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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.

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3 years ago

January 31, 2024

mitgo launches takefluence collaboration platform for mena

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.

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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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NEOPAY Wants To Follow Merchants Across Channels And Borders

A controlling 65% stake in noon payments would give NEOPAY access to marketplace sellers, online merchants and the payment flows they generate.

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1 day ago

October 5, 2026

Nour Nasir

neopay wants to follow merchants across channels and borders

It’s been a long time since checkouts were single defined places. A merchant might take payments at a physical register, on its own website and through an online marketplace, sometimes in more than one country. NEOPAY wants to follow those transactions wherever they happen.

The UAE payments company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 65% controlling stake in noon payments. NEOPAY already runs the acquiring infrastructure that lets merchants accept card payments, along with omnichannel acceptance and a merchant services platform. This new deal would add noon payments’ embedded payments platform, e-commerce gateway and merchant network across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. That would considerably expand both NEOPAY’s digital commerce capabilities and its regional reach.

For merchants, the attraction is a single provider for online and in-store payments, plus faster settlements, data and analytics, and value-added financial services.

“Payments should be simple, reliable, and built for the markets they serve,” said Faraz Khalid, CEO of noon. His counterpart at NEOPAY, Vibhor Mundhada, added: “We have built a strong payments business in the UAE, and our ambition is now to take that capability across the region”. The acquisition, Mundhada added, would “expand our footprint into Saudi Arabia and Egypt” while reinforcing NEOPAY’s position at home.

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NEOPAY is also keen to point out potential payment volume increases. The company says noon payments’ integrations with marketplace sellers and online merchants create high transaction density in some of the region’s fastest-growing digital commerce segments. It also believes control of the business would give it access to those merchant relationships and payment flows, and speed up the rollout of alternative payment methods and installment options.

The combined roadmap targets faster merchant onboarding, better payment performance, tighter fraud controls and embedded financial services. The deal could also strengthen cross-border payments and settlement along key regional commerce corridors.