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Mitgo Launches Takefluence Collaboration Platform For MENA
The new platform connects content creators with brands, leveraging the booming worldwide influencer market.
Global tech firm Mitgo has unveiled Takefluence, a groundbreaking platform that fosters connections between content creators, social media enthusiasts, and brands in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The platform has set an ambitious target of attracting 1-3 million users within the next 1-2 years.

Archie Rudyuk, CEO of Takefluence, explained: “As we venture into the MENA market, the growth potential is immense. The region’s vibrant landscape and the unique blend of creators and brands create an exciting opportunity for Takefluence. We already witnessed a surge of interest in Takefluence from creators and local brands. They sign up for an annual partnership, launch their ambassador programs with us, and start getting first results”.
The idea of Takefluence is to create an ecosystem where content creators discover and engage with prominent brands while reaping the rewards of various incentives. Users can earn from campaigns, benefit from discounts during online and offline shopping, and enjoy a hassle-free withdrawal process.
The platform differentiates itself by providing content creators with a streamlined experience using promotional codes, participation in brand campaigns, and swift withdrawal options. Takefluence also offers hybrid earnings, an Ambassador Program, and an extensive array of brand choices and promotions.
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For brands, Takefluence will use a performance-based approach, encompassing pay-per-post, pay-per-reach, fixed, gifting, and branding campaigns based on reach. All of these are seamlessly facilitated through content creators and user-generated content.
Takefluence has already established partnerships with over 150 brands, including industry leaders such as Noon, Namshi, YallaHub, Truegamers, Lifemost, ToysBrand, Geardoor, GetOutfit, The Luxury Closet, NiceOne, SharafDG, and more. The company is now primed to onboard more online and offline brands, including shopping malls and marketplaces, event organizers and even emerging artists, enabling them to effectively engage with their audience and customers in content creation initiatives.
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Nano Banana 2 Arrives In MENA For Google Gemini Users
Google brings its latest image model to Gemini and Search, adding 4K output and tighter text control for regional users.
Google has opened access to Nano Banana 2 across the Middle East and North Africa, pushing its newest image model into everyday tools rather than keeping it inside the exclusive (and expensive) Pro tier.
The rollout spans the Google Gemini desktop and mobile apps, and extends to Google Search through Lens and AI Mode. Developers can also test it in preview via AI Studio and the Gemini API.
Nano Banana 2 runs on Gemini Flash, Google’s fast inference layer. The focus is speed, but also control. Users can export visuals from 512px up to 4K, adjusting aspect ratios for everything from vertical social posts to widescreen displays.
The model maintains character likeness across up to five figures and preserves fidelity for as many as 14 objects within a single workflow. This enables visual continuity across scenes, iterations, or edits — supporting projects like short films, storyboards, and multi-scene narratives. Text rendering has also been improved, delivering legible typography in mockups and greeting cards, with built-in translation and localization directly within images.
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Under the hood, the system taps Gemini’s broader knowledge base and pulls in real-time information and imagery from web search to render specific subjects more accurately. Lighting and fine detail have been upgraded, without slowing output.
By embedding the model inside Gemini and Search, Google is normalizing advanced image generation for a mass audience. In MENA, where startups and marketing teams are leaning heavily on AI to scale content across languages and borders, that shift lands at a practical moment.
The move also folds creative tooling deeper into search itself, so that image generation is no longer a separate workflow. It now sits right next to the query box.
