Bahrainthismonth.com 44 November 2023 BENEFIT RECEIVES EGOV EXCELLENCE AWARD The Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions services, BENEFIT, has received the eGov Excellence Award for Best Website in the private sector. This prestigious award was presented during the 10th Bahrain International eGovernment Forum which was held in October under the patronage of the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Information and Communication Technology (MCICT), HE General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa. Established in 2008, the eGovernment Excellence Award recognises and honours outstanding ICT initiatives in the Kingdom of Bahrain, aligning with the objectives of Bahrain Economic Vision 2030. The award was accepted by BENEFIT’s Chief Executive, Abdulwahed AlJanahi. HE General Shaikh Rashid commended the award recipients for their groundbreaking contributions to e-government initiatives, emphasising the pivotal role of information and communications technology in advancing national development. As the premier operator of national platforms and services in the Kingdom, BENEFIT hosts groundbreaking Payment Capabilities, Information Management Solutions, and Business Process Outsourcing Services, with BenefitPay as one of the most important, popular, and innovative applications. It is worth noting that The Benefit Company has launched its strategy 2022-2024, which centers on Payment Infrastructure, Enabling Access to Credit, Supporting Digitalisation, and Internationalisation. The strategy roadmap encompasses many innovative initiatives to further advance Bahrain’s financial services landscape. The Labour Fund, Tamkeen announced a partnership agreement with KPMG to employ and train Bahrainis at KPMG’s Low-Code Centre of Excellence — the first of its kind in Bahrain. “The Centre of Excellence is being established jointly between KPMG in Bahrain and KPMG in Portugal and will focus on serving our clients in Bahrain, the region, and the wider global marketplace. The governance structure will ensure that the training of Bahraini employees will be of the highest international standards and will leverage the pool of resources on low-code engagements that international teams are working on”, says Managing Partner, KPMG Bahrain Managing Partner, Jamal Fakhro. A total of 130 Bahrainis will be employed and trained over the next five years in Low-Code development approaches and methods enabling them to efficiently develop digital solutions and applications. The training will focus on technologies that allow organisations to develop, deploy, and manage websites and applications without the need to write extensive code. “This programme will develop the capabilities of Bahraini talent, equipping them with new and emerging skillsets that will help them adapt to the rapidly changing digital world, and compete and excel on regional and global levels,” says Tamkeen CE, Maha Abdulhameed Mofeez. TAMKEEN SUPPORTS THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF 130 BAHRAINIS AT KPMG
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