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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
Syria’s first superapps bet on the country’s recovery as payment infrastructure lags behind
My Syria and Labby, billed as Syria’s first superapps, each announced funding rounds days apart
Gulf's consumer fintech seat is taken, so Indian players target the infrastructure layer
What travels across borders is engineering, not consumer-facing brands, and that is why Indian founders have their best opening in…
Gulf SWFs pilot asset tokenization to widen their investor base
Whether this stays a set of pilots or becomes a real deployment channel hinges on rules that don't yet exist…
UAE hiring contracts for the first time in four years as firms recruit to the final stage, then pause on uncertainty
It’s too early to call a boom — the surge could just be a response to economic downturn, as firms…
Split screen
Happy FRIDAY, friends. We come to you this morning with the strange split-screen that has defined our new normal: Washington…
Syria’s banking rebuild creates opening for fintechs filling the gaps
A handful of locally-founded and international fintech players are stepping in to fill the gaps the formal banking system has…
MENA’s publicly-listed tech players are trailing their global counterparts
Venture intelligence platform Magnitt says the region’s top 15 tech stocks returned 76% over three years, in contrast to MSCI…
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