The "Mena Report" was established in 2001. It covers economy and trade, IT and telecom, financial markets, oil and energy, agriculture, general industry, retail and services, transport and tourism. At time of launch, Menafn.com and Zawya.com provided similar content as the "Mena Report". Al Bawaba employs journalists and editors to cover news and events in the Middle East and North Africa. The content is presented on Al Bawaba's own website, and is syndicated to other publishers and aggregators. In 2009 the "Mena Report" portal claimed to have 123,409 monthly site visits.