{"id":284590,"date":"2022-09-21T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T02:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=284590"},"modified":"2022-09-21T07:54:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T02:54:22","slug":"daraz-alibaba-to-drive-digitalisation-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/daraz-alibaba-to-drive-digitalisation-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Daraz, Alibaba to drive digitalisation in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The companies aim to build up local technology ecosystem together<br \/>\nKARACHI<br \/>\nDaraz, South Asia\u2019s leading eCommerce platform and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, have forged a partnership to power Pakistan\u2019s digitalisation.<br \/>\nThe parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to appoint Daraz as a partner to offer Alibaba cloud computing services in Pakistan. The signing of the MOU is witnessed by Her Excellency Ms Rukhsana Afzaal, High Commissioner for Pakistan in the presence of Bjarke Mikkelsen CEO and Founder of Daraz and Derek Wang, General Manager of South Asia and Singapore, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence. This move is in line with the Pakistan government\u2019s \u2018Digital Pakistan Vision\u2019 to bolster the IT industry by building a digital ecosystem.<br \/>\nFounded in 2015, Daraz Pakistan is one of the most well-known brands in Pakistan. Daraz has more than 40 million active monthly users and over 100,000 active sellers. Daraz University, Daraz\u2019s online learning centre, offers personalised and localised courses covering all areas of the e-commerce ecosystem. It gives small and medium enterprises the skills to unlock their business online. Together with Alibaba Cloud\u2019s leading cloud computing capabilities, such as networking, and artificial intelligence, both parties will support Pakistan\u2019s digital economy with higher adoption of cloud services.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are glad to partner with Daraz to bring digitalization opportunities to Pakistan, and by offering our proven cloud computing services, we are confident to support Daraz in building up Pakistan\u2019s digital momentum to benefit the wider ecosystem,\u201d said Dr Derek Wang, General Manager for South Asia and Singapore, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.<br \/>\n\u201cDaraz\u2019s purpose is to uplift the communities where we operate, and through digitalisation, we can play a significant role in growing the digital economy in Pakistan. We look forward to increasing cloud adoption in the public and private sectors in Pakistan and making Alibaba Cloud accessible to SMEs and B2B sector in Pakistan,\u201d said Mr BjarkeMikkelsen, Daraz Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The companies aim to build up local technology ecosystem together KARACHI Daraz, South Asia\u2019s leading eCommerce platform and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, have forged a partnership to power Pakistan\u2019s digitalisation. 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