UAE launches digital platform for buying trademarks, KSA online grocery deliveries surge, Kuwait Financial Center plans regional expansion, Vietnam to fine unlicensed crypto trading, India hits 2M EV registrations
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Economy Ministry launches UAE’s first digital platform for buying trademarks
- Dubai aims to double media sector contribution to GDP to 3% by 2033
- UAEV, Autel partner to develop next-gen EV charging tech
- New CBUAE law brings all blockchain infra under central bank's authority
- UAE lottery operator Momentum rolls out online casino and betting websites
- Savvy Games in discussions to acquire ByteDance gaming studio Moonton
- Saudi miner Amak unveils resource discoveries of 11M tonnes
- Six Flags Qiddiya City to host world’s fastest, longest, and tallest roller coaster
- Online delivery platforms increasingly outcompete traditional grocery deliveries
- Modon signs deals worth $2.4B at Global Industry Summit
- Govt-backed Egypt Ventures exits local chip startup InfiniLink with Globalfoundaries acquisition
- Egypt, Algeria target fivefold increase in trade to $5B
- Es'hailSat partners Mobi to expand high-performance satellite connectivity across Egypt
- Egypt to boost coverage of Universal Health Insurance
- Ministries working on 29 reforms to boost trade flow at ports
- Telenor Pakistan launches first locally hosted AI cloud
- Pakistan localizes DNA sequencing with first public–private genomics venture
- Pakistan, Bahrain target $1B trade within three years
- Joint EV technology diploma to be established under CPEC 2.0
- Reko Diq financial close expected within two weeks
Other MENA+ Developments
- Property Finder, Stake partner on real estate tokenization
- GSMA Foundry, Khalifa University partner on telecom AI research
- GCC-wide sugar tax to be implemented in KSA from 1 January 2026
- Kuwait Financial Center to expand to Saudi Arabia next year
- Qatar partners Microsoft to launch Unified Platform for businesses accessing government services
Southeast Asia Developments
- Malaysia's Johor tightens sustainability rules for data centers
- Google Cloud launches Thai agentic AI initiative
- Vietnam unveils draft decree for fines on unlicensed digital asset platforms
- Ho Chi Minh City, WEF, Ant International to collaborate on new fintech hub
- SME lending platform Funding Societies partners Thailand’s National Credit Bureau on credit data access
India Developments
- Apple contests India's new global turnover-based antitrust penalty law
- Mahindra launches electric SUV
- $816M rare earth permanent magnets manufacturing program gets Cabinet approval
- Reliance-Brookfield-Digital Realty JV to invest $11B in Vizag data center hub
- EV market reaches 2M registrations in 2025, surpasses 2024 total
