Pakistan's PTA gets in the way of digital romance as it blocks dating apps including Tinder, Grindr
Here’s a look at today's biggest tech stories in the MENA+:
- ADIO, Invest in Israel eye joint tech opportunities in cooperation strategy
- UAE aims to be the world’s best in the Global Food Security Index by 2051
- ADEK to launch 42 Abu Dhabi campus for coding in February 2021
- University of Dubai to publish graduates' e-Credentials on blockchain platform
- Logistics startup Fetchr confirms $15 million investment in Series C round
- Authorities postpone Future Investment Initiative to 2021
- SellAnyCar.com expands to Kingdom with Kayishha online marketplace launch
- Linesight pursing data center contracts as cloud adoption market continues to grow
- Alternative financial saving platform Hakbah signs multi-year deal with Visa
- Jared Kushner discusses resumption of peace talks between Israel, Palestine with MBS
- Egypt could begin production of Russian Covid-19 vaccine within a year
- Talabat, formerly Otlob, to launch 30-minute grocery delivery service
- Carrefour to invest $12.6 million into Egypt in push to double online sales revenue
- EgyptAir launches baggage tracking service via mobile app
- External debt falls to $31.7% of GDP, $111.3 billion in Q1 2020
- PTA blocks "immoral" dating apps including Tinder, Grindr
- Careem, Coded Minds to offer Captains' families learning opportunities
- Cannatech to boom as Cabinet approves commercialisation of medical, industrial cannabis
- Bykea database breached, erased by hackers
- Visa joins hands with Daraz to promote digital payment adoption
Other MENA+ Developments
- Iraq: Qi Card launches temporary loan program Salifni for civil servants
- Jordan: ISSF invests in Abu Dhabi's Bedaya Fund
- Bahrain: BisB, Bahrain FinTech Bay announce digital marketing challenge
- Kuwait: CBK links up with Thales to accelerate digital payments
- Oman: OVOD develops online supermarket Asbhar, expands to Muscat
