AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI Infrastructure Watch: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says electricity—not AI chips—is the biggest bottleneck for AI growth, urging major upgrades to ageing power grids that could cost “hundreds of billions” and directly affect enterprise adoption. SME FinTech Push (MENAT): Emirates NBD and Techstars launch a commercially driven “Acceleration-to-Enterprise” model to plug AI and FinTech startups into bank operations, with pilots for compliance, wealth management, SME banking and capital markets. Capital Markets (Saudi): Saudi CMA opens a 123-day window for licences to run a commodity exchange, aiming to broaden instruments and deepen secondary trading in commodity and metals derivatives. SME Finance & Tax Relief (Philippines): BIR issues Revenue Regulations No. 4-2026 for a one-time tax abatement programme for eligible micro taxpayers to settle covered liabilities and penalties. Local Business Support (UAE): amana appoints a new CTO to scale its trading and investing technology platform as it expands into new markets. Energy & Jobs (SEZs): South Africa’s Trade minister cites a World Bank study showing SEZs generated R14.8bn revenue and 30,000+ jobs, supporting further rollout.
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