Yalla Group has been named the winner of the Gold Stevie® Award for Innovation in Entertainment Apps at the 2025 Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, sponsored by the RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards is the only program dedicated to recognizing innovation in the workplace across 18 countries in the region.
Widely regarded as the world’s premier business awards, the Stevie Awards have honored outstanding achievements in business excellence for 23 years through prestigious programs such as The International Business Awards®.
This year, over 1,100 nominations from organizations across the MENA region were evaluated in various categories, including Excellence in Innovation in Products & Services, Innovative Management, and Corporate Websites. Winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards were selected based on the average scores of 118 global executives serving on five specialized juries.
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Commenting on Yalla Group’s achievement, Saifi Ismail, Group President at Yalla Group, stated:
“We are truly honored to receive the Gold Award for our market-leading social apps for the third consecutive year. This achievement drives us to continue innovating and introducing cutting-edge social and gaming applications tailored for the MENA region.”
Maggie Miller, President of the Stevie Awards, added
“We are thrilled to recognize such a diverse group of innovative organizations in the 2025 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards. The quality of nominations this year was outstanding, reflecting the region’s dynamic and evolving innovation landscape.”
For more information on the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards and the full list of winners, please visit: MENA.Stevieawards.com.
About Yalla Group Limited
Yalla Group Limited is the leading online social networking and gaming company in the MENA region, based on revenue in 2022. The company operates two flagship mobile applications:
Yalla: A voice-centric group chat platform.
Yalla Ludo: A popular board game app featuring in-game voice chat and localized social features tailored to MENA users.
Building on the success of its core products, Yalla Group continues to expand its ecosystem by offering innovative, region-focused social and gaming applications such as YallaChat, WeMuslim, Yalla Baloot, and 101 Okey Yalla. Through its holding subsidiary, Yalla Game Limited, the company has also expanded its presence in mid-core and hard-core gaming sectors across MENA.
For more details, visit: ir.yalla.com.
About the Stevie® Awards
The Stevie Awards honor business excellence through nine programs, including The American Business Awards®, The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, The German Stevie Awards, and The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards. With over 12,000 entries annually from organizations across 70+ countries, the Stevie Awards celebrate innovation and outstanding achievements in the workplace globally.
For more information about the Stevie Awards, visit: StevieAwards.com.
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