U.A.E Social media app ASKWHO raises $1 million Seed funding UAE-based social media app ASKWHO, has raised a $1 million in a Seed round from several angel investors. Founded in 2019 and... News • 09 February, 2022 Social Media ASKWHO
Regional Shoutout platforms and the growing personalisation of celebrities Social media platforms proved to be a powerful tool for celebrities across the world to engage directly with their fans, dictate their own... Nesma Abdel Azim • 28 October, 2021 Social Media
Global Can a startup’s social capital affect investment? Rami Deeb is an executive at Talkwalker, a "conversational intelligence" company that delivers social media insights to help... Thought Leadership • 15 April, 2021 Social Media
Regional Facebook's advice for businesses in Ramadan The impact of social distancing as a result of the Covid-19 crisis has been felt across industries and sectors, with technology and social... Thought Leadership • 23 April, 2020 Ramadan Social Media Facebook
U.A.E The bakery that finds clients on Instagram The food and beverage sector is incredibly competitive in the Middle East, something that Rami Badawi and Amber Haque know only too well.... Triska Hamid • 18 August, 2019 Food & Beverage foodtech Social Media
Regional How Middle East startups can win on social Lama Abdelbarr leads on digital communications for Middle East & Africa at Talkwalker, a social media analytics platform uses... Thought Leadership • 11 July, 2019 Social Media Digital Marketing how to
Regional The state of social media in the Middle East Consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are among the most active users of social media platforms. The region’s large... Triska Hamid • 21 April, 2019 Social Media Facebook snapchat
Regional The rise of the micro influencer Social media influencers in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region command some of the highest fees in the world, but their... Thought Leadership • 14 March, 2019 Branding Social Media influencer marketing
Regional The growing influence of influencer startups Like new players in an old game, influencer startups are beginning to find their ground in the region’s digital marketing... Archana Menon • 16 November, 2017 Social Media influencer marketing Facebook
Regional Video analytics startup Mintrics receives seed funding from Numu Capital Numu Capital, the Dubai-based venture capital seed fund, has invested in Mintrics, a social video analytics dashboard. The startup uses... Staff writer • 07 June, 2017 startup seed investment Social Media
Kuwait Managing Instagram comments got much easier This article is a crosspost from Nuwait. 27-year-old Kuwaiti Khalid Al-Mutawa is one versatile man. He travels around the world, runs... Ana Tadic • 10 May, 2017 kuwait Nuwait plugn
Regional How to make a good digital media strategy for your business [Wamda TV] In a region where internet penetration is rapidly growing (60 percent in 2017), having a good digital strategy for your business is... Maya Rahal • 09 May, 2017 Jad Yammine content strategies content
Regional New startups on the block: May Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 03 May, 2017 new startups Healthcare Travel
Saudi Arabia Tapping into social media: the story of Lucidya Arabic content, be it news or software, has become massively popular, and one Saudi startup is mining that trend in social media... Abdullah Baghawitah • 15 March, 2017 Saudi Arabia ksa big data
Bahrain Middle East newspapers need to get with the digital plan We’re on our smart devices, all of the time. We know that. What we also know is that the majority of us are getting our news from... Abdulghani Kataya • 08 February, 2017 Digital Media Index Newspapers digital transformation
Regional Social Media Week Dubai 2016 [Exclusive discount code!] Social Media Week is the biggest global conference that brings together thought leaders and practitioners to explore how social media and... Wamda • 11 October, 2016 Social Media Networking Innovation
Egypt Trendak monitors social media analytics in Arabic Trendak analyses data on social media in three languages including Arabic. (Images via Trendak) Knowing how to ‘read’ social media has alr... Eman Mostafa • 28 April, 2016 social media monitoring Trendak foreign investment
Regional Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic] This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,... Maher Dosoqi • 14 February, 2016 payment gateway CashU fin-tech
Saudi Arabia Uturn's edgy Youtube hits get $10M investment The Uturn team. (Images via Uturn) In November 2015, Uturn Entertainment landed a $10 million investment from Beirut-based VC... Sara Aggour • 03 February, 2016 Uturn Saudi Arabia YouTube
Regional MENA's social media strongholds [Infographic] Social media has a huge influence on business in the Middle East, be it as a marketing tool or a company platform through which... Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2015 google plus snapchat Payfort
U.A.E Al Ahli Group acquires US based social media company theAudience Oliver Luckett during an interview with TheWrap UAE based conglomerate Al Ahli Holding Group has acquired theAudience, a social-media and... Maya Rahal • 17 September, 2015 Al Ahli Holding Group al-ahli theaudience
Saudi Arabia What you should know about Saudi’s social media behavior A screenshot from the video created along with the TOP report Saudi Arabia is still growing into a market that regional and global tech... Maya Rahal • 09 September, 2015 TOP Academy the online project TOP
Regional How big is social media in MENA? [Reports] Arabic online content is still scarce in the Middle East but social media users are making up for the shortfall, two new reports have... Eman Mostafa • 14 May, 2015 Social Media Digital Media Science DMS
Bahrain Third edition of Social Media Masters Forum The third edition of the Social Media Masters Forum (SMMF2015) will open at the Applied Sciences University in Bahrain on January 28th and... Wamda • 23 January, 2015 Bahrain Social Media