33 Bahraini exhibitors to participate in GITEX 2016

Manama : A total of 33 Bahraini exhibitors will participate in the national pavilion for GITEX 2016 exhibition, which will be held in Dubai next Sunday. 

It will be organised by Work Smart, the renowned event-management company, in cooperation with The Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH).

Twenty-nine leading ICT companies will participate in the Bahraini pavilion along with four government entities: Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Economic Development Board, E-Government and Tamkeen.

The main goal since the start of the Bahraini participation in GITEX was to record Bahraini presence in this international forum for information technology manufacturers around the world. 

“Today, after 10 years of active participation, our goals became clearer and bigger. We aim to strengthen the ICT industry in Bahrain, raising the share of Bahraini companies from 6pc to 10pc in the IT investments markets in the Arabian Gulf which reached around 30 billion dollars,” Ahmed Al-Hujairi, CEO of Work Smart, explained.

“The design of the pavilion will be open and will include a permanent display hall, which will provide continuous shows about Bahrain’s economic and investment features. Times will be allocated to display products and services of the participating Bahraini companies,” he said.

“Co-ordination is being done to organise a visit to major Bahraini business figures in IT and communication field who are taking part in “GITEX” in support to Bahraini youth and to encourage innovation. Meanwhile, Work Smart has already begun a campaign to encourage Bahraini participation. We do our best to help Bahraini companies which are willing to take part in the event, to invest in this global meeting or to enter in a new successful partnership,” he added.