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ARABSAT and Es’hailSat Sign Partnership to Expand Satellite Services
ARABSAT and Es’hailSat signed an agreement at the ASBU Festival in Tunisia to reinforce the 26° East orbital slot and expand broadcast networks.
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TOD Rebrands to TOD by beIN Ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026 Streaming
beIN MEDIA GROUP rebrands its streaming platform TOD to TOD by beIN, consolidating its digital strategy ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 streaming across MENA.
PayTabs Completes Acquisition of TAPn’GO to Expand Contactless Payment Services Across MENA
PayTabs Group completed its acquisition of TAPn’GO, integrating contactless payment capabilities into its Super App platform. The move targets merchants across retail, hospitality, and healthcare sectors in the MENA region.
Ruder Finn Atteline Launches rf.engage Internal Communications Service Across MENA
Ruder Finn Atteline has launched rf.engage, a strategic internal communications and leadership training service, targeting organizations across the Middle East and North Africa as of March 30, 2026.
Speechmatics Launches Arabic-English Bilingual Model with First-Ever Medical Variant for MENA
Speechmatics has launched an Arabic-English bilingual model achieving 6.3% Word Error Rate on mixed-speech benchmarks, alongside the first Arabic-English bilingual medical model designed for clinical settings across MENA.
MENA Economic Outlook 2026 Projects 3.6% Growth Driven by Investment and Digital Shift
MENA region expected to outperform global growth with 3.6% GDP increase. Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector projected at 5% growth.
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Hussein Freijeh Takes on Expanded Role Leading Snap’s APAC Region
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 25 November 2025: Snap Inc. today announced that Hussein Freijeh has expanded his leadership remit to include the Asia-Pacific region, in the role of Vice President for both APAC and MENA, leading Snap’s strategy and operations across the two regions. Having successfully launched and scaled Snap’s presence in the Middle […]
Chief Economists Warn of Weak Growth as Economic Environment Shifts
New York, USA, 23 September 2025 – The global economy is entering a period of weak growth and systemic disruption, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists’ Outlook, published today. Some 72% of surveyed chief economists expect the global economy to weaken over the next year, amid intensifying trade disruption, rising policy uncertainty and accelerating […]