DUBAI, UAE, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yalla Group Limited
("Yalla" or the "Company") (NYSE: YALA), the leading voice-centric
social networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced that Mr.
Saifi Ismail, Yalla Group's
President, was named MENA's Leading Personality of the Year in the
Digital Entertainment category by Emirati Estesmarat Magazine's
2021 Middle East's Most Creative Business Leaders Awards. Mr.
Ismail was honored along with an illustrious group of 22 Middle
East business leaders for his outstanding contributions to the
digitalization of entertainment and social networking in the
region.
"I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the awarding
body and adjudication panel for this prestigious award," said Mr.
Ismail. "It is a powerful testament to Yalla Group's ingenuity,
resourcefulness and successes over the past year, which would not
have been possible without the support of the UAE government. The
MENA entertainment and social networking market is undergoing a
vast digital transformation, and Yalla is proud to be a driver of
innovation and source of creativity as we advance the development
of the digital world in the region."
Now in its fifth year, Emirati Estesmarat Magazine's
Middle East's Most Creative
Business Leaders Awards ceremony is organized in cooperation with
the Future Forum for Arab Investments (FFAI). This year's ceremony,
entitled "Crises…Bridges of the Future," focused on Arab business
and government leaders' inventive strategies to address the
COVID-19 pandemic. The magazine solicited nominations from industry
and government leaders throughout the Middle East and selected award winners based
on 15 criteria, including the management's creativity in handling
international economic crises, market variables, risk factors and
capital turnover, as well as innovation in supporting government
policies, economic development plans, sustainable development
practices and environment preservation.
About Yalla Group Limited
Yalla Group Limited is the leading voice-centric social
networking and entertainment platform in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA). The Company's flagship
mobile application, Yalla, is specifically tailored for the people
and local cultures of the region and primarily features Yalla
rooms, a mirrored online version of the majlis or cafés where
people spend their leisure time in casual chats. Voice chats are
more suitable to the cultural norms in MENA compared to video
chats. The Company strives to maintain users' equal status on its
platform, thereby encouraging all of them to freely communicate and
interact with each other. The Company also operates Yalla Ludo, a
mobile application featuring online versions of board games that
are highly popular in MENA, such as Ludo and Domino. In-game
real-time chats and Ludo chat room functions are popular social
networking features among users. Through close attention to detail
and localized appeal that deeply resonates with users, Yalla's
mobile applications deliver a seamless user experience that fosters
a loyal sense of belonging, creating a highly devoted and engaged
user community.
For more information, please visit: http://ir.yallatech.ae/
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Yalla Group Limited
Investor Relations
Kerry Gao – IR Director
Tel: +86-571-8980-7962
Email: ir@yallatech.ae
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Yang Song
Tel: +86-10-6508-0677
Email: yalla@tpg-ir.com
In the United States:
The Piacente Group, Inc.
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
Email: yalla@tpg-ir.com
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