Google has announced the launch of the latest Plus Codes feature on Google Maps in 18 countries across MENA including Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Egypt Morocco, Algeria and more. Plus Codes are free, open-sourced, digital addresses that provide simple and accurate addresses for any place on Earth, including for places that don’t have accurate […]
Raha, the region’s newest e-grocery platform, has launched in the Kuwait market, with its app now available on all Apple iPhones and Samsung Android devices. An innovative homegrown concept, Raha is the Middle East’s first pure-play, fully automated e-grocery platform – offering a full range of groceries, fresh produce, and household essentials. It also features […]
YouTube announced the arrival of its YouTube Shorts Fund in each of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Morocco. Starting December 5, the company will reward creators and artists who make creative and unique Shorts for their contributions. The global US$100M fund was initially announced back in May […]
Kuwait-based OptimizeApp, a platform that helps marketers intuitively launch, manage and track all their social media campaigns in one app, announced it has fully acquired Panda Media, a Kuwait-based online education company focused on entrepreneurs. The company’s new offering will provide local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs with exclusive educational marketing courses and […]
Sustainability and authentication can’t be ignored in the luxury resale economy. How do resale marketers make their case for customer trust? Luxury apparels worth trillions sit in closets, and probably half of them are collecting dust. The most basic solution would be resale. With the Kardashians and Bollywood star Deepika Padukone endorsing pre-owned luxury items, […]
The office in Kuwait is the newest addition to AWS offices in MENA, which include Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, where it is building teams of account managers, technical account managers, partner managers, systems engineers, solutions architects, professional services, and other roles to help customers of all sizes move to AWS. Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]
Arab Advisors Group recently announced the launch of its new benchmark reports during September 2021 covering key telecom operators in MENA. The reports will track and monitor operators’ presence, engagement, responsiveness, and interaction on social media platforms. The reports will cover more than 40 operators which offer telecommunication services across 14 Arab countries. These countries are Algeria, […]
Boubyan Bank Group announces the launch of Nomo, a fully licensed and regulated UK Islamic digital bank catering for customers with a global financial outlook. Nomo has launched as a brand name of the UK-based Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME), in which Boubyan Bank is a majority shareholder. Nomo has been developed […]
