WPP’s Data Alliance and Spotify have formed a global partnership for collaboration in data, insights, creative, technology, innovation, programmatic solutions and new growth markets. WPP now has listening preferences and behaviors of Spotify’s 100 million users in 60 countries. The multi-year deal provides differentiating value… Read More
Digital Venture and Rocket Fuel Inc have entered into a strategic alliance in the MENA region. Rocket Fuel has appointed Digital Venture as reseller of its programmatic marketing platform to distribute, promote and market Rocket Fuel services to advertisers and ad agencies across the region.… Read More
Internet company, Opera has released its State of the Mobile Web Africa 2016 Report, highlighting mobile internet trends across the continent, including consumer browsing behaviour and app usage. According to the report, Ghanaians, Kenyans, Seychellois and Mauritians are the highest data users with an average usage of… Read More
Facebook has now made it possible for businesses to link their Facebook, Messenger and Instagram accounts so that they can manage communications across all three channels in a single place, with an updated inbox. A Single Inbox For All Three Channels With the single Inbox,… Read More
Brand advocacy has increased in the online space. For many digital consumers, reviewing the products they have purchased has become the norm. Almost half say they regularly post online reviews of products, services or companies, with notable peaks among 25-34s and the top income quartile.… Read More
Online video streaming in the region is only set to pick up further. With players like Netflix making a foray in the region last year, another vindication comes with STARZ Play getting a new multi-million dollar funding investment. This investment is led by existing investors… Read More
Companies that embrace new advertising technologies and understand how they will work in consumers’ everyday lives, stand to gain a real first-mover advantage in the coming years. The third edition of ‘Targeting Tomorrow’, an Omnicom Media Group MENA initiative, the media holding company put the… Read More
If there was an award for platforms where the US Presidential Elections were discussed, the winner would be Twitter hands down, or so suggests a Meltwater analysis of all social media posts done in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region on the US… Read More
The slowdown and all impact of a tough economy, downsizing and questionable increments have not deterred the spirit of the UAE work force. According to LinkedIn data, UAE professionals are the happiest in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. The UAE has more… Read More
hug digital has made two key appointments to its leadership team. Tim Durgan has been roped in as Head of Digital Media within its operation in Dubai. Ramy Kandil has been named the new Deputy General Manager in charge of operations within the Cairo office.… Read More
