RIYADH, 10 September — Companies seeking access to the database of 9,000 of the largest and most dynamic corporations and organizations from over 20 countries can now log on to the website of a leading online information provider for in-depth company profiles, key officers, stock quotes and other company-related news and research coverage.
“We have witnessed phenomenal interest in this product since it was launched over four months ago,” Hani Al-Maskati, director, Zawya.com, told Arab News. He said this is in addition to the supply of regular business and financial news from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a whole. Established in January this year, ABQ Zawya is headquartered in Dubai with sales and support presence in London, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
The company has signed up a series of major global players for its premium service, the Corporate Monitor, a comprehensive news and database for regional companies.
The information is searchable by sector, ownership and location and can be downloaded within seconds through the portal www.zawya.com. The clients include some major international banks and financial institutions, oil companies, credit card giants, etc.
Corporate Monitor is said to be the only service of its kind in the region that is geared to the needs of a wide spectrum of users — from sales and marketing professionals to researchers, industry analysts and investment officers.
Hani Al-Maskati pointed out that the company has addressed a key issue on the information front. “Serious professionals wanting to do business in the Middle East have long suffered from the lack of reliable and centralized corporate information often having to plow through numerous sources to produce an accurate image of the overall corporate landscape in the region. What we are offering is a single, comprehensive source of corporate intelligence that not only saves our clients hours of costly research but also provides a very user-friendly, highly malleable business tool.”
Referring to financial news updates, Hani Al-Maskati said their news coverage is drawn from Reuters, Agence France Presse, Middle East Economic Survey, Dow Jones and numerous regional media outlets. “Clients can track the dynamism of the service through daily updates on newly added entries and modifications. Analysts work in close conjunction with the editorial team to ensure a seamless integration between incoming news and market developments and the timeliness and accuracy of the database,” he added.