Dubai's DIFC hits 8K firms, KSA economy up 80% since Vision 2030 launch, Gulf cities rise in global livability and innovation rankings, Thailand's food delivery competition intensifies, India's services exports surge
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Dubai’s DIFC hits 8,000 firms, $240B banking assets
- UAE Cybersecurity Council, AWS launch accelerator targeting 500 startups
- Dubizzle reports strong profits as it prepares for DFM IPO
- Amazon Now launches 15-minute delivery of essential items
- Abu Dhabi and Dubai climb up global city rankings amid digital push
- Fintech Tamara secures CBUAE restricted license
- Economy up 80% since Vision 2030 launch, says investment minister
- Kingdom maintains 30th place in Global Financial Inclusion Index
- Salic, partners Syngenta to enhance global food security
- $320B pension fund manager Hassana Investment names CEO
- Inaugural EU-Egypt Summit to take place tomorrow
- Egypt overtakes Kuwait to become region’s biggest LNG importer
- FRA rejects UAE’s Sagasse’s bid to acquire Elsewedy Electric
- Govt to list 40% stake in Jabal El-Zeit Wind Power Plant this year
- Investment ministry, Boeing explore boosting aviation cooperation
- Over $9B lost to financial scams annually, accounting for 2.5% of GDP
- Cabinet names new CEO of the National Information Technology Board
- ICT exports up 20.5% YoY to surpass $1.05B+ in Q1 FY26
- 25.4M TikTok videos removed during Q2 2025 for policy violations
- Pakistan gets first Shariah-compliant digital supply chain finance platform
Other MENA+ Developments
- Economic outlook faces downside risks amid global uncertainty
- IBM, AWS boost collaboration to scale AI, cloud solutions in UAE and KSA
- Gulf cities rise in global livability, innovation rankings
- Oman hits milestone as renewable energy surpasses coal
- Qatar to host inaugural MWC25 Doha next month
Southeast Asia Developments
- Sea CEO sees AI adoption paving way to $1T market cap
- Thailand’s food delivery sector sees rising competition over stimulus discounts
- Indonesia engaging with ride-hailing firms to promote fair competition
- Philippines' Maynilad Water plans up to $591M IPO
- UAE’s AI firm G42 eyes $2B data center in Vietnam’s HCM City
India Developments
- Quick commerce surges as festive e-commerce demand slows
- Logistics provider Shadowfax gets approval to launch IPO
- Visa challenges hinder US tech hirings for Indian-founded AI startups
- Streaming services, messaging platforms hit by global AWS outage
- Services exports up 14.8% annually over past 3 decades
