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 [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: the Middle East's ad market is set to become the fastest-growing in the world; Microsoft is expected to reveal how it plans to integrate AI into its products and services at a special event; and [...]

In this exclusive Q&A, Tanya Field, co-founder and CPO of Novatiq, discusses how ad infrastructure is changing as the industry shifts towards first-party data, with a particular focus on MENA.  The region is considered to be in the midst of a [...]

IAB GCC have released their MENA Digital Adspend report. The 2021 figures show a huge rise in adspend across MENA, highlighting the level of investment as well as the accelerated growth in the region. The report, which takes into account 17 [...]

Talon has announced further expansion of its global footprint with new offices and leadership in Singapore and Dubai. Melanie Lindquist and Chadi Farhat will lead Singapore and Dubai respectively. Farhat and Lindquist are tasked with accelerating out-of-home (OOH) growth in these key [...]