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GCC AI adoption surges on paper, but scaling past the pilot stays the hard part
The gap between experimenting and embedding is where data readiness, governance and workforce changes decide the outcome — and while…
Adnoc-backed AIQ to deploy 1 mn AI cameras across an Indian oil major’s network in its biggest overseas push yet
PLUS: Iraq inks Huawei MoU for sovereign cloud buildout, with no visible US pushback
Omantel taps Kaspersky as a locally-hosted partner as region becomes biggest market for Russian cybersecurity vendor
PLUS: Germany's BMA to build Libya’s first industrial-scale sugar plant in Benghazi
How the UAE drew the line on tokenized assets, and why it matters for the rest of the region
A tokenized sukuk is a security. A tokenized apartment might not be
QNB Syria issues the country’s first internationally accepted payment card
In August, Mastercard and QNB Syria processed the country’s first transaction using an internationally issued Mastercard card in more than…
Saudi secures new compute offtakers and builders at LEAP
Chinese players are entering the foray, with Bytedance’s affiliates signing agreements to develop data centers, as well as buy capacity…
The AI complex roars on
Happy Friday, friends. We close out a week in which the AI complex spent money at a scale that makes…
Sandbox trial puts Egypt on the same tokenization track the UAE has been running since 2023
The Gulf is already tokenizing sovereign funds, physical assets, and Apple stock. Egypt is starting with a money market ledger
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