CBUAE launches innovation hub to boost tech transformation, while SEC and KAUST inaugurate landmark carbon capture project
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Mubadala partners French firm Safran to boost aerospace sector
- CBUAE launches innovation hub to boost tech transformation
- Chinese govt lists $2B in bonds on Nasdaq Dubai
- AI and fintech lead as more digital startups set up in Dubai
- Umm Al Quwain partners fintechs to enhance payment ecosystem
- Hospital operator Almoosa Health plans major IPO this year
- Aramco eyes more debt, to prioritize dividend growth
- Investment licenses up 73.7% in Q3 2024
- KSA to invest $4B in railway expansion, add 3,000 jobs
- SEC, KAUST inaugurate landmark carbon capture project
- Interest rates maintained at record high amid IMF review
- CBE plans card tokenization system early next year
- Supreme Council for Media makes recommendations to tackle disinformation
- Egypt eyes 8% share of global green hydrogen market by 2040
- Microsoft seizes 240 websites linked to Egyptian maker of DIY phishing kits
- IT minister says VPN restrictions necessary for security despite pushback
- Pakistan partners WIPO on National IP Strategy
- Banks begin imposing fees on large deposits to meet govt lending targets
- Gulf countries see $19B investment opportunities in Pakistan
- Pakistan agricultural businesses ramp up solar, destabilizing grid further
Other MENA+ Developments
- OPEC+ may extend oil production cuts on weak demand
- Gulf firms to see continued growth on strong demand, investments boost
- Bahrain's Al Abraaj prepares to launch IPO
- Kuwait’s NIC announces $43M stake sale of local bourse operator
- Mashreq, Landmark ink 1st sustainability-linked loan in Qatar
Southeast Asia Developments
- BP announces $7B investment in Indonesia carbon capture project
- Singapore accounts for more than half of regional seed deals
- Crypto exchange BitGo gets MAS license for Singapore services
- Philippine cenbank to tighten scrutiny of digital lenders, require licenses
- Vietnam seeks to regulate payments via telco services
