MENAFN

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MENAFN
CategoriesNews service
Publisher MENAFN
Founded2001;23 years ago (2001)
Country USA
LanguageEnglish, Arabic, Spanish & French
Website menafn.com
OCLC 926165117

MENAFN (Middle East and North Africa Financial Network), also known as MENAFN is offering business and financial news, Stocks, Currencies, research and events established in 2001 and run by The Middle East North Africa Financial Network (New York, USA.. [1] It covers business and economics across the world.

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MENAFN was established in 2001. It covers economy and trade, IT and telecom, financial markets, oil and energy, agriculture, general industry, retail and services, transport and tourism. At time of launch, Menafn.com and Zawya.com provided similar content In 2024 MENAFN portal attracts around one million monthly visitors.

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References

  1. Dababneh, Sawsan. "About Menafn". MENAFN. Retrieved 7 July 2022.