For consumers in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region, Emirates, Almarai and Facebook are the most popular brands. While Emirates tops YouGov BrandIndex’ annual brand health rankings for the UAE, Almarai and Facebook top rankings in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, respectively. In a… Read More
Perhaps no other platform knows the price of openness as much as YouTube that at this time last year had begun its content clean up when issues of brand safety had confronted the platform. In the course of this correction, YouTube has been working on… Read More
Openness may be central to the digital economy but it is not without its challenges. And perhaps no other platform knows the price for that as much as YouTube that at this time last year had begun its content clean up when issue of brand… Read More
As the last leg of Ramadan is underway, there are 10 days to go to submit entries for the Lantern Award by YouTube. The award that recognizes advertising campaigns during Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr returns for the third year. An algorithm will determine the… Read More
Facebook maintains its position as the most positively talked about brand in Egypt with the largest impact among consumers in the past year according to the 2017 Best Brand Rankings by YouGov BrandIndex. With Egypt constituting its largest Middle East fan-base, Facebook has certainly been… Read More
Emirates has topped consumer brand sentiment in the UAE for the third year running in the latest YouGov BrandIndex. For these Best Brand Rankings, YouGov used Buzz scores to compile the rankings. Buzz is calculated by asking consumers daily if they have ‘heard anything positive… Read More
Dubai Studio City and in5, an enabling platform for entrepreneurs in tech, design and media, have launched a competition inviting content creators to showcase their talent through innovatively produced videos. The closing date for submissions is January 25, 2018. Supported by UTURN, the Arabic entertainment… Read More
Google has introduced a new sequencing feature that enables advertisers to target users with different messages within one overall campaign. The video ad sequencing feature was rolled out last week as part of a campaign created by Impact BBDO to promote the regional ecommerce channel… Read More
Apple has competed and won time and again as a brand of reckoning in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region. This was validated once again in the latest brand rankings from YouGov BrandIndex, where iPhone rated as the top brand that Egypt consumers… Read More
Orange Egypt has won YouTube’s The Lantern Award 2017. This is the second edition of the award that honors most engaging and creative advertisements during Ramadan and Eid in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This year saw 75 contenders compete for the most… Read More
