Orange
Jordan’s new CEO Thierry Marigny announced that the company
launched its digital umbrella which holds under it a group of Orange
Digital Centers in different areas of the Kingdom, within the
company’s efforts to contribute to the development of local
communities, stemming from being a leading local company in providing
internet services across all cities and governorates.
Marigny
added during a press conference held on Sunday 29th
of July, that since the beginning, Orange Jordan has taken upon
itself achieving His Majesty King Abdullah II's vision of
transformation towards becoming a knowledge society, the thing that
falls in line with its five-year corporate strategy "Essentials
2020" which is set as its priorities of both, benefitting
from the internet usage across the Kingdom and bridging the digital
gap. The company has also signed a number of agreements with
different parties, to announce that they will be equipping ten
digital centers in different governorates, where they would be
announced once ready, to welcome the beneficiaries.
CEO
of Orange Jordan talked about the importance of these centers,
especially that they will offer beneficiaries the opportunity to
enter the internet world in a more professional manner, and set the
topics that matter to them, affirming that they provide an
opportunity for job creation, through promoting their products
online, resulting in better accessibility, higher incomes, and an
improved standard of living, in light of the current dependence on
the internet and the valuable information it provides.
Marigny
presented the partners of this important initiative, comprising of
the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoICT),
the National information Technology Center ( NITC) and the Jordanian
Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), where the company
signed many important agreements to start preparations for these
technical centers, affirming their role in facilitating the company
to carry out digital transformation in the Kingdom.
From
her side, PR, CSR, and
Corporate Communication Director, Eng. Rana Dababneh said during the
press conference that the full preparation of these centers will
follow suit, and are expected to be completed by the end of this
year, and the rest by early next year, pointing out that the company
was able to obtain funding from the Orange Foundation, due to the
significance and support carried by the project.
Dababneh
talked about Orange Jordan’s role in this initiative, saying that
it will provide computers, renovate existing centers to create more
expansion and benefit from the existing space, and the company will
also design and hold training workshops on different topics requested
by citizens.
Dababneh
affirmed that these centers will cover a number of areas to include
different segments of society, where there will be special centers
targeting youth, while others directed towards empowering women, and
these centers will also prepare refugees, and other segments.
She
explained that these centers will enable both genders to have a
better career by training them on the latest technologies and
teaching them how to create small projects and promote them on social
media networks.
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