MENA’s #1 Personal Branding Social Media Leader Sarah Refai Debuts Her Podcast in Arabic To Help Boost The Region’s Creator Economy via EMPWR Podcasting Network

In her efforts to bring more value via the power of audio, Harvard Speaker and Lebanese Canadian entrepreneur Sarah Refai is now offering premium marketing know-how education given the region’s increasing number of listenership of podcasts and demand for Arabic content.

Having graduated with a Bachelors in Political Science, owned two e-commerce stores, and managed a meal prep company at the age of 22, Sarah is currently the co-founder of her social media marketing agency, coconut-media.com.

With over 220,000 social media followers, Sarah’s main objective is to extend her experience into the Arab world with the mission of helping aspiring Arab women entrepreneurs bring out the best of themselves through personal branding and leveraging the power of social media.

According to Marketers, 4DC’s latest podcasting reports in the MENA, KSA & UAE listenership have a combined podcast listenership of over 7 million, 2 in 3 podcasts being English.

The Secrets of Marketing with Sarah Refai, بودكاست اسرار التسويق مع سارة الرفاعي is a podcast recorded in Arabic aimed at providing more accessible and credible marketing content for the global Arab speaking community.

Through an agreement with EMPWR’s Podcasting Network led by Ally Salama, which focuses on building top-tier educational podcasts for key opinion leaders in the Arab World and North America, the podcast will become the first in-house production by EMPWR in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Region – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.

Sarah’s podcast will be airing weekly, starting June 9th, 2021, on Wednesdays at 7 pm KSA time, bringing about new educational episodes tackling different marketing and personal branding topics, specifically catering to the region’s Arabic audience.

Today, in less than 10 days of podcasting, she leads the region’s #1 marketing podcast.

Learn more from the EMPWR Podcasting Network’s Spotlight Panel Discussion with Sarah Refai. THIS SATURDAY 6 PM CAIRO TIME by the #1 Marketing Podcaster in the Arab World, in partnership with Microsoft for Startups Middle East & Africa.

Event Format:

20 Min Live Discussion on Podcasting & Social Media Marketing

10 Min Audience Q&A

This event is brought to you by Ally Salama, CEO & Founder & Podcast Consult @ EMPWR – in partnership with Microsoft for Startups

EMPWR will be airing the first podcasting course in the MENA Region at the event. Stay tuned for more information.