YALLA GROUP was named the winner of a GOLD Stevie® Award for Innovation in Entertainment Apps in the sixth annual Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, sponsored by the RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards are the only business awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace in 18 nations in the Middle East and North Africa. The Stevie Awards are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement in programs such as The International Business Awards® for 23 years.
More than 1,100 nominations from organizations across the Middle East and North Africa were considered this year in categories such as Award for Excellence in Innovation in Products & Services, Award for Innovative Management, and Award for Innovation in Corporate Websites, among many others. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of 118 executives around the world acting as judges on five juries.
Commenting on Yalla Group’s award recognition, Saifi Ismail, Group President at Yalla Group, said: “We are truly honored to win a golden award for our industry-leading social apps, for the third year in a row. We will continue to build on our success and introduce new and innovative social and gaming applications and features that tailor to the MENA region.”
“We are delighted to recognize the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations across the MENA region in the 2025 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “The quality of nominations received this year was exceptional. The program has grown every year, showing the vast amount of innovation in the MENA region.”
