Meta launches premium subscriptions in UAE, KSA approves national SME strategy, Uber launches in Kuwait, Thailand and US in discussions for new submarine cable, India's consumer regulator probes Apple software warranty terms
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- MGX-backed chipmaker Altera files for US IPO
- ADX, DFNS partner for digital asset wallet capabilities
- Meta launches premium subscriptions in UAE
- L'imad strengthens AD Ports ownership with $632M stake acquisition
- Neopay, Commercial Bank of Dubai partner on SME financing
- Kingdom approves national SME strategy
- Visa allows merchants to process e-commerce transactions locally with SAMA certification
- CMA has tightens foreign investment rules on public money market funds
- Fintech companies grow 23% as Kingdom advances sector expansion
- Air Arabia-led consortium to launch new national low-cost carrier in Dammam
- Ministry of Military Production, Intel partner to localize AI tech
- Consumer finance firms to add behavioral scoring to their credit checks from April 2027
- Trial operations begin at new Sokhna cargo terminal
- Egypt sets blueprint for African countries with renewables push
- JPMorgan to rollout local-currency bond benchmark for frontier markets, benefiting Egypt
- Leading Chinese carmarket Geely to enter Pakistan
- SBP completes testing under first regulatory sandbox cohort
- JazzCash launches AI foundry
- SECP plans digital platform for insurance
- Uraan Pakistan targets $1T economy by 2035
Other MENA+ Developments
- Google rolls out age assurance technology for child safety
- Data center operator Khazna, Siemens partner on digital twin work
- SAMA, Qatar Central Bank strike agreement for reciprocal acceptance of national payment cards
- Bahrain's information authority, SDAIA sign agreement for joint AI cooperation, knowledge exchange
- Uber launches in Kuwait
Southeast Asia Developments
- Grab's GXBank, IFC strike Malaysian risk-sharing deal
- Anthropic to open 5th Asia office in Singapore
- Thailand, US in discussions for new submarine cable
- Databricks names Singapore as regional hub, plans $350M investment
- Indonesia, India to expand telecom tech, 6G cooperation
