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In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE launching a national #KYC platform under the Central Bank of The UAE, #SaudiArabia’s aramco digital considering a $1B investment in Mavenir, Catalyst Partners listing #Egypt's 1st #SPAC on the Egyptian Exchange - EGX, Zong launching #Pakistan's 1st locally-developed #LLM, #Qatar’s Qatar Development Bank investing in Wahed, #Riyadh Metro starting operations in Saudi Arabia, OPPO ▲ local suppliers to meet #Indonesia content requirements, the #Philippines licensing 4 #digitalbanks in 2025, and Amazon launching #qcommerce in #India. 🇦🇪 #UAE ALTÉRRA #climatefund commits $6.5B of $30B target 🇸🇦 #KSA Snap Inc. opens office, #JAX creator hub 🇪🇬 #EGYPT Telecoms to ▲ tariffs following National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt approval 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN WhatsApp, Instagram, other #socilamedia experiencing issues 🌍 #GCC #AbuDhabi, #Brazil pilot digital customs platform 🇲🇦 #MOROCCO #Chinese President to push #EV, rail investments 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Microsoft to expand presence, ▲ #AI, cloud, R&D cooperation 🇹🇷 #TURKEY attracted $4.7B in #VC since 2020, $700M YTD 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE #QRpayments threaten NETS's four-decade head start 🇹🇭 #THAILAND Chinese #EV companies pivot to middle-income markets 🇮🇳 #INDIA to offer MNCs $5B in manufacturing incentives in China challenge

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE launching a corporate R&D incentive consultation, #SaudiArabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and stc launching the MENA’s largest #telecom tower company, #Egypt receiving the $20B 2nd #RasAlHekma installment in May, 7 #tech firms eyeing Pakistan Stock Exchange - PSX listings, #Qatar’s Qatar Central Bank issuing #cloudcomputing regulations, a 5-nation group seeking an end to #Lebanon’s deadlock, #Singapore reassuring banks on its #financialhub stability amid #China tensions, food deliveries remaining popular in #SoutheastAsia, and VINFAST ’s $2B #India investment losing momentum due to #EV policy uncertainty. 🇦🇪 #UAE QCP partners with Further Ventures on #AbuDhabi expansion 🇸🇦 #KSA Virgin, HITEKSaudi form #smartcity JV 🇪🇬 #EGYPT Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) inks 14 deals with Chinese firms 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN Pakistan International Airlines #privatization to be done by June / July 🇰🇼 #KUWAIT, Boeing to establish entrepreneurship center 🌏 #MENA Xiaomi Technology to preload talabat in Qatar, UAE, Egypt, #Iraq 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Getir may exit #UK, #Germany, #Netherlands 🇹🇷 #TURKEY hits 121M+ credit cards 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Midas raises $45M Series A led by Portage 🌏 #ASEAN - #EU #freetrade deal to boost #digitaleconomy cooperation 🇲🇾 #MALAYSIA to build #SEA’s largest #semiconductor design hub 🇮🇳 #INDIA #Dataprotection, #IT Rules to come in 100 days post-elections

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE launching a corporate R&D incentive consultation, #SaudiArabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and stc launching the MENA’s largest #telecom tower company, #Egypt receiving the $20B 2nd #RasAlHekma installment in May, 7 #tech firms eyeing Pakistan Stock Exchange - PSX listings, #Qatar’s Qatar Central Bank issuing #cloudcomputing regulations, a 5-nation group seeking an end to #Lebanon’s deadlock, #Singapore reassuring banks on its #financialhub stability amid #China tensions, food deliveries remaining popular in #SoutheastAsia, and VINFAST  ’s $2B #India investment losing momentum due to #EV policy uncertainty. 🇦🇪 #UAE QCP partners with Further Ventures on #AbuDhabi expansion 🇸🇦 #KSA Virgin, HITEKSaudi form #smartcity JV 🇪🇬 #EGYPT Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) inks 14 deals with Chinese firms 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN Pakistan International Airlines #privatization to be done by June / July 🇰🇼 #KUWAIT, Boeing to establish entrepreneurship center 🌏 #MENA Xiaomi Technology to preload talabat in Qatar, UAE, Egypt, #Iraq 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Getir may exit #UK, #Germany, #Netherlands 🇹🇷 #TURKEY hits 121M+ credit cards 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Midas raises $45M Series A led by Portage 🌏 #ASEAN - #EU #freetrade deal to boost #digitaleconomy cooperation 🇲🇾 #MALAYSIA to build #SEA’s largest #semiconductor design hub 🇮🇳 #INDIA #Dataprotection, #IT Rules to come in 100 days post-elections

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE’s DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION introducing a RDI grant, #SaudiArabia’s Saudi Tadawul Group bosting cooperation with Qatar Stock Exchange, #Egypt positioning itself as India’s gateway to Africa, #Pakistan developing an #EV framework by November, #Jordan's #KingAbdullahII naming a new Prime Minister, Qatar Investment Authority raising its stake in #Iberdrola, #Vietnam’s M&As recovery, low-cost #Chinese goods pressuring #SoutheastAsian governments to protect local manufacturers, and #India using #qcommerce data to understand consumption. 🇦🇪 #UAE G42 begins receiving NVIDIA #AI #semiconductors 🇸🇦 #KSA Alcoa selling its 25% stake in Ma'aden JV 🇪🇬 #EGYPT PM, Finance Minister in KSA to boost ties, investment 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN NHA, WAPDA, PAKISTAN POST designated essential SOEs 🌍 #GCC Revolut seeks #EMI, remittances licenses from Central Bank of The UAE for regional push 🌍 #GCC #EV sector to gain momentum despite headwinds 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Central Bank to maintain rates at 50%, consider November cut   🇹🇷 VPN#TURKEY #Construction contractors generate $18.5B in global revenue 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE Financial hub status may gain from businesses exiting #HongKong 🌏 #SEA Global funds deploying assets due to rate cut potential, attractive valuations 🇮🇳 #INDIA Meta betting on #Reels, WhatsApp for Business for growth

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE’s #Dubai launching #gaming visas under the Dubai Program for Gaming 2033, #SaudiArabia’s STC Bank launching by the EOY, #Egypt’s Central Bank launching the Digital Financial Identity Company, #Pakistan’s Jazz considering a Pakistan Stock Exchange - PSX listing, the National Bank of Oman’s Chairperson backing #UK #neobank Monument, ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank joining the #MENA’s Buna (The Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization), Tencent using #SoutheastAsia's national QR codes for WeChat Pay expansion, #Malaysia planning an #AI governance and ethics framework, and OYO seeking #VC funding at a 70% markdown in #India. 🇦🇪 #UAE Chainalysis sets up Dubai regional HQ 🇸🇦 #KSA Saudi Tadawul Group expects continued #IPO with 50 applications 🇪🇬 #EGYPT University of Sharjah to open first overseas campus 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN PM approves the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act Amendment Bill 2024 🇶🇦 #QATAR, #HongKong to boost financial services cooperation 🌍 #MENA Trip.com Group sets up regional HQ in #Dubai 🇹🇷 #TURKEY signs long term LNG deal with ExxonMobil 🇹🇷 #TURKEY #IGA Havalimani Isletmeleri AS eyeing MENA, Pakistan expansion 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE to tighten #AML laws 🇮🇩 #INDONESIA Sinbad, Tjufoo to merge, target #IPO 🇮🇳 #INDIA Reserve Bank of India (RBI), stakeholders explore expanding #UPI scope, reach

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE’s #Dubai launching #gaming visas under the Dubai Program for Gaming 2033, #SaudiArabia’s STC Bank launching by the EOY, #Egypt’s Central Bank launching the Digital Financial Identity Company, #Pakistan’s Jazz considering a Pakistan Stock Exchange - PSX listing, the National Bank of Oman’s Chairperson backing #UK #neobank Monument, ADIB - Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank joining the #MENA’s Buna (The Arab Regional Payments Clearing and Settlement Organization), Tencent using #SoutheastAsia's national QR codes for WeChat Pay expansion, #Malaysia planning an #AI governance and ethics framework, and OYO seeking #VC funding at a 70% markdown in #India. 🇦🇪 #UAE Chainalysis sets up Dubai regional HQ 🇸🇦 #KSA Saudi Tadawul Group expects continued #IPO with 50 applications 🇪🇬 #EGYPT University of Sharjah to open first overseas campus 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN PM approves the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act Amendment Bill 2024 🇶🇦 #QATAR, #HongKong to boost financial services cooperation 🌍 #MENA Trip.com Group sets up regional HQ in #Dubai 🇹🇷 #TURKEY signs long term LNG deal with ExxonMobil 🇹🇷 #TURKEY #IGA Havalimani Isletmeleri AS eyeing MENA, Pakistan expansion 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE to tighten #AML laws 🇮🇩 #INDONESIA Sinbad, Tjufoo to merge, target #IPO 🇮🇳 #INDIA Reserve Bank of India (RBI), stakeholders explore expanding #UPI scope, reach

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE’s DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION introducing a RDI grant, #SaudiArabia’s Saudi Tadawul Group bosting cooperation with Qatar Stock Exchange, #Egypt positioning itself as India’s gateway to Africa, #Pakistan developing an #EV framework by November, #Jordan's #KingAbdullah naming a new Prime Minister, Qatar Investment Authority raising its stake in # Iberdrola, #Vietnam’s M&As recovery, low-cost #Chinese goods pressuring #SoutheastAsian governments to protect local manufacturers, and #India using #qcommerce data to understand consumption. 🇦🇪 #UAE G42 begins receiving NVIDIA #AI #semiconductors 🇸🇦 #KSA Alcoa selling its 25% stake in Ma'aden JV 🇪🇬 #EGYPT PM, Finance Minister in KSA to boost ties, investment 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN NHA, WAPDA, PAKISTAN POST designated essential SOEs 🌍 #GCC Revolut seeks #EMI, remittances licenses from Central Bank of The UAE for regional push 🌍 #GCC #EV sector to gain momentum despite headwinds 🇹🇷 #TURKEY Central Bank to maintain rates at 50%, consider November cut 🇹🇷 #TURKEY #Construction contractors generate $18.5B in global revenue 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE Financial hub status may gain from businesses exiting #HongKong 🌏 #SEA Global funds deploying assets due to rate cut potential, attractive valuations 🇮🇳 #INDIA Meta betting on #Reels, WhatsApp for Business for growth

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE's DP World investing $3B in #African ports, #SaudiArabia's surging #IPO demand, #China partnering with #Egypt and #Bahrain on a lunar mission, investor confidence ▲ in #Pakistan as the #PSX registers its biggest single-day gain in a year, #Dubai receiving over half of #MENA tech #FDI, #Tunisia and #Libya reopening their border, the US surpassing China as #ASEAN’s top export destination, #Malaysia's 1st local #EV brand, and Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) launching #satelliteinternet services in #India. 🇦🇪 #UAE Mubadala eyes wefox sale in deal opposed by founders 🇸🇦 #KSA NextDecade, aramco sign 20-year #LNG deal 🇪🇬 #EGYPT Reforms, Ras El-Hekma deal are attracting investors 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN Pakistan IT Industry Association (P@SHA) says new budget to limit growth 🇶🇦 #QATAR names ambassador to Bahrain after 7 years 🌍 #MENA UAE leads Forbes’ top 100 listed companies 🇹🇷 #TURKEY postpones plans to tax stock trading 🇹🇷 #TURKEY and #Russia discuss bank transfer issues 🌏 #SoutheastAsia #Bitcoin miners set up following China crackdown 🇲🇾 #MALAYSIA ramps up #socialmedia censorship, takedowns 🇮🇳 #INDIA 4 offshore #cryptoexchanges seeking licensing, now 46 licensed exchanges

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #tech #policy insight, you'll read about Alibaba Group partnering in the #UAE and Saudi Arabia to expand its GCC footprint, #SaudiArabia’s Sonbola #agritech program, #Egypt seeking $600M+ in industrial #FDI from #Turkey, #Pakistan blocking 130+ personal loan apps, #Bahrain’s Batelco and e& partnering on a #GCC #subsea cable, #Morocco levying a #digitalservices tax on #SVOD, #ecommerce, and #homesharing, #SoutheastAsia’s #PE deals ▼ 41% YoY, #Vietnam’s #online food orders ▲ 30% to $3.8M / day, and Tesla entering #India if import duties are reduced. 🇦🇪 #UAE 9%+ of #Dubai transport is autonomous 🇸🇦 #KSA to launch #IP prosecutor under National Intellectual Property Strategy 🇪🇬 #EGYPT #Sawiris mulls business overhaul 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN #PMLN gets #PPP support to form government 🌏 #GCC OPEC+ in talks with several countries seeking to join alliance 🇰🇼 #KUWAIT #Creditcard spending ▲ ~17% 🇸🇬 #SINGAPORE Qoo10 Singapore buys Wish for $173M 🇮🇩 #INDONESIA #Prabowo to become next President 🇮🇳 #INDIA Tata Group, Uber discuss alliance

In Tahseen Consulting's #MENA+ #techpolicy insight, you'll read about the #UAE's DP World investing $3B in #African ports, #SaudiArabia's surging #IPO demand, #China partnering with #Egypt and #Bahrain on a lunar mission, investor confidence ▲ in #Pakistan as the #PSX registers its biggest single-day gain in a year, #Dubai receiving over half of  #MENA tech #FDI, #Tunisia and #Libya reopening their border, the US surpassing China as #ASEAN’s top export destination, #Malaysia's 1st local #EV brand, and Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) launching #satelliteinternet services in #India. 🇦🇪 #UAE Mubadala eyes wefox sale in deal opposed by founders 🇸🇦 #KSA NextDecade, aramco sign 20-year #LNG deal 🇪🇬 #EGYPT Reforms, Ras El-Hekma deal are attracting investors 🇵🇰 #PAKISTAN Pakistan IT Industry Association (P@SHA) says new budget to hit growth 🇶🇦 #QATAR names ambassador to Bahrain after 7 years 🌍 #MENA UAE leads Forbes’ top 100 listed companies 🇹🇷 #TURKEY postpones plans to tax stock trading 🇹🇷 #TURKEY and #Russia discuss bank transfer issues 🌏 #SoutheastAsia #Bitcoin miners set up following China crackdown 🇲🇾 #MALAYSIA ramps up #socialmedia censorship, takedowns 🇮🇳 #INDIA 4 offshore #cryptoexchanges seeking licensing, now 46 licensed exchanges