Zawya
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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Founder(s) | Ihsan Jawad |
| Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Area served |
Middle East North Africa |
| Key people | Co-founders: Husain Makiya and Zaid Jawad |
| Services | business intelligence and news |
| Parent | Thomson Reuters |
| Website | www.zawya.com |
Zawya Limited is a company that provides business intelligence and news focused on the Middle East and North Africa regions.[1][2][3][4]
It is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5][6]
It was founded by Ihsan Jawad in London, UK in the year 2000 and re-located to Dubai in 2002.[1] Zawya pioneered the concept of online subscriptions in the Middle East and had 212,000 subscribers in 2009, providing profiles of 12,500 companies and 2,300 projects.[7] The company grew to over 200 employees and a large profitable client base before it was acquired by Thomson Reuters in June 2012.[8][9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zawya was the first company to build and offer business databases for the MENA region. It also introduced a MENA financial newswire; Zawya Dow Jones in collaboration with the Dow Jones News Corporation. "Company Overview of Zawya Limited". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Derhally, Massoud (17 May 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Zawya close to US$40m sale". Arabian Business. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Flanagan, Ben (8 April 2012). "Suitors line up for business portal Zawya". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Hall, Camilla and Wigglesworth, Robin (14 October 2011). "Zawya stake up for sale". Financial Times. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ "About Zawya". Zawya. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
- ↑ Daglioglu, Alper (Spring 2003). "An Information Portal to the Middle East and North Africa Region". The Journal of Alternative Investments 5 (4): 102–103. doi:10.3905/jai.2003.31907 (inactive 13 June 2012). "In this review, we feature www.zawya.com, which provides a single platform with multi-source economic and business data on the Middle East and North Africa region."(subscription required)
- ↑ "Arab Media Outlook 2009-2013". Dubai Press Club and Value Partners. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ↑ Kane, Frank (26 June 2012). "Thomson Reuters buys business information service Zawya". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ↑ "Thomson Reuters buys business intelligence platform Zawya". The Economic Times. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
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