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In one Arab country, 37% surf on their mobiles 6 hours per day [Your Middle East](Your Middle East Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Last updated: March 4, 2014 Technology ...and another Middle Eastern nation has the world's most active tweeters. Here are 15 things you need to know about the MENA digital space. 1. Facebook has data related to the Middle East and North Africa region for the first time. published This shows that 28 million log on daily, with over 50% (15 million) of daily users doing so via a mobile device. Over the course of a month, 33 million access their accounts via a phone or tablet. 2. MENA is home to the most active country in the world on Twitter. Mashable showing Can you guess which it is? Saudi Arabia. Interestingly, all of the top 5 countries – in terms of user penetration – are non-English speaking. has a nice chart who the other countries are, and where the leading English language countries sit in this list. 3. Business orientated social network LinkedIn has published some key data about its users in MENA. infographic Tfour.me This reveals that 2 in 5 LinkedIn members in MENA hold Manager positions or above. And continuing the mobile access theme we saw with Facebook, 36% access the site via mobile. This from digs deeper. 4. Two GCC countries, Qatar and Bahrain, are in the top 12 countries in the world for the highest percentage of individuals using the Interne according t, to the Broadband Commission. In the top 10, only two countries are from outside Europe. Qatar is one. 5. Ericsson that there are now 354 million mobile subscriptions in MENA reported . 6 million were new subscriptions in Q3 2013, with 4 million of these in Egypt. 6. Which mobile phone manufacturer dominates the Middle East? Nokia makes up 45.2% of all phones in MENA. 7. In MENA two phones in five are smartphones. reports Smartphone volumes are up 16.4% in Q2 2013 compared to Q2 2012 the research firm IDC. 8. UAE is home to some of the heaviest mobile web users in the world. note The fabulously named Netbiscuits the 37% are on the mobile web for 6+ hours a day. 9. The Arab world's first was launched by Mada. Assistive Technology Portal It offers tools and solutions for people with disabilities; with content in Arabic and English. 10. Arabic is now the 8th most used language on the web. New stats note that 11. Music, games and video are the most downloaded types of Arabic content. 12. Digital advertising in MENA is expected to grow +37% a year. expected Currently a $300 million p.a. business, online is to be worth $1 billion p.a. in MENA by 2017. 13. Massive open online courses (MOOC) are seen by some as a game changer for education. Edraak edX is the first such Arabic platform for the Middle East. It part of , a virtual education platform founded by Harvard and MIT. 14. Nearly a third (30%) of Egyptian adults play online games , with over one in five households (21.9%) owning gaming consoles. 15. YouTube to add new local domains for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman. plans With 300 million daily views, A new breed of Saudi business activists put women to work - and men can join too ALSO READ: originally published Digital Qatar This is a cross-post of an article on (c) 2014 Your Middle East AB. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company |