Makers PR, a Dubai-based communications agency, has won a Gold Stevie Award in the Most Innovative PR Agency of the Year category in the sixth annual Middle East and North Africa StevieAwards, sponsored by the RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners during a gala on 22 February at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
The Stevie Awards are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement for 23 years. The Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards are the business awards program to recognize innovation in 18 nations in the MENA region. This year, over 1,100 nominations from organizations across the Middle East and North Africa were considered across multiple categories. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of 118 executives around the world acting as judges on five juries. Makers PR has been awarded the highest award in the Most Innovative PR Agency category.
Founded in 2023 by Anastasiya Bardunova, a communications professional with over a decade of international experience working with technology companies from early-stage to post-IPO, Makers PR caters specifically to innovative brands seeking to disrupt industries across AI, fintech, blockchain, and more. The agency helps companies develop their narratives, build visibility, and establish trust among customers, partners, and investors through organic media relations, events, awards, investor PR, C-suite thought leadership, and more.
“We are a young agency, equipped with international industry knowledge, understanding of the future trends, and enormous drive and ambition”, – says Anastasiya Bardunova, founder and CEO of Makers PR. “In 2024 alone, we delivered over $1 million in PR value to our clients through organic non-sponsored media coverage, industry events, awards, and more. I’m extremely proud to see the results of our work recognized not only by our clients but also by the larger professional community. Being named the Most Innovative PR Agency of the Year in the Middle East is proof that we are on the right path. As the agency grows and expands its portfolio of clients and partnerships with the best industry conferences and communities, I’m excited to see what we can achieve in the years to come”.
“We are delighted to recognize the achievements of such a diverse group of organizations across the MENA region in the 2025 edition of the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. “We look forward to celebrating Stevie winners during our gala event on 22 February in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The quality of nominations received this year was exceptional. The program has grown every year, showing the vast amount of innovation in the MENA region.”
About Makers PR
Makers PR is an award-winning communications agency for innovative companies. The agency helps disruptive brands gain visibility and trust in the market, scale, and go global. To learn more, please visit www.makers-pr.com.
About the Stevie® Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: The American Business Awards®, theAsia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.
About the RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry
RAK Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RAK Chamber) is the second chamber of commerce commissioned in the United Arab Emirates. Incorporated on 22 October 1967, RAK Chamber adopts the spirit of innovation and creativity, strong leadership and initiative to support and develop business sectors to achieve excellence and become pioneers, focusing on clients, investors and business by meeting their needs and offering them added value. The chamber is keen to create and develop a system of sustainable enterprise relations, and it also works to provide a business environment and practices that enhance the culture of group work by working in a spirit of a unified team – along with responding to internal and external changes by providing information, data, procedures and laws for all concerned categories. This is in order to achieve transparency and credibility and to create a business-motivating environment so as to promote the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah as an economic hub in the United Arab Emirates. Learn more at www.RakChamber.ae.
