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Saleh Ghazal: MENA is not recovering—It is reinventing growth through resilience

The Middle East and North Africa’s advertising industry is entering a new era shaped by resilience, innovation and long-term investment. According to Saleh Ghazal, CEO of…

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‘MENA is no longer an emerging market’: Nassib Boueri on advertising’s next chapter

After years of disruption, the Middle East and North Africa’s advertising and marketing industry is charting a new course defined by resilience, innovation and cultural relevance.…

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MENA advertising’s great reset: Why the next boom is still ahead

The MENA advertising and marketing industry is going through one of the toughest periods in recent memory. Budgets are shrinking, layoffs are spreading across network agencies,…

INSIGHTS

ABG, Publicis Groupe partner, advances the retail media ecosystem in MENA

The Advertising Business Group (ABG) and Publicis Groupe Middle East have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the growth of the retail media sector across…

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From Homepage to Doorstep: How Lenovo’s Omnichannel Campaign with Amazon Ads Drove Success During Peak Shopping Season

By Communicate Staff

Transparency in the storm: How the GCC managed crisis communication

By Hoda Rizk

Ounass expands into physical retail activations with Stage

By Communicate Staff

Aramco remains Middle East’s sole entrant in Kantar BrandZ global top 100

By Communicate Staff
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Omnicom Media MENA revamps operating model, expands Wissam Najjar’s role

Omnicom Media MENA has announced a new operating model and expanded the role of Wissam Najjar, who will now serve as Chief Commercial Officer, as part…

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Communicate releases Cannes Lions 2026 special issue

Communicate has published its Cannes Lions 2026 special issue, offering an in-depth look at the trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the MENA advertising, marketing and media…

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MENA digital advertising spend reaches $8.18 Bn in 2025: report

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has emerged as the world’s fastest-growing digital advertising market, with total digital ad spend reaching $8.185 billion in…

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TBWA/RAAD campaign wins regions only D&AD Yellow Pencil

TBWA\RAAD and the International Committee of the Red Cross won the Middle East and North Africa region’s only D&AD Yellow Pencil this year for the “Not…

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MENA gets first standardized influencer marketing guide

The Marketing + Media Alliance MENA (MMA MENA) has released the region’s first standardized framework for influencer marketing, introducing unified benchmarks for pricing, valuation, and campaign…

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WPP consolidates GCC-MENA creative operations under Nassib Boueri

Global advertising giant WPP is consolidating its creative operations across the GCC and MENA region, in line with similar restructuring efforts in other international markets. The newly consolidated…

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Identity: The connective layer MENA programmatic is still missing

With continued growth in data-driven advertising, identity remains one of the key challenges across the programmatic ecosystem in the region. While there is currently no single…

THE-VIEW

Annalect, Snowflake partner to boost AI-driven martech solutions in MENA

Annalect, the data and analytics division of Omnicom Media Group, has announced a new initiative across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in collaboration with…

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Luma AI opens Arabic-enabled image API across MENA

Luma AI has opened access to its Uni-1.1 API, introducing production-grade image generation and natural-language editing tools with native Arabic-language rendering for developers and enterprises across…

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