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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Middle East

Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) invested USD 5 million in Shorooq Partners’ Bedaya Fund.

Zoom opens in Saudi Arabia, Amazon.sa rebrands, and a lot of fundraising across the region | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

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Noon Academy's founders. Courtesy of Noon Academy via MENAbytes.

The company currently employs about 120 people spread across its offices in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, India, and Pakistan.

Saudi education tech firm Noon Academy raises USD 13 million led by STV to accelerate its global expansion

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MENAbytes

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

According to a BCG report, women in the Middle East control USD 786 billion in wealth, with 40% of that concentrated in Saudi and the UAE.

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority discovers the blockchain, the Qatar SportsTech Accelerator presents its cohort, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Saudi Arabia's e-commerce market is up 14% from last year at USD 21 billion, according to e-commerce platform ZID.

Zynga buys Peak Games, Samsung invests in Egypt, and a lot of liquidity from the Saudi central bank | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

Vezeeta has been aggressively expanding into new products and markets and launched its telehealth solutions in Saudi in March.

Vezeeta to provide telehealth services to thousands of STC employees in Saudi

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

Jahez offers food delivery to its restaurant partners in over 20 cities of the Kingdom.

Saudi food delivery startup Jahez raises USD 36 million in country’s largest VC deal

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The platform functions like a social network for football players, clubs, and scouts.

Saudi Arabia’s Grintafy raises USD 1.25 million seed to connect amateur football players with clubs and scouts

Uber is a mobility platform that connects users to ride-hailing, food delivery, and logistics services, operating in cities worldwide.

Uber

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

Earlier this year, Uber Eats exited India by selling the food delivery business to local rival Zomato in an all-stock deal.

Uber Eats exits Saudi Arabia and Egypt, transfers business to Careem Now in UAE

The online retailer sells FMCG products to mini-supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and cafes.

Saudi’s Sary raises USD 6.6 million for its B2B marketplace

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

China

The company’s sensors weave into textiles and surfaces, offering a scalable haptics solution for robots, vehicles, and smart environments.

With fresh funding, JQ Industries bets on fiber sensors to give machines a sense of touch

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China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

With the YU7, Xiaomi seeks not only redemption, but a shot at surpassing Tesla.

After SU7 setback, Xiaomi reboots EV push with safer, smarter YU7

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

With clients like BYD and Ecovacs, the Shenzhen-based firm says its purpose-built tightening robots can outperform generic systems.

A smarter way to tighten screws? Slabor lands early funding to prove it

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories—alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.