UAE’s Cyber Security Council and Meta launch Wearables Studio, Visa launches Direct money transfer network in KSA, Qatar’s QIA and JP Morgan to form $20B partnership, Singapore's MAS warns firms at risk of AI pullback, Google to report child abuse content to Indian authorities
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- Masdar withdraws from $689M green hydrogen project in Austria
- PhonePe gets CBUAE payment licenses in landmark international expansion
- Cyber Security Council, Meta launch Wearables Studio
- Network International launches SME cash flow offering Network MAX
- Ethiopia, UAE agree to expand cooperation in investment, trade
- Economy expected to expand 6.1% in 2027
- Visa launches Direct money transfer network in Saudi Arabia
- Geidea gets National Payment Gateway Accreditation
- Saudi Arabia ramps up Gulf oil exports following pipeline strike
- Arab Tank Terminals selects IFS Cloud for digital transformation
- Remittances up 28.1% YoY to $29.7B
- FRA clears two SPACs for establishment
- Egypt adds 7.9M new internet users in 2025
- Finance Ministry lines up 16 desalination, wastewater, electricity projects
- Electricity minister reviews grid upgrades, battery plans to absorb renewable surge
- Pakistan says tokenization focus must address remittances, SME financing
- Karachi University to introduce AI program across all faculties
- SDPI partners NCET to launch battery storage roadmap
- ADB, World Bank express interest to back $6.8B ML-1 railway project
- New auto policy expected to reignite WTO dispute with Japan
Other MENA+ Developments
- QIA, JP Morgan to form $20B partnership across public, private markets
- Oman's Sohar International, Barq to explore digital financial services collaboration
- Syria, Iraq to develop coordination, digital customs link
- Houthis warn other countries from joining Saudi Arabia in war
- Kuwait’s new sovereign sukuk law expected to expand debt market
Southeast Asia Developments
- EU, Philippines reach 'substantial agreement' on FTA
- BDx begins construction of 640MW Indonesian AI data center campus
- Vietnam's TNT, US' Infrakey to develop $10B data center rollout plan
- Tencent Cloud, Malaysian fintech Boost to partner on AI, super-app development
- Singapore's MAS warns firms at risk of AI pullback
India Developments
- Suchi Semicon inaugurates India’s fifth chip plant
- Google to report child abuse content to Indian authorities, breaking from global practice
- Microsoft says it is scouting for new data center regions in India
- ASML begins India operations, ties expansion to Tata's Dholera fab
- ADIA cuts stake in Lenskart
