UAE studying decentralization of 5GW UAE-US AI Campus, KSA’s Ceer to unveil first EVs next week, Thunes launches cross-border payouts in MENA, Malaysia completes draft AI governance law, India tightens e-commerce rules on dark patterns
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- UAE studying decentralization of 5GW UAE-US AI Campus
- EDB approved $8B+ industrial financing since 2021
- NEOPAY, Deem Finance partner to expand SME working capital access
- Space42, US' Viasat to establish $1B direct-to-device platform Equatys
- Abu Dhabi Investment Office, Bayer to work on desert crop trials
- Saudi EV brand to unveil first EVs next week
- SAL, Huawei to collaborate on digital logistics
- Saudi Arabia shuts down Hormuz-bypassing East-West pipeline
- Mannai Information Technology and Oracle to boost cloud, AI enterprise tech
- Astranis, stc partner on dedicated Saudi satellite
- BME, CATL to develop vehicle battery manufacturing plant
- FRA mandates real-time credit bureau links for MSME finance companies
- Banque du Caire, Telda enable users to link Telda card to InstaPay
- Egypt, India target $12B in trade
- Digital wallet transaction value surges to $57.6B in H1
- Pakistan EU GSP+ access guaranteed only through 2028
- EDB in negotiations with Apple for Pakistan manufacturing
- Pakistan moves forward on PakSat-2 Satellite Project
- BYD's Pakistan plant to go online in H2
- Govt approves 90-day Cyber Security Strategic Action Plan
Other MENA+ Developments
- QNB partners Mastercard to issue Syria's first international card
- Thunes launches cross-border payouts in six regional markets
- Oman-backed O-Green plans 200MW data center capacity by 2028
- Red Tape Ventures backs Moroccan legaltech startup Charikaty
- Submer, Edgecore Networks to expand AI data center infrastructure across Africa
Southeast Asia Developments
- Malaysia completes draft AI governance law
- Malaysia's data centre task force receives over 40 applications this year
- Vietnamese competition commission asks Grab to explain policies after boycott
- Singapore pushes for ASEAN agreement on subsea cables framework
- SGX to offer crypto perpetual futures
