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Zain Business Introduces Z-HUB: All-New
Integrated Hub to Serve SMEs Business Needs

Zain, the leading digital service provider
in Kuwait, introduces Z-HUB, an all-new,
fully integrated hub to serve all business
needs of startups and Small & Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) in the Kuwaiti market.
The hub offers a wide range of services
and solutions in over 6 essential business
areas to help SME owners expand their
businesses, take them towards the road of
success, and rise above the competition.
Z-HUB gathers the best tools that serve
the needs of SMEs in one place, focusing
on six essential business areas including
services for e-commerce, marketing, HR,
location and online presence, insurance,
tendering, Zain Business solutions, and
more. Zain presents these services and
more for the most competitive prices in the
market. The new hub comes in collaboration
with a number of SMEs specializing in the
above-mentioned areas. Zain will design
special and exclusive offers for its SME
customers in partnership with its partners digital service provider in Kuwait and to ensure the swift expansion of their
to tailor each offer to each customer’s the region. We hope this step opens up business. Zain offers special and exclusive
unique business needs. The offerings are entire new horizons in front of Kuwaiti offers to its customers, tailored to every
designed to maximize efficiency, increase entrepreneurs”. Al Marzouq continued: customer’s company, customer base, and
productivity, elevate customer satisfaction “Since its inception, Zain has always business partners, ensuring efficiency
rates, and reduce the time needed to enjoyed a solid ecosystem of strategic and flexibility in their everyday operations.
process transactions all while cutting partnerships with the world’s top tech The new hub features tools and solutions
costs. Commenting on the announcement, leaders, making it the first destination to in over six essential business areas,
Zain Kuwait’s Chief Enterprise Business serve the technical needs of companies of including e-commerce services and
Officer Hamad Al Marzouq said: “We are all sizes. Today, we expand this ecosystem integrated platforms where customers
proud today to launch Z-HUB, our all- by partnering with a number of SMEs, each can manage their products with ease,
new integrated hub to serve the Kuwaiti specializing in their respective industries, marketing services like analysis, strategies
startups market. Through this service, we so that Z-HUB’s services are offered and branding customizable for every
gather all of our most advanced, world- by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We customer, HR services that aid business
class solutions and put them in the hands believe this will help enrich the spirit owners to manage their employees,
of SME owners, supporting them to build of joint collaboration and contribute to location services to help customers get
a digital infrastructure for their business developing the local SMEs market”. Al recognized on Google Maps and create
and helping them serve their customers Marzouq concluded: “This launch reflects an online presence, insurance services to
with utmost efficiency”. Al Marzouq added: our continuous efforts to grow our services provide consultation and risk assessment,
“The Kuwaiti market is full of promising portfolio for Kuwait’s SME community, tendering services to facilitate the
talents, and we at Zain are well aware of the who have grown to become a great part of tendering process across all sectors, as
important role played by SMEs in achieving our corporate customer base. This is why well as a wide range of tech services and
economic and social development in we will always be commitment to offering tools from Zain Business.
the nation. We believe SMEs represent such refreshed offerings in line with our The Z-HUB partners ecosystem features a
a big part of the country’s production digital transformation strategy that aims number of SMEs specializing in their own
channels, and they play an essential at empowering a more efficient business respective industries, including:
role in the growth of national economy. sector in the Kuwaiti market”. Z-HUB is an UPayments:
That is why we are always committed to integrated hub where customers can find Online e-commerce tool to meet every
offering them the best and most advanced a variety of services tailored to meet the business need that includes UStore, Upay,
solutions, especially that Zain is a leading needs of SMEs in one user-friendly place and Uinterface.

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