Bahraini startups strike deals at GITEX

Bahraini startups strike deals at GITEX

The Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation to GITEX 2022 officially kicked off their participation in the exhibition on Monday, 10 October 2022 in Dubai. The Labour Fund (Tamkeen) sponsored the Bahrain Pavilion and supported the participation of 30 Bahraini SMEs and Startups from the information technology and telecommunications (ICT) sector. The delegation includes a number of partners from Bahrain’s ecosystem such as the Information and eGovernment Authority, the Economic Development Board, Bahrain Development Bank and Hope Fund. Bahrain’s participation is being organized in collaboration with Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH).

The week kicked off with the signing of an agreement by Bahraini startup VirtuThinko W.L.L. agreement on their first day participating in GITEX with the Boston-based American company HYCU, which specializes in cloud data protection with the purpose of providing their services in the region.

Additionally, the Bahraini digital transformation solutions provider exhibiting in the Bahrain Pavilion, Atyaf eSolutions announced a partnership with Codebase Technologies, a world-leading provider of Open API Banking solutions to create an innovative and first-of-its-kind 3-in-1 marketplace enablement platform, Dinarii.

The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, His Excellency, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah bin Ali Al Khalifa, visited the Bahrain Pavilion and its exhibitors as part of