Page 78 - SAMENA Trends - February 2020

REGIONAL & MEMBERS UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

SAP to Support Digital Pakistan’s Nationwide Transformation

SAP has underscored its Pakistan channel partner ecosystem, and training Institute’s Young Professional Program,
investment plan to support Digital Pakistani talent for new skills and jobs.” a 3-month-long course in technical and
Pakistan’s nationwide digital In Pakistan, SAP co-innovates across soft skills, has seen 5 cohorts totaling 130
transformation, diversified economic industry verticals including government participants graduate as SAP Associate
growth, and digital job creation, following and public sector, agriculture, automotive, Consultants. Worldwide, 99% of Young
a meeting between the Prime Minister banking and finance, fast moving Professional Program graduates have
His Excellency Imran Khan and SAP consumer goods, telecommunications, successfully secured work placement.
Co-CEO Christian Klein at the World and textiles. Recently, SAP launched its Among SAP’s Pakistan workforce, 50
Economic Forum. Pakistan’s economy Service Hub, the company’s channel percent of the members come from the
is rapidly growing at 5.8 percent, with partner implementation arm, to ensure SAP Academy, which provides a world-
strong investment in the digital sector, the successful digital transformation of class training experience for participants
according to the World Economy Forum. Pakistan’s organizations. SAP continues seeking roles in Sales, Presales, or
Industry experts agree that Pakistan can to train Pakistan’s workforce of the future. Commercial Sales.
leverage the Fourth Industrial Revolution For example, the Training and Development
with new and emerging technologies to
digitally transform industry verticals.
The following step will be to develop the
future-ready workforce. On the sidelines
of the recent World Economic Forum in
Davos, Christian Klein praised the Pakistan
government’s digital transformation. He
also highlighted SAP’s long association
with Pakistan for more than 20 years,
along with its commitment to train young
software engineers to take on digital
careers. “Public-private partnerships are
vital for enabling Digital Pakistan’s goals
of an inclusive and high-growth digital
economy,” said Saquib Ahmad, Managing
Director, SAP Pakistan. “SAP’s long-term
investment and support for Digital Pakistan
is building in Pakistan for Pakistan. We
are supporting customer co-innovation,

UAE Telecommunications Subscribers

Hit 23.64 Million in 2019

The number of telecommunications subscribers in UAE mobile,
fixed-line and data services amounted to 23.64 million in 2019,
according to statistics released recently by the Telecommunication
Regulatory Authority, TRA. The number of mobile phone subscribers
reached around 18,278,817, which equals to 204.3 lines per 100
inhabitants last year, according to TRA’s figures. Prepaid-service
subscribers numbered 14,655,021 in the reference year, while
post-paid service mobile subscribers reached 3,623,796. Mobile
phone services account for 77 percent of the revenues of the
country’s main operators, Etisalat Group and Emirates Integrated
Telecommunications Company. Up to 3,016,318 people subscribed
in internet services until August, while fixed-line subscribers hit
2,345,578.

78 FEBRUARY 2020