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Every AI in Oman story in reverse order of publication — reporting for founders, investors, and public-sector teams on artificial intelligence, startups, digital policy, jobs, and the revenue moving through Oman's Vision 2040 economy.
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Oman's 5th Critical Infrastructure Security and Safety Symposium drew 350 participants to Salalah, where experts called for a Regional Centre for AI Safety to govern the country's growing use of artificial intelligence in security and infrastructure protection.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Nama Electricity Distribution is spending over RO 20.5 million on new substations and grid automation across Al Dakhiliyah Governorate, part of a broader push to digitise Oman's power network as demand from cities and industry keeps climbing.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
A limited power outage knocked out parts of Oman's Unified Government Services Portal and other digital systems on September 14, prompting MTCIT to scramble repair teams and raising fresh questions about the resilience of the Sultanate's fast-growing digital government infrastructure.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Oman's state-backed clean energy platform O-Green has set a 2028 target of over 200MW of AI-ready data centre capacity, pairing its gigawatt-scale renewable projects in Duqm and Mahout with computing infrastructure.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
From an education and career expo to a fire-safety technology showcase, here's what's confirmed at Oman's major venues for October 2026, plus an important update on the AI summit many were expecting in November.
By Omar Al-Riyami
For the first time, Oman's data protection regulator has put numbers behind its enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Law, logging 20 complaints and 22 breach notifications by May 2026 as tougher rules under Royal Decree 68/2026 take hold.
By Omar Al-Riyami
Oman's Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has signed a deal with Omantel to build Itqan, a cloud-based platform that will standardize how the Sultanate trains, evaluates and qualifies its lawyers and legal advisers.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Egypt-founded fintech infrastructure firm Cassbana has won in-principle approval to join Oman's Fintech Regulatory Sandbox, building on an existing embedded-credit partnership with Muscat's Mamun and retail group Salman Corporation.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Omani startup Sada has completed local beta testing of an AI and location-based audio platform that lets visitors "hear" the stories behind Oman's heritage sites, museums and hotels.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
From an AI-focused Omantel Accelerator cohort taking applications through January 2027 to always-open financing at the Oman Development Bank, here are nine funding and support programs Omani founders can apply to this October and November.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
The Oman Investment Authority has committed a quarter of a new Hong Kong-backed innovation fund, with half its capital earmarked for AI, advanced manufacturing, and tech investments inside the Sultanate.
By Omar Al-Riyami
MTCIT data released this week shows the number of Omani companies working in artificial intelligence nearly doubled between August 2025 and August 2026, a sign the Sultanate's AI ecosystem is moving from pilots to products.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
From a bigger Mulhim AI hackathon to EduTraC and the Oman Career Fair, here is what students at SQU, GUtech, UTAS and other Omani universities can plan for in October and November 2026.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
Muscat-based Raaz lets Omani families upload bank statements to see spending patterns and a Financial Health Score, all for free. Here's how the small team behind it built and launched a homegrown personal finance app.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
TRA data published this week shows Musandam Governorate's 5G stations nearly doubled in 2025, growing 80% as Oman pushes connectivity into its most remote and rugged region.
By Layla Al-Zadjali
From Samsung's free 240-hour AI bootcamp open to Omani youth to university master's degrees and government-funded nanodegrees, here are nine AI and tech courses accepting applications in Oman this September 2026.
By Fatma Al-Zahra
Oman's Ministry of Transport and Oman Airports successfully trialled a driverless electric vehicle at Salalah Airport, setting a target of the third quarter of 2027 to begin commercial autonomous delivery operations.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
Oman's free-zone authority OPAZ launched a new digital trade platform linking Omani firms with African and Chinese partners, the third investor-facing digital tool from Oman's economic-zone ecosystem this year alone.
By Editorial Team
ESBAAR, Rihal, PhazeRo, and Sampo AI are all hiring AI and data talent in Muscat this month, alongside remote freelance AI-training gigs paying up to $100 an hour.
By Samir Al-Balushi
New NCSI figures released this week show Oman's mobile subscriptions crossed 8.4 million in July 2026, with satellite broadband surging 148% year on year while legacy DSL and fixed 4G connections keep shrinking as fibre and 5G take over.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Oman has approved its first official tariff for public EV charging, from 50 to 120 baisa per kWh starting October 1, with all operators required to report real-time data through the national Shahin platform.
By Dr. Khalid Al-Rashdi
A fresh cohort of Omani engineering graduates has completed hands-on semiconductor training in Taiwan under an MTCIT-backed programme, part of Oman's push to build design and testing talent for its emerging chip ecosystem.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
Oman's state logistics giant Asyad Group has signed a deal with China's Zelos Technology to trial autonomous freight vehicles at Port of Sohar and Salalah Free Zone, one of three tech-driven agreements unveiled at the Gulf Green Mobility Forum.
By Surah Al-Balushi
Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has opened a 30-day public consultation on frequency requirements for private broadband networks, a move that could reshape how ports, oil fields, and factories connect.
By Samir Al-Balushi
Omani legal-tech startup instaSpace has quadrupled its user base and signed a new Saudi partnership at LEAP 2026, expanding its Arabic-English AI platform to paying customers in 17 countries.
By Editorial Team
Oman's Ministry of Education launched a new Digital Educational Atlas in Salalah on September 7, folding GIS, AI-assisted mapping and government data into national school curricula alongside the GeoAdvances 2026 conference.
By Ahmed Al-Hinai
Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information unveiled the results of the world's first AI-powered Household Income and Expenditure Survey, a shift the agency says will speed up how it tracks spending, inflation and the Consumer Price Index.
By Fatima Al-Hashmi
Oman's Ministry of Education has rolled out a new AI framework for the 2026/2027 school year, complete with dedicated AI labs, teacher training and virtual science labs for 876,117 returning students.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
MTCIT launched Shahin, Oman's unified EV charging app, at the Gulf Green Mobility Forum, alongside deals for a 400-charger network, a domestic charger factory and a Hyundai hydrogen bus pilot.
By Zaheer Al-Lawati
MTCIT's new Wassel programme puts commercial delivery motorcycles on Oman's Naql digital platform, streamlining registration while unveiling a Mizan-tracked plan to go electric.
By Omar Al-Riyami
