MarkApp has officially joined the Interactive Advertising Bureau Middle East and North Africa (IAB MENA), reinforcing its commitment to supporting the development of transparent, standards-driven digital advertising markets across the region.  IAB MENA represents one of the most influential industry organisations [...]

GoWit, the leading ad tech provider, and Publicis Media Middle East, part of the French multinational advertising and communications holding company Publicis Groupe, today announced a strategic commerce and retail media partnership across MENA and Türkiye. This partnership brings together GoWit’s [...]

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In this Q&A, Femi Taiwo, managing director at Assembly Global in MENA, shares his perspective on the evolving independent agency landscape...

Harry Menear looks at the rise of the micro-influencer in the MENA region, as consumers increasingly resent traditional advertising. How do authenticity and AI come into play, and what does the future hold for MENA's influencer economy? It feels awfully [...]

Mark Smith takes a look at the development of ad tech across the MENA region, and why predictions of growth seem well founded… 

Piwik PRO, a privacy-first analytics platform provider, has opened a new regional data centre in the United Arab Emirates to better serve customers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This launch enhances the company’s global hosting network, which [...]

Are we witnessing the golden age of programmatic advertising in MENA? Programmatic’s foray into the Middle East and North Africa presents a unique blend of opportunities and challenges. This evolution is propelled by a confluence of factors: groundbreaking tech advancements, a [...]

We take a look at some of the biggest ad tech trends shaping the landscape in the Middle East and North Africa. With an ad tech industry worth $5.9bn (~£4.74bn) last year, and a forecasted growth of 6.2% in 2024, ultimately [...]

This week: Meta denies ads will come to WhatsApp, X users may be charged to battle bots... Social media dominated headlines this week, with Meta’s head of WhatsApp denying reports there were plans to bring ads to the platform to boost [...]