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Emirates Islamic teams up with emaratech to
enable electronic payments
Residency and
Foreign Affairs,
Fujairah Municipality
and more.
E
mirates Islamic, one of the leading
Islamic financial institutions in the
UAE, has partnered with emaratech, a
leading online technology solutions and
consulting company in the Arab World,
to enable individuals and businesses to
make electronic payments for a range
of government services via the noqodi
payment gateway. Through the new tie-up,
Emirates Islamic’s individual and corporate
Salah Mohammed
Amin, CEO of
Emirates Islamic,
said: “As one of
the leading Islamic
Emirates Islamic has partnered with emaratech to enable electronic
financial institutions
payments for government services via the noqodi payment gateway
in the UAE, Emirates
Islamic is a keen
clients can top up their noqodi wallets and
supporter of Dubai’s vision of transitioning
make eVoucher payments through various
to digital payment methods, as it seeks to
channels such as the bank’s smartBUSINESS
become a Smart City.
platform, mobile app and online banking,
and ATM machines.
“We are confident that our new partnership
with noqodi payment gateway will bring
This will enable customers to seamlessly
greater convenience and ease of use to our
make online payments for services offered
customers, and we look forward to greater
by government departments including Dubai collaboration and new joint initiatives in the
Land Department, General Directorate of
near future to further enhance our services.”
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UAE to support EdTech market by
US$40 billion by 2022
U
AE schools and universities that
are digitally transforming are
supporting the global education
technology market to top US$40 billion
by 2022, an industry expert announced
ahead of a major education event
being held in the UAE.
At GETEX (April 17 to 19) education
companies and thought leaders will
share best practices in digitisation
enabling future learning.
The global education technology
market is expected to grow at 18%
CAGR to reach US$40 billion by 2022,
according to Valustrat.
“The UAE’s strong investment in
education technology shows that
schools and universities are leading
innovations to make campuses
safer and more efficient, to enhance
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learning experiences, and to prepare
students for the future workforce,” said
Andrew Calthorpe, CEO, at UAE-based
IT infrastructure and information
management consultancy Condo
Protego, which specialises in education.
In the UAE, Condo Protego works
closely with leading UAE educational
institutions on their Digital
Transformation, including inter-
campus connectivity and information
standardisation, hybrid cloud
virtual learning environments and
personalised apps.
Condo Protego is seeing strong UAE
educational demand for Dell EMC
Campus Networking Solutions for
ensuring campus connectivity, and
VMware Workspace ONE for app
virtualisation for secure access from any
mobile device at any time.
Andrew Calthorpe, CEO, Condo Protego
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