banking fraud protection rules
- Airbound, Andhra Pradesh partner to develop drone delivery network
- Amazon to expand Now q-commerce service to 300 cities
