Saudi Crown Prince MBS highlights government successes, voices optimism for economy
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Telecommunications Regulatory Authority licenses Lleida.net
- Emirates Group revenue falls 75% to $3.7bn in H1 2020
- Abu Dhabi International Airport deploys AI-driven Smart Travel system
- Tech firm using UAE as testing ground for developing superapps
- UAE named home to MENA region's most valuable brands in 2020
- Saudi unemployment rate to fall below 7% by 2030, says HR Minister
- Crown Prince MBS remarks on success of government reforms
- Registration for 5th edition of MITEF Saudi Startup Competition opens
- Half of Saudi consumers shops online at least once a week
- Kingdom planning to be one of the top AI global pioneers by 2030
- CBE cuts interest rates by 50 basis points, expects inflation to remain below 6% in Q4
- Finance Ministry to launch first phase of electronic billing system
- STFE planning to launch additional sub-finds before end of 2020
- Hotel group OYO planning expansion into Egyptian market
- Foreign Minister urges countries to resume tourism activity
- 700,000 Gilgit-Baltistan voters to cast ballots for provincial government
- Federal cabinet approves proposal to join Digital Cooperation Organization
- Government orders banks to ban digital payments for Indian media content
- Google opens Pakistan's first authorised store in Lahore
- Pakistan Customs develops e-commerce automated clearance facility
Other MENA+ Developments
- GCC: Research, innovation centers increasingly essential to digital transformation
- Oman: Government reopens borders with neighboring countries
- Lebanon: Consumer confidence falls to record law in Q3 amid blast, pandemic fallout
- Turkey: Competition Board fines Google $25.6mn for violating competition rules
- Iraq: Funeral services move to social media over pandemic
