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Breaking news and timely stories on tech, media, and marketing that matter to brands, agencies, and startups in the MENA region.
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Top 10 Ramadan Ads in MENA on YouTube – July 2016
Musical theater, football dreams, and heartwarming family moments dominated YouTube in July 2016. According to the YouTube Ads Leaderboard, these…
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Gold’s Gym terminates Egypt’s Dreamland over body-shaming ad
Gold’s Gym has issued an official apology to its community around the world, dodged with a termination action to the Egyptian independent franchise located…
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Uber Egypt reaches record of 30,000 drivers, commits to EGP 500 million investment
Cairo, Egypt, 14 August 2016 – A record 30,000 Cairenes are now using Uber to earn money as they drive, making…
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KingFut Becomes Official Digital Media Partner for Stoke City FC in Arabic
KingFut have been appointed by English Premier League club Stoke City to manage the official Arabic social media accounts and digital…
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Egyptian booed for refusing to shake hands with Israeli after judo loss
RIO DE JANEIRO — Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round…
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Webinar with Jeff Bullas: 11 Lessons That PR Professionals Need to Learn in a Digital World
Just when a marketing, PR, or social media trend is about to go mainstream, Jeff Bullas is there to make…
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Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail dies at 70
Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail died on Tuesday in the United States at the age of 70. Ahmed Zewail…
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Cairo International Airport is getting bigger, better
Cairo international airport terminal 2 is preparing to increase its capacity by about 8 million passengers, bringing its total capacity to…
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Akhbarak, Andalusia Hospitals Join Forces to Help Cure HCV
Share against Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) – A new click-funding campaign by Akhbarak.net and Andalusia hospitals in partnership with the Egyptian…
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Social media storm over the Egyptian pound’s crisis
Egyptian Pound reached a new low against dollar on the black market today, to hit EGP 13 per dollar, as talks about devaluation rise. Official dollar…
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Egyptian Cantalop Receives a Seed Funding of $100,000
The “job search engine” Cantalop received a seed funding of $100,000 from an anonymous businessman to accelerate the startup efforts in…
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hug digital Wins Festival City Malls Regionally, Dubai, Cairo, Doha
hug digital said that the agency has won a truly regional digital account; Festival City Malls, across UAE, Egypt & Qatar. The agency…
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mastercard gets a new logo design
mastercard has released a new flat logo design to work smoothly across all digital platforms, retail stores and devices. the iconic red and…
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Vodafone Egypt Launches Tariff Plan For The Deaf
Vodafone Egypt launched a bunch of services to empower deaf and hard hearing customers with a new tariff plan, sign language call center,…
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How Brands in the Middle East are Leveraging Conversation on Twitter
Getting your hashtag trending or joining a hashtag have always been one of the top goals for brands on Twitter.…
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