Held under the patronage of H.H. Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa – Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology the Organizing Committee of the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum & IT Expo 2018 announced Huawei as the Forum’s Diamond Sponsor. The sponsorship comes as part of Huawei’s commitment for many initiatives to support the development of ICT sector in the Kingdom.
The Diamond Sponsorship agreement were signed by Ms. Lulwa Sami Ebrahim, the Organizing Committee Chairman and Acting Director, Communications & Marketing of iGA and Mr John Luyuedong, Huawei CEO in Bahrain in the presence of Mr. Ahmed Naeemi the Forum’s Organizing Committee’s Vice Chairman, in charge of the Forums sponsorship committee.
“We are proud to have Huawei as a sponsor to the Forum for their milestones achieved in supporting the ICT industry”. Said Ms. Lulwa, also stating that this partnership is part of a series of partnership activities targeted at building the relationship and developing new scope for the collaboration between the two entities on various levels, it is actually one more good example of public private partnership.
” We are honored of Huawei’s Diamond Sponsorship of the Forum, and look forward for further collaboration in the future ”. Ms. Lulwa added.
“We are proud of sponsoring such event especially that it proved its success and value for nine years, locally and regionally, in developing the ICT sector in Bahrain as well as initiating the government eTransformation since then. We are also delighted to open a new page of partnering with IGA and supporting the authority’s initiatives, and proud of this extended long-term collaboration between both entities, not only being the Sponsor,” Said Mr. Luyuedong.
“At Huawei, we seek to support Bahrain’s digital transformation journey which aims at expanding revenues, increasing productivity and making quantum leaps in the country, positioning the Kingdom as a competitive economy on the international economy map by following the Economic Vision 2030. We see the development of ICT local talents and skills playying a vital role as advanced economies are not able to achieve long-term development goals without innovation and technologies,”. Mr. John added.
The Bahrain International eGovernment Forum & IT Expo Organizing Committee urges all ICT sector stakeholders to participate and register at the forum via www.egovforum.bh. For more information or enquiries, please contact us through egovforum@iga.gov.bh.