A Performance Marketing Agency Built by a Director of Growth -
For Startups That Refuse to Grow Slowly
Gambra Digital is a senior-led, AI-powered performance marketing agency built specifically for funded startups scaling across UAE, KSA, and MENA.
The problem we were built to solve.
After 14 years running performance marketing for global brands across MENA — including leading growth for Nike, Under Armour, Sun & Sand Sports, and JD Sports as Director of Growth Marketing at GMG — I kept seeing the same pattern.
Funded startups with real products, real traction, and real ambition were stuck. Not because they lacked budget, but because their performance marketing was being run by juniors at generalist agencies who'd never scaled a brand across multiple MENA markets.
I'd see Series A startups burning through $50K–$100K per month on paid acquisition with no system for measuring what was actually driving growth. Agencies reporting on impressions and CTR while CAC quietly doubled.
Campaign structures that worked in one market but collapsed the moment they tried to expand. These weren't dumb founders. They just didn't have access to the kind of senior performance marketing leadership that larger brands take for granted.
That's the gap Gambra Digital was built to fill. One agency where every account is run by someone who's managed performance at scale — senior-led, AI-powered, and built specifically for the MENA growth stage.
Mohamed Gamal - Founder & CEO
Mohamed Gamal brings 14+ years of hands-on performance marketing experience, over $100M in ad spend managed across MENA markets, and an MBA from Hult International Business School.
GMG — Gulf Marketing Group
Director of Growth Marketing
Led performance marketing for some of MENA's most recognized retail brands. Multi-million dollar budgets, multi-market launches, and the growth infrastructure behind the region's leading sports retail group.
MENA E-Commerce & Marketplaces
10+ Years · Performance Marketing Leadership
A decade of performance marketing roles across e-commerce, marketplaces, and digital businesses — building deep expertise in acquisition economics and the specific dynamics of MENA markets.
Gambra Digital
Founder & CEO · Dubai, UAE
Founded to solve the senior leadership gap in MENA performance marketing. Senior-only, AI-powered, and built specifically for funded startups scaling across the region.
Senior-only by design.
We don't have junior account managers learning on your account. We keep the team lean and augment with AI-powered systems. This isn't a limitation - it's the model. Fewer people, more senior, better systems, stronger results.
Principles that drive every decision we make.
Our values aren't a wall poster. They're the filters we run every campaign, recommendation, and client decision through. They shape how we work, what we say no to, and what we obsess over.
Performance marketing isn't a one-time fix. It's an operating function.
We don't do project work. We don't do one-off audits for hire. Every client engagement is a retainer — because that's the only model that's actually aligned with your growth.
Our retainer model means we're aligned with your outcomes. We grow when you grow. There's no incentive to inflate spend or extend timelines. Just a shared focus on results.
