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Today, YouTube released its annual lists ranking the top moments, creators, and music on the platform across the Middle East & North Africa. For the first time, YouTube also unveiled the Top Topics in MENA, which highlight the top moments in news, trends, pop-culture, and more that resonated across the platform. Commenting on this year’s

Google announced today the AI Opportunity Initiative for the Middle East & North Africa, its largest AI initiative in the region, that will provide essential AI skills, research funding and access to helpful AI products. Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, is planning to contribute US$15 million, between this year and the end of 2027, through funding

Today, 500 up and coming women on YouTube from across the Middle East & North Africa celebrated their graduation from YouTube’s revamped Batala program. Batala is a YouTube program that aims to help aspiring female content creators to grow their presence, engage with their audience and contribute to the region’s thriving creator economy. The graduation

YouTube announced today the YouTube Ads Cannes Leaderboard, the annual top 10 most watched ads on YouTube in the last 12 months ( June 2022- May 2023). The YouTube Ads Leaderboard, now in its eighth year, spans 28 countries across five continents and is seen as a source of pride for the winning brands and

As part of its commitment to support local businesses and job seekers, Google sponsors over 7,000 scholarships for Google Career Certificates in the Middle East and North Africa. The four online certificates aim to support job readiness for people without prior experience in IT Support, Project Management, UX Design, and Data Analytics. The scholarships are

With the summer season officially in full swing, many parents wonder how they can tailor their children’s viewing experience on YouTube Kids, which launched in MENA in April this year. YouTube Kids is an app built with families in mind, offering a range of parental controls to help parents customize their children’s viewing experience based

Google announced the list of startups for the second cohort of ‘Google for Startups Accelerator Middle East and North Africa,’ a three-month digital accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in the region. The twelve technology startups come from six Arab countries across automotive, agriculture, fitness, fintech, real-estate, e-commerce, and entertainment.  The

YouTube announced today the arrival of the beta version of YouTube Shorts in Egypt, the company’s new short-form video experience to create short, catchy videos from mobile phones. First announced in September 2020, YouTube has since expanded Shorts to 26 countries and will now be available across more than 100 countries – including countries in

Google launched today ‘Grow My Store’ tool in Arabic (Link) and English (Link) for retailers operating in the Middle East and North Africa. This free tool guides local businesses to improve their digital storefront, grow customer traffic and optimize online customer experience to successfully complete further transactions. Retailers can enter their website URL into the

Google announced today the opening of the application window for the second ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: the Middle East and North Africa’ program in response to the large interest after concluding the first successful cohort. ‘Google for Startups Accelerator: MENA’ is a three-month digital accelerator program for seed to Series A technology startups based in

YouTube announced today the launch of YouTube Kids in Arabic in 15 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. YouTube Kids makes it easier for families to find videos that children enjoy while offering parents easy-to-use tools to customize their family’s experience. Created for children under 13 and with families in mind, YouTube Kids