--- title: Entry Deadline Extension Announced for the 2025 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards description: The top business awards in the MENA region has announced a general entry deadline extension for Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards through December 4, 2024. image: https://blog.stevieawards.com/hubfs/16.jpg --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories # Entry Deadline Extension Announced for the 2025 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards Posted by [May Hassan](https://blog.stevieawards.com/blog/author/may-hassan) on Thu, Nov 07, 2024 @ 12:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) **The region’s only awards to recognize innovation in all its forms in the workplace**** in 18 nations is now accepting nominations through December 4** By popular demand, the Stevie Awards have announced a final entry deadline extension for the fifth annual [Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards](https://stevieawards.com/mena) sponsored by the [Ras Al Khaimah Chamber of Commerce](http://rakchamber.ae/). Entries will now be accepted through Wednesday, December 4 (the original final entry deadline was November 6.) Details are available at [http://MENA.StevieAwards.com](http://MENA.StevieAwards.com). The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards are the region’s only awards to recognize innovation in all its forms throughout the workplace. The awards are open to all organizations in 18 nations in the MENA region: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. [![16](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/16.jpg?width=404&height=404&name=16.jpg)](http://www.stevieawards.com/mena)All individuals organizations may submit any number of nominations to any number of award categories. There are no entry fees in this awards program. Organizations may submit as many nominations as they would like, without cost. Instead, Gold, Silver, & Bronze Stevie Award winners will pay a “winners fee” for each successful nomination. Winners of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards in the competition will be announced on January 16, 2025, and celebrated during a gala event in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on February 22. The 2025 competition features new categories such as the [Sustainability Categories](https://stevieawards.com/mena/sustainability-awards-categories) which recognizes the recent achievements of individuals, teams, and entire organizations to plan, approach, and achieve organizational, industry, or national sustainability goals. Other new categories include Most Innovative Finance Executive of the Year, Most Innovative Operations Manager of the Year, Most Innovative Product Manager of the Year, Most Innovative Sales Executive of the Year, Most Innovative Sustainability Leader of the Year, Most Innovative Technology Leader of the Year** **(added to the [Individual Professional Awards](https://stevieawards.com/mena/individual-professional-awards) Categories), Award for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Award for Innovation in Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), Award for Innovation in Education Technology (EdTech), and Most Innovative Technology Team of the Year.** ** Nominations citing innovative achievements will be accepted and judged in both Arabic and English, in more than 100 categories across the following category groups: - [Apps](https://stevieawards.com/mena/app-awards-categories) &** **[Websites](https://stevieawards.com/mena/website-awards-categories) - [Achievements](https://stevieawards.com/mena/achievement-categories) - [Annual Reports & Other Publications](https://stevieawards.com/mena/annual-report-awards-other-publication-categories) - [Company/Organization](https://stevieawards.com/mena/company-organization-awards-categories) - [Corporate Communications & Public Relations](https://stevieawards.com/mena/corporate-communications-investor-relations-public-relations-awards-categories)** ** - [Customer Service](https://stevieawards.com/mena/customer-service-awards-categories)** ** - [Human Resources](https://stevieawards.com/mena/human-resources-awards-categories)** ** - [Individual Professional](https://stevieawards.com/mena/individual-professional-awards)s - [Live & Virtual Events](https://stevieawards.com/mena/virtual-live-event-awards-categories) - [Management](https://stevieawards.com/mena/management-awards-categories)** ** - ** **[Marketing](https://stevieawards.com/mena/marketing-awards-categories) - [New Product](https://stevieawards.com/mena/new-product-awards-categories)s & Services - [Social Media](https://stevieawards.com/mena/social-media-awards-categories) - ** **[Sustainability ](https://stevieawards.com/mena/sustainability-awards-categories) - [Technology](https://stevieawards.com/mena/technology-categories) - [Videos](https://stevieawards.com/mena/video-awards-categories) - ** **[Thought Leadership](https://stevieawards.com/mena/thought-leadership-categories) Winners of the 2024 edition with multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards include **Abu Dhabi Sports Council**, UAE; **Acceligize**, UAE; **AXS - TECOM Group**, UAE; **Beyaz Kağıt San. ve Tic. A.Ş.**, Turkey; **Big Data Minds MENA**, Jordan; **DHL Express**, multiple locations across the region; **Dhafra Region Municipality**, UAE; **General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs**,** **UAE; **Glimpse**, UAE; **KAFALAH**, Saudi Arabia; **Megamind IT Solutions**, Saudi Arabia; **Miral Destinations**, UAE; **Ooredoo Group**, multiple locations across the region; **Petromin Express**, Saudi Arabia; **Qatar Vision Production Company**; **QNB Finansbank**, Turkey; **RAK Ceramics**, UAE; **RAK Police**, UAE; **Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu**, Saudi Arabia; **Saudi Aramco**, Saudi Arabia; **SOCAR Türkiye**; **STC**, Saudi Arabia; **The Captain Agency**, Turkey; **Ministry of Justice**, UAE; **The Others Brand Experience Agency**, Turkey; **Vaki Bank**, Turkey; **Visiontech** **Systems International LLC**, UAE, and **ZIGMA8 | 360º CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS**, Iran, among others. 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