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, […]
Careem announced the appointment of Ghaith Al Johani as the General Manager in Saudi Arabia. Al Johani is one of the Saudi Arabia’s youth leaders, who has contributed to enhancing the presence and growth of many international institutions and brands. Ghaith comes with more than 15 years of experience and has held several leadership positions. […]
Teegara.com, the Cairo-based eCommerce startup recently closed a five-figure pre-seed follow-on funding round led by the Alexandria Angels Network, as well as angel investors from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Netherlands. Teegara is a B2B2C e-commerce marketplace that helps retailers and social eCommerce merchants to trade. Through its digital platform, the company aims to solve […]
Zain KSA ranks first in the Game Mode report issued by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) for the second quarter of 2021. It records top connectivity performance in four of the most popular video games in Saudi Arabia, namely Fortnite, FIFA 21, APEX Legends, and Dota 2. The report compares the response time […]
Cohesity has appointed Gregg Petersen as regional director for its operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Petersen will focus on empowering regional businesses in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, and South Africa to easily and effectively back up, manage, protect, and derive value from their data through Cohesity’s next-gen data management solutions. […]
Startups are not only key drivers of economic growth and job creation but are often a catalyst for innovation. In the MENA region, innovation by young firms contributes significantly to aggregate productivity growth. When it comes to startup success stories in the region, ride-hailing service Careem, which was acquired by the US-based Uber in 2019, […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is focused on economic diversification — from a natural resource-based economy to an innovation hub powered by technology. The large and growing local population means solid domestic demand for goods, services and infrastructure. As a result, the government is pouring billions of dollars into high-tech infrastructure, launching funds, moving […]
YouGov analysis reveals Emirates, Adidas and iPhone top the list of most recommended brands in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, respectively. The rankings are based on YouGov BrandIndex’s positive Recommend score, which measures the percentage of a brand’s customers who would recommend it to a friend or colleague. Every brand in our Rankings has […]
The rising eCommerce revenues have impacted digital marketing in the GCC, indicating an increasing business value Hugo Boss recently announced their online expansion to another 12 countries, of which five are in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The increasing digital presence and marketing in the GCC look optimistic, but let us have an in-depth […]
Saudi Payments has collaborated with IBM and Mastercard to launch Saudi Arabia’s first instant payments system ‘sarie’. Operating under the supervision of the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), Saudi Payments will enable the adoption of faster payments and accelerate improvements to banking reconciliation in the Kingdom’s financial ecosystem. ‘sarie’ system is expected to support local government, […]
