SRTIP Accelerator opens Dubai office, while Tamara secures $150M Goldman Sachs financing deal
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- SRTIP Accelerator opens Dubai office
- DMCC to work with South Korean entities on blockchain, metaverse
- India’s Federal Bank eyes digital banking space
- FTA unveils tax incentives to support SMEs
- Canada’s VPorts signs deal to build RAK vertiport
- BNPL firm Tamara secures $150M Goldman Sachs financing deal
- Kingdom assures Egypt on investment commitment
- CMA considers establishing framework for SPAC listings
- NFT marketplace Nuqtah raises seed funding led by Animoca
- SAMA approves MIS Forward for BNPL services
- Oil companies first in line for state privatization program
- Chinese firm Haier inaugurates first factory
- 1st mobile center for cars’ natural gas conversion opens
- Space program to help tackle Africa’s climate challenges
- Asset sales may face challenges amid military’s economic role
- PM Shehbaz, Imran Khan may engage in reconciliation talks
- Pakistan faces high risk of recession amid IMF loan delays
- China’s Shandong province to shift industrial production to cut costs
- Visa survey shows significant shift towards digital payments
- Govt says will not compromise on nuclear and missile program
Other MENA+ Developments
- Amazon considers using EVs for deliveries in the region
- Sony targets steady growth, increase in market share over next year
- Civil bodies call on Iraq to drop digital content regulations
- Jordan-China bilateral trade up 46% last year
- Oman’s ASMED launches online portal to support SMEs
Southeast Asia Developments
- Thai conglomerate CP Group considers $1B IPO
- Indonesia’s SME ministry eyes 1M young entrepreneurs by next year
- Indonesia Metaverse Collaboration Initiative launched
- SpaceX, Netflix, Boeing, other US firms to explore opportunities in Vietnam
- Vietnam focuses on consumer protection as e-commerce sector booms