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SAP Aims to Improve Businesses Through Accelerating Digitalization

Leading digital solutions provider, SAP organized an exclusive shared his thoughts on the occasion and said, "For SAP, digital
Blue Ribbon Event "Meet the Acceleration of Change", engaging transformation is a journey that will serve as a driver for change
industry leaders from all across the country to discuss and and prosperity for not only our clients and their organizations but
analyze the best practices to drive change and enable growth also our economy and our country. We will continue on our journey
through digitalization. The event was aimed at promoting and towards transforming and modernizing the digital landscape of
accelerating the progress of digital transformation in order to Pakistan and we hope to learn and grow with our clients."
achieve the vision of a digital Pakistan. The event shed light on
the latest and upcoming technologies in the digital arena and
also discussed the key areas and technologies that SAP aims to
work on in the upcoming years to accelerate digitalization in the
country. The session also proved to be a great initiative for the
clients to engage and share their experience with SAP amongst
themselves. The panel "Innovate Together to Accelerate business
Transformations" had a line-up of distinguished personalities
from the industry, including Hafeez-ul-Hassan Shah, Head of IT
Operations & ERP, ICI Pakistan, Yasir Siddique Sheikh, CFO, Descon
and Kamil Saroop Khan, COO, Mitchell's food. The panelists
briefed the audience about the journey to digital transformation
of the operations and services in their respective organizations
by employing smart and innovative enterprise solutions from
SAP. Saquib Ahmad, Managing Director, SAP Pakistan, also

Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Meets DCO Secretary

General

Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Kamal bin develop our common digital economy”, he said. The Minister
Ahmed Mohammed received a high-level delegation from the of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal bin Ahmed
Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), led by Secretary-General Mohammed met with a high-level delegation from the Digital
Deemah Al Yaha, currently on visit to Bahrain. During the meeting Cooperation Organization (DCO) headed by Ms. Deema Al Yahya,
the two sides reviewed the organization’s work and goals and Secretary General of the Organization, as part of an official
Bahrain’s role as member. The Minister stressed Bahrain’s strides visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 27 to 29 March 2022. The
in making use of information and communication technologies in meeting was attended by Omar Al-Nimr, Director of International
order to enhance the efficiency and mechanisms of government Government Relations, Saud Al-Gharimel, Director of Digital
work. “We look forward to building our relationship with the Ecosystems Relations, and Engineer Maryam Ahmed Jumaan,
organization and taking advantage of more opportunities that Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
will increase our contribution to digital cooperation in order to During the meeting, the organization’s objectives and initiatives
were discussed as well as Bahrain’s role as one of the founding
members of the organization. "The Kingdom of Bahrain is one of
the founding members of the Digital Cooperation Organization,
and we have had a great experience at the national level in
utilizing ICT technologies in order to enhance the efficiency of
government processes and services. We look forward to further
building our relationship with the Digital Cooperation Organization
and benefiting from more opportunities that will increase our
contribution to the economy.”, said the minister. It is worth noting
that the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) was established
in 2020 as the first international organization that focuses on
the digital economy which aims to enable members to empower
women, youth, and entrepreneurs to accelerate growth across the
digital economy and achieve greater prosperity via innovation. The
current member states include the Kingdom of Bahrain, Jordan,
Kuwait, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda and Saudi Arabia.

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