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Anthropic’s $7bn Chip Hunt Tests the Economics of Gulf AI Investment

Gulf Middle East Observer Staff -
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are spending heavily to become global suppliers of AI computing power. Anthropic’s push into...

The Missing Middle: Why Egypt’s Capital Markets Still Struggle to Fund Its Unicorns

Economy Reham Walid -
Egypt has built one of Africa’s most active fintech ecosystems. What it has not yet built is a reliable...

Egypt Builds Smartphone Scale — Now It Must Build the Supply Chain

Egypt Habiba Mohammed -
Egypt expects to manufacture more than 15 million mobile phones in 2026, roughly five times its 2024 output. Yet much...

When Cities Become Software: The Rise of Egypt’s Invisible Digital Infrastructure

Egypt Reham Walid -
In May, New Alamein put an unusual traffic officer on its streets. The Mediterranean city deployed a digital “Robo-Traffic Officer”,...

The Cost of Going Digital: Egypt’s Cybersecurity Test

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
As Egypt moves banking, government services, telecommunications and urban infrastructure onto interconnected digital systems, cybersecurity is becoming an economic-infrastructure...

Egypt Has Digitised Government. Can It Digitise Away the Bureaucracy?

Egypt Habiba Mohammed -
Egypt has spent years building the digital front door to the state. The harder task is now behind it. By...

Trade.xyz Hits $500bn as War Accelerates 24/7 Markets

Market Updates & Finance Middle East Observer Staff -
Blockchain derivatives platform Trade.xyz has generated about $500 billion in trading volume less than a year after launch, as...

Concentrix’s $1bn investment demonstrates Egypt’s ability to retain & grow outsourcing scale

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Concentrix is pushing ahead with a $1 billion expansion in Egypt that could take its workforce to 35,000 by...

Can Egypt Turn Its Talent Pool Into a Digital Export Industry?

Egypt Middle East Observer Staff -
Egypt's outsourcing industry is becoming a serious source of jobs and foreign currency. Its next test is harder: moving...
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