Middle East News Agency

Name

Middle East News Agency

Legal name

Middle East News Agency (أ.ش.أ)

Website

https://mena.org.eg

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

News Agency Services

NAICS

Information (51)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

International Public Diplomacy/External Service Broadcasters (MPABAEAK)

Keywords

• News agency services
• Multilingual news bulletins
• Photo journalism services
• Video news production
• Media research and studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Glendale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Middle East News Agency (MENA) is an Egyptian state-owned news agency that produces and distributes political, economic, cultural, and sports news in Arabic, English, and French to subscribers, media institutions, embassies, and government entities. It offers main news bulletins, translated English and French services, specialized publications, photo and video news services, social media distribution, and research studies through its affiliated research and training centers.

Product overview

Middle East News Agency (MENA) operates as a multi-service news agency platform offering comprehensive news coverage in three languages (Arabic, English, French). The core offerings include the Main Arabic News Bulletin as the primary service, supplemented by English and French translations. The portfolio includes specialized publications (C.P.R, P.P.R, M.E.N Economic Magazine, R.P.C), video news services, social media distribution channels, and research/analysis through the Middle East Research Center. Additional services include photography, video production, and professional training via the Middle East Training Center. The agency distributes content through its official website portal, social media platforms, and international satellite coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Main Arabic News Bulletin (النشرة العربية الرئيسية) Primary news broadcast service distributed to subscribers within Egypt and internationally, covering political, social, economic, cultural, and sports news with comprehensive coverage of Arab, Middle Eastern, and international events. Targeted at media institutions and government subscribers.
• English and French News Services (النشرتان الإنجليزية والفرنسية) Translated news services providing the agency's most important Arabic news content in English and French for subscribers and interested parties worldwide.
• Video News Service (الخدمة المصورة) Video news broadcast covering ten fields including Egypt, Arab world, world, economy, politics, culture, sports, art, science, and general news. Targeted at media outlets requiring video news content.
• C.P.R Daily English News Summary (نشرة C.P.R) Daily English-language bulletin summarizing important news and commentary published in Egyptian newspapers, distributed to embassies, press offices, and foreign institutions in Cairo.
• P.P.R Bi-weekly English Party Press Review (نشرة P.P.R) Semi-weekly English publication providing comprehensive coverage of important news and issues published in Egyptian party newspapers.
• MENA Economic Magazine (المجلة الاقتصادية M.E.N) Weekly English-language economic magazine covering important economic news and issues for professionals and practitioners in the economic field.
• R.P.C Daily French News Summary (نشرة R.P.C) Daily French-language bulletin summarizing important news and commentary from Egyptian newspapers, distributed to subscribers.
• Middle East Research and Studies Center (مركز أبحاث ودراسات الشرق الأوسط) Independent research center providing studies, analyses, and reports on local, regional, and international developments, organizing conferences and specialized seminars. Targeted at government entities and researchers.
• Middle East Training Center (مركز تدريب الشرق الأوسط) Training center offering courses in journalism for interested parties in Egypt and abroad, providing journalistic expertise to media professionals.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Islamic News AgencycoreOthersMENA is a founding member of the Islamic News Agency, a federation of news agencies from Islamic nations.
• African News AgencycoreOthersMENA is a founding member of the African News Agency, a federation of African news agencies.
• Non-Aligned News Agencies PoolcoreOthersMENA is a member of the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool.
• Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA)coreOthersMENA is a member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA).
• Mediterranean News Agencies League (AMAN)coreOthersMENA is a member of the Mediterranean News Agencies League (AMAN).
• International News AgenciescoreOthersMENA has news exchange and cooperation agreements with numerous international news agencies worldwide, providing reciprocal news coverage.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Al Jazeera Media Network: Al Jazeera is a major Qatari-based international broadcaster covering the Arab world with multi-language services. While primarily a broadcaster rather than a pure wire service, it competes with MENA for audience attention and influence over Middle East news narratives.

Direct peers

• Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa): dpa is Germany's leading wire service, distributing news in multiple languages to media subscribers across Europe. While European-focused, its cooperative-like structure and trilingual-plus distribution model align with MENA's wire-service business model.
• Xinhua News Agency: Xinhua is the official state news agency of China and one of the world's largest wire services. Like MENA, it is state-owned, operates in multiple languages, distributes internationally via satellite and digital, and serves both domestic media and global subscribers — a near-direct structural analog.
• Agence France-Presse (AFP): AFP is a global French-based wire service distributing news in multiple languages (French, English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German). Like MENA, AFP is a news agency operating under a specific national framework and serves media institutions worldwide, making it the closest comparable in business model and customer base.
• Kyodo News: Kyodo is Japan's leading wire service, distributing domestic and international news in Japanese, English, and Chinese. Its role as a national wire service with multi-language distribution to media subscribers makes it comparable to MENA's positioning.
• Associated Press (AP): AP is one of the world's largest and oldest wire services, distributing news, photos, and video to media outlets globally. It is the closest Western private-cooperative comparable to MENA in core wire-service function and customer base.
• TASS Russian News Agency: TASS is the Russian state-owned national news agency, distributing news domestically and internationally in multiple languages. Its state ownership, multi-language distribution, and role as an official information arm of the government closely mirror MENA's positioning.
• Yonhap News Agency: Yonhap is the national news agency of South Korea, distributing news in Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Arabic. Its state-affiliated structure and multi-language international distribution make it a close structural peer to MENA.
• Reuters: Reuters is a leading global wire service and news provider serving media, financial, and corporate customers worldwide. It directly competes with MENA for international news subscribers seeking coverage of the Middle East and Arab world, and shares the multi-language distribution model.
• Press Trust of India (PTI): PTI is India's largest news agency, operating as the primary wire service serving Indian media. Like MENA, it is a national-level wire service distributing in English and regional languages, with a comparable subscriber base of domestic and international media.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mena_news
• YouTubeyoutube.com/middleeastnewsagency
• Facebookfacebook.com/menaarabic
• Instagraminstagram.com/mena_arabic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/middle-east-news-agency-mena-

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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