Category: Business News & Insight

Dubai expo

Over Half Of Dubai Businesses Are Looking Forward To An Increase In Commercial Activity In 2020

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According to the Dubai Economy, more companies expect better business conditions and an increase in commercial activity due to the Dubai Expo 2020.

60% of companies in Dubai, UAE, are optimistic about better business conditions during 2020, in comparison to the 58% last quarter.

Business owners were less optimistic in 2019, particularly towards the end, with 19% of businesses rating their performance as below standards due to a lag in consumer spending and activity which deteriorated for the first time in ten years.

As a result of this, job numbers significantly fell, with the decline noted by economist David Owens as “one of the quickest recorded.”  

Additionally, ambiguity surrounding the US-China trade war also had an effect on entrepreneur sentiments.

However, despite this decline in business activity and optimism, companies in Dubai are now looking forward to the Expo 2020. Opening in October 2020, businesses are counting on the event to unlock future commercial opportunities.

Of the businesses surveyed by the Dubai economy, 56% said they expect a rise in commercial activity as a result of the Expo, 20% expect improvement in business or market conditions and 14% expect “visitor activity” to increase.

In relation to this, a spokesperson for the Dubai economy has stated that: “Improving domestic market conditions and strong prospects for international reach has seen businesses in Dubai welcoming 2020 with optimism.”

Mind Ware

Mindware Partners with Mist Systems to Distribute Industry’s First AI-Driven Wireless in Middle East and North Africa

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Mindware, one of the leading Value Added Distributors (VADs) in the Middle East and Africa, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Mist Systems, a Juniper company that is a pioneer in cloud-managed wireless networks powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). As per the agreement, Mindware will offer Mist’s entire portfolio of solutions to enterprises across Middle East and North Africa (MENA) including the GCC countries, Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia and Yemen. Mindware will extend and enable the vendor’s regional channel, while also providing value-added services for support, implementation, training and business development.

The agreement marks a significant extension of Mindware’s long-standing partnership with Juniper Networks which spans over a decade. Having established proven expertise as a value-added distributor for Juniper Networks’ best-in-class wired LAN, SD-WAN and security solutions, Mindware is now ready to round out its portfolio by extending this competency into the wireless domain.

“Wi-Fi is the platform on which innovations in IoT, collaboration, workforce enablement, customer experience and a host of services essential to today’s customers and employees are dependent. Through our partnership with Mist, we are improving the reliability, predictability and measurability of Wi-Fi, while introducing unmatched convenience and simplicity through the intuitive and scalable cloud-management layer,” said Mr. Nicholas Argyrides, General Manager – Gulf at Mindware.

Mist has been first to market with an AI-driven wireless platform that includes the world’s first virtual IT assistant. In addition, Mist is the first vendor to bring enterprise-grade Wi-Fi, BLE and IoT together to deliver personalized, location-based wireless services without requiring battery-powered beacons. All operations are managed via Mist’s modern cloud architecture for maximum scalability, agility and performance. As a result, Mist is quickly becoming the WLAN standard for enterprise customers across numerous industries and Mindware intends to first capitalize on the growing demand for intelligent Wi-Fi solutions in the retail, education and healthcare sectors.

“We have built up the expertise and manpower to fully support this innovative vendor and are excited to introduce their exciting solutions to our wide base of regional businesses and the channel,” Mr. Argyrides added. As Mist’s value added distributor, Mindware will provide technical support, warehousing and logistics and financial services. The value-added distributor is set to partner with Mist in co-hosting a series of channel enablement roadshows, as well as trainings and certifications in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and broader GCC region through 2020. Mindware is also ramping up its service capabilities as it prepares to offer Professional Services on behalf of the vendor in the course of the year.

Commenting on the partnership, Yarob Sakhnini, Vice President, Emerging Markets, EMEA at Juniper Networks said, “The combination of our advanced WLAN platform with Mindware’s proven expertise and well-established channel community will act as a force multiplier to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven wireless in the region. We are confident that with the full support of Mindware’s team, the value and quality of the Mist portfolio will be maintained and enhanced through every stage and phase of delivery, so end-customers can realise the full potential of our industry leading solutions.”

Bahrain

Weak December Performance Caps Dreary Year for MENA Hotels

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Profit was hampered by a weak top line that saw RevPAR down 7.4% YOY, pulled down by a 9.9% YOY decrease in average rate, even amid a 1.9-percentage-point uptick in occupancy.

A tough year for Middle East & North Africa hoteliers mercifully came to an end in December, a month that didn’t help their overall yearly results. Profit per available room was down 5.4% year-over-year, negatively contributing to an overall 9.3% YOY GOPPAR drop for the year, according to data from HotStats.

Profit was hampered by a weak top line that saw RevPAR down 7.4% YOY, pulled down by a 9.9% YOY decrease in average rate, even amid a 1.9-percentage-point uptick in occupancy. Decreases that also occurred in the F&B department brought total revenue down 6.5% compared to the same time the year prior.

 

The month’s drop in profit was almost entirely a result of weakened revenue, as expenses were kept in check and, in some cases, came down. Total costs among the undistributed departments decreased, among them, Sales & Marketing (-6.5%), Information & Technology (-19.3%) and Property & Maintenance (-8.7%), which included an 11.0% YOY drop in utilities. Total expenses on a per-occupied-room basis were down 9.7% YOY for the month, while total payroll on a per-available-room basis was down 7.3% YOY.

Still, hoteliers couldn’t overcome the difficult revenue predicament, which not even expense containment could help, ultimately leading to a profit drop.

Hoteliers can take some solace in profit margin, which was up 0.5 percentage points to 41.0%.

 

Profit & Loss Performance Indicators – Total MENA (in USD)

KPI

December 2019 v. December2018

RevPAR

-7.4% to $126.70

TRevPAR

-6.5% to $221.99

Payroll

-7.3% to $53.30

GOPPAR

-5.4% to $91.07

Bahrain stood witness to a year of violent swings on both the revenue and expense side of the coin. While RevPAR for the month was down 1.4% YOY, and TRevPAR was actually up 0.2%, GOPPAR was down a staggering 20.6% YOY. For the year, GOPPAR was down 3.2% YOY.

The story in December was expense. Costs were up across the undistributed departments, including Property & Maintenance (up 27.5%) and a 23.2% jump in utility expenses. Total overhead costs were up 18.5% YOY. Meanwhile, total labour costs were actually down 3.3% YOY on a per-available-room basis.

Profit margin for the month was down 4.9 percentage points to just 19%.

 

Profit & Loss Performance Indicators – Bahrain (in USD)

KPI

December 2019 v. December 2018

RevPAR

-1.4% to $89.67

TRevPAR

+0.2% to $177.87

Payroll

-3.3% to $59.48

GOPPAR

-20.6% to $33.75

Hotel performance in December in Dubai mimicked the greater MENA region. The emirate took a hit on both the top line and bottom line, evidenced by an 8.9% YOY decline in RevPAR, which was heavily impacted by a 9.8% YOY drop in average rate, despite a 0.7-percentage-point increase in occupancy.

Total revenue was down 8.5% YOY and 13.6% for the year.

The precipitous drop in revenue carried through to profit. GOPPAR was down 9.4% YOY (18.6% for the year), dragged down further by an 8.0% YOY decrease in total expenses on a per-occupied-room basis.

The drop was even more striking considering that expenses on a whole were also down in December. Total expenses on a per-occupied-room basis were down 8% YOY, while payroll on a per-available-room basis was down 8.3%. Total utilities were also down to the tune of 14.7% YOY.

Profit margin was down 0.4 percentage points to 47.3%.

 

Profit & Loss Performance Indicators – Dubai (in USD)

KPI

December 2019 v. December 2018

RevPAR

-8.9% to $189.42

TRevPAR

-8.5% to $318.65

Payroll

-8.3% to $64.43

GOPPAR

-9.4% to $150.61

Saudi Arabia

Saudi-Based Startups Draw Record Number Of Deals In 2019

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Proving an outstanding year for entrepreneurship, 2019 saw Saudi Arabia’s startups attract $67 million worth of investments, a new report shows. This is an increase of 35 percent from 2018.

Last year also saw 71 investment deals, which is a staggering rise of 92 percent since 2018, and a record number in comparison to any other year, according to startup platform MAGNITT.

Additionally, there was an increase of 58 percent in institutional investors in startups based in the kingdom to a total of 41 institutions. Around one-third of these institutions were based outside Saudi, mainly in the UAE.

MAGNiTT’s Founder and CEO, Philip Bahoshy said: “There are several factors that contribute to the growth of the Saudi startup ecosystem in general: the size of its economy and population, as well as a high income per capita and internet penetration.

“This, combined with the increased government focus on the entrepreneurship sector through Funds of Funds, capital matching programs, accelerator programs, licensing schemes and other initiatives, contribute to the growth of the startup sector as a whole.”

This increase in business deals and capital funding in Saudi Arabia has placed it at the third highest spot for both categories in the MENA region, following UAE and Egypt.

The kingdom accounted for 12 percent of the total deals in the region, and 9 percent of the total funding.

Dubai real estate

Dubai Real Estate Deals Hit 11-Year High In 2019

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Dubai registered a total of 41,988 real estate transactions in 2019, marking the highest number of sales transactions registered annually in Dubai since 2008, said Property Finder, a leading property portal in Mena.

The number of property deals during 2019 also marks a growth of 20 per cent in the volume of registered property sales transactions compared to 34,961 transactions in 2018, according to Data Finder, the real estate insights and data platform under the Property Finder Group.

There were 11,662 property sales transactions registered in Dubai in 2008. The Dubai real estate market has, therefore, grown by 260 per cent in the past 11 years in terms of the volume of transactions. The second highest number of property sales transactions registered in Dubai since 2008 was in 2017 (40,649).
This news comes on the heels of recent reports about the Dubai property market regaining momentum, especially after the announcement of the formation of the Higher Real Estate Committee to rebalance supply and demand, back in September 2019. The committee helped inspire market confidence, with both October and November 2019 seeing record number of transactions – 4,774 and 5,037, respectively.

December 2019 clocked in 2,989 registered property sales transactions. Other good months for property sales in Dubai last year were July (4,234), September (4,007) and May (3,512).

“Going into 2020 and leading up to the Expo, we should continue to see transaction levels increase and prices start to stabilise in certain areas. We have already started to see certain market dynamics shift as a direct effect from Expo and these trends will most likely continue throughout the year,” said Lynnette Abad, director of Data and Research, Property Finder.

Off-plan vs secondary transactions

There continues to be a preference for off-plan properties, with this asset class accounting for an overall 23,643 transactions in 2019. This could be because of attractive prices and incentives offered by developers such as a waiver of service fees, a wide range of post-handover payment plans, discount on registration charges and commissions, guaranteed rental returns, among others. However, new off-plan launches were considerably down from their 2017 and 2018 levels.

With several potential buyers still unable to afford the down payment stipulated by the UAE Central Bank to qualify for a mortgage, purchasers are increasingly opting for developer-sponsored payment plans to fund their off-plan properties. This has resulted in several first-time homebuyers getting on the property ladder.

Dubai registered 18,345 transactions in the secondary market last year. With new homes becoming completed thick and fast, developers are forced to come up with rent-to-own schemes and other initiatives to make sure that they are not left with unsold, ready units. This makes it a perfect buyer’s market, with attractive prices, good deals and plenty of options to choose from. However, in such schemes, the price of a property is typically higher than a comparable property currently on the market.

As per Data Finder project and supply data, there were over 45,000 units completed in 2019 which was the highest amount of units completed in one year over the last five years.

Meanwhile, the top 5 areas which witnessed the highest overall property sales transactions in 2019 were Business Bay (3,146), Downtown Burj Khalifa (2,816), Dubai Creek Harbour (2,492), Dubai Hills Estate (2,373) and Dubai South (2,048).

For off-plan sales, the top 5 performing areas in Dubai were Dubai Creek Harbour (2,423 transactions), Downtown (2,088), Dubai Hills Estate (1,949), Dubai South (1,942) and Business Bay (1,811).

On the secondary market, areas that witnessed the most sales were International City (1,342), Business Bay (1,335), Dubai Marina (1,280), Jumeirah Village Circle (1,108) and Jumeirah Lakes Towers (851).

MEA airlines

Gulf Air and Middle East Airlines in Codeshare Partnership

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Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Middle East Airlines-Air Liban, the flag carrier of Lebanon, proudly announce their codeshare, for travel commencing from 3 December 2019 following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two airlines. The agreement will see Middle East Airlines place their ‘ME’ code on Gulf Air flights on the Beirut-Bahrain-Beirut route.

Mr. Krešimir Kučko, Gulf Air’s Chief Executive Officer said: “We are glad to sign this codeshare with Middle East Airlines and offer their passengers direct daily service from Beirut to Bahrain on Gulf Air. Beirut has always been a key route in our Middle Eastern network and we welcome this partnership with the flag carrier of Lebanon”.

Mr. Mohamad El Hout, Chairman – Director General of Middle East Airlines added: “This codeshare with Gulf Air will complement the MEA network to the Gulf. We are pleased with this partnership with Gulf Air that will enable us to offer to our loyal passengers a new destination Bahrain and many other destinations in Asia via the Gulf Air network”.

Gulf Air connects the Kingdom of Bahrain and Lebanon with daily flights to Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport with more frequencies during high seasons such as the summer period.

Dubai Marina

Dubai-based Fintech, Beehive, Releases State of the SME Ecosystem Report

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Beehive, MENA’s first regulated peer to peer lending platform, has released an insightful new report revealing the state of MENA’s SME ecosystem.

The report is based on quantitative and qualitative SME research, including a survey of 175 SME owners and senior management and a roundtable of 13 prominent SME founders / CEOs.

Key findings from the report include:

• Surveyed MENA SMEs have more women in senior positions than the global average.
• 28% of respondents see innovation as a priority for growth, yet only 2% of business owners are currently trying to access finance to fund it.
• SMEs offer young people a great opportunity for development. 48% of SMEs would hire someone under 25 with no experience.

The report focused on key areas that impact SMEs such as talent acquisition, innovation and growth factors. The survey results showed positive indicators such as SME appetite for market expansion and the opportunity for women in business.

The region also fares well as a leading destination for young people to start their careers in start-ups and SMEs. This popularity has the potential to establish MENA as a hotbed of budding entrepreneurs.

In the report, SMEs highlight challenges and areas where they feel they could benefit from more support initiatives to help them drive growth, such as innovation. They also talk about new ways of working in order to stay competitive and take advantage of business opportunities.

The report is released as Beehive celebrates a key milestone of five years of operation. Launched in 2014, the company has grown from a start-up to become leading fintech SME in the region with a team of 30 in the UAE and a further 17 employees in Thailand. The company has also recently expanded to Bahrain and has further exciting expansion plans in 2020.

Craig Moore, Beehive CEO commented: “We’re delighted to be celebrating five years of operation in the region and very much see Beehive as an SME for SMEs. During our five years we have amassed a significant amount of data which gives us an invaluable insight into the SMEs landscape. This report digs deeper to assess their business challenges and opportunities, as well as their attitudes and opinions as SME owners and senior management.”

View the full report here.

Flypgs

Another step towards gender equality in business: Pegasus Airlines signs up to IATA’s ‘25by2025’ pledge

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Pegasus Airlines is committed to promote gender diversity as one of the first airlines in the world to have signed IATA’s ‘25by2025 gender balance pledge, an initiative for IATA member airlines to improve female representation in the industry by 25%, or up to a minimum of 25% by 2025.

In line with Pegasus Airlines’ ongoing efforts to promote gender equality in business and the aviation sector, Pegasus has signed IATA’s “25by2025” initiative. In a ceremony held in Berlin, Germany, Pegasus Airlines CEO and IATA Board Member Mehmet T. Nane signed a gender balance pledge for the company as part of a voluntary campaign for IATA member airlines to improve female representation in senior or under-represented roles in the industry by 25%, or up to a minimum of 25% by 2025.

Commenting on the initiative, Mehmet T. Nane said: “Gender equality is a very important and ongoing issue for us at Pegasus Airlines, demonstrated by the successful initiatives we’ve implemented thus far. By signing IATA’s ‘25by2025’ initiative, we are now pledging to improve gender balance in our workplace. We are proud to be among the first airlines in the world to have taken this pledge.  We are also proud to have women excelling in their fields at every level in Pegasus Airlines, from pilots to senior management. Having made this pledge, and with our continued commitment to gender equality, increasing the number of female employees at Pegasus will now to be one of our primary goals moving forward.”

“We welcome Pegasus’s commitment to the 25by2025 campaign. We need a skilled, diverse and gender balanced workforce to meet the growing needs of our customers. Aviation is the business of freedom. And 25by2025 will help this important global industry be an even better employment opportunity for all people looking to make their career by linking the world,” said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO

In 2016, Pegasus Airlines became the first airline in the world to endorse the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), illustrating the significance that the airline places on gender equality and the role of women in business and the workplace. As a member of Turkey’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation Committee for the Development of Social Gender Balance, Pegasus Airlines continues to support awareness-raising programs for women regarding job opportunities in aviation, and to improve the quality and quantity of roles available to women in the sector. Also, as part of the “CEO Manifesto in Support of Gender Equality” prepared by the Professional Women’s Network (PWA) Istanbul, Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet T. Nane has enlisted his voluntary services as a ‘PWN Equality Ambassador’ with the mission to increase public awareness around the issue. Pegasus also supports the Women in Sales (WiS); a platform co-chaired by Pegasus Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Güliz Öztürk to increase the gender balance between women and men in company sales departments.

Ericsson

Zain selects Ericsson for 5G in Bahrain

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Zain has selected Ericsson to build its 5G network in Bahrain, with the first commercial 5G services expected to go live before the end of 2019. Spanning Ericsson 5G Radio Access Network and 5G Core products and solutions, Zain Bahrain aims to enhance the digital lives of people, enterprises and industries in the country via its 5G network.

Under the contract, Zain Bahrain’s network will be modernized from LTE to 5G. Ericsson is providing 3GPP standards-based 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software from the Ericsson Radio System portfolio, including Massive MIMO solutions. Ericsson is also providing Ericsson Cloud Packet Core and Voice over LTE solutions. The solutions will upgrade Zain’s existing mobile networks and introduce the latest 5G technologies across the country.

Ericsson’s 5G portfolio will enable Zain Bahrain to expand coverage while simultaneously strengthening its current network. Ericsson’s high-speed and low-latency 5G technology will help Zain to meet growing data traffic demands and deliver high-quality mobile broadband and fixed wireless experiences.

Zain Bahrain Chairman, His Excellency Shaikh Ahmed bin Ali Al Khalifa, says: “This agreement marks a major milestone for both companies. Zain Bahrain is excited about the new strategic partnership with Ericsson to support, expand and speed up the deployment of the Kingdom 5G network. Zain Bahrain’s ability to provide the latest 5G revolution services comes under the continuos commitment to invest in Zain’s digitalization strategy to empower Zain Bahrain customers with solutions and services that are at the forefront of our digital future.”

His Excellency adds: “5G is expected to be the connectivity infrastructure that will foster industrial and societal transformation. It is about a network infrastructure that is easy and can be used for all sorts of different and personalized usages. It could unlock the full capabilities of the latest technology trends and become an innovation platform and an opportunity for Zain Bahrain to provide specialized network services to a series of new industry partners: from the automotive, to health to energy sectors.”

Fadi Pharaon, President of Ericsson Middle East & Africa, says: “5G promises to accelerate the digitization of industries, presenting new opportunities and enabling service providers to launch the most advanced technologies while improving the end-user experience with faster speeds and lower latency. The deployment of these technologies will enable Zain Bahrain to meet the rapidly evolving demands of consumers and accelerate deployment of new use cases and innovative services for their enterprise and industry customers.”

The 5G-ready radio access and core network infrastructure rollout strengthens the collaboration between Ericsson and Zain Bahrain. In addition to improving operational efficiency, it also enhances network capabilities for IoT applications and other potential future services.

Ericsson now has more than 70 commercial 5G agreements or contracts with unique communication service providers, of which 22 are live networks.

Piotech

People’s Bank of Zanzibar successfully deploys Bank-BI® AML from Pio-Tech

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Pio-Tech the leading provider of Banking Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions in the Middle East and East Africa announced the successful completion of Bank-BI® AML project, which went live recently at People’s Bank of Zanzibar.

Launching Pio-Tech Bank-BI® AML (Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance Solution) at PBZ bank has provided them with a holistic view of the bank’s compliance process; through monitoring customers and transactions using pre-defined scenarios, and scanning historical data, transactions, and watch-lists. Hence, identifying money laundering activities, and maintain compliant with regulatory requirements. Besides, helping compliance officers adapt to the changing regulations efficiently.

The Acting Managing Director at The People’s Bank of Zanzibar, Mrs. Khadija S Mzee, said “The solution has automated a lot of compliance team manual activities, enabled efficient due diligence process, and better decision-making. Additionally, the bank benefited from this solution in building its relationship with customers following the standards and controls recognized globally”

Piotech

Under the patronage of Central Bank of Nigeria Pio-Tech sponsors Finnovex West Africa Summit

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Pio-Tech, the leading provider of Banking Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions in the Middle East and Africa Regions, served as the Silver Sponsor of the leading summit on Financial Services Innovation and Excellence “Finnovex West Africa” held at the Lagos Continental Hotel, under the patronage of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Pio-Tech experts took part in the conference and witnessed the attendance of specialists, and experts in banking, digital transformation and customer experience, who shared and discussed the best practices prevalent in the industry. They also shed light on banking and financial services. 

Mr. Ammar Daghlas, the head of business innovations and customer experience at Pio-Tech, was invited to participate in a panel discussion titled “Future Focus – Innovation and the Financial Services System” and emphasized the significance of technology on the banking system, and focused on how to help banks to adapt the digital disruption and risks from digital revolution, by revealing machine learning, and robotics technologies that banks have to operate for sustainability.

Finnovex summit focused on the digital future of financial inclusion, digital lending, customer experience, transformation, trends and challenges in the digital-only model, blockchain of things, future of Islamic banking, and intelligence of application security. Besides, Pio-Tech stressed on demonstrating the intelligent solutions and technologies that assist in targeting future customer needs, especially in the banking area.

Alaris

Alaris Demonstrates Commitment to Middle East Channel by Hosting Partner Conference in Dubai

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Alaris, a Kodak Alaris business, successfully hosted its Middle East Partner Conference October 2nd- 3rd 2019 in Dubai. 70 partners from 20 countries across the region attended the event, which was held aboard the historic Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) floating hotel and retired ocean liner.

Executives from Alaris delivered a number of informative sessions, including an overview of the company, latest insights into the future of information capture and management, the latest hardware, software and service solutions and how these could help grow revenues and profitability for partners’ businesses. One of the highlights of the event was an interactive session focusing on the value of the Alaris partner program and latest updates including the launch of a new partner portal – a one stop location for sales, marketing, competitive and training materials and other valuable resources that will help partners grow their businesses. A sales master class on generating more demand and new customers leveraging the power of social media saw strong interest from partners.

There was a dedicated session on the Alaris network scanning portfolio with a focus on the recently launched Alaris INfuse Smart Connected Scanning Solution and the Kodak Scan Station 730EX Plus Scanner that automate business processes by seamlessly connecting document capture to existing business systems and the cloud. The conference also included a ‘Solutions Expo’ where partners were given a demo of the unique capabilities and features of the company’s software portfolio including Alaris Info Input Solution.

Naji Kazak, General Manager – Middle East, Africa, Turkey & Russia at Alaris, a Kodak Alaris business said, “The Alaris Middle East Partner Conference is our flagship partner event in the region and presents our company with an opportunity to connect with our key partners to share the latest product updates and insights into our future strategy. It also gives us a chance to understand our partner’s pain points and address them.

“The event agenda and networking opportunities provide the insight and content our partners need to build a comprehensive plan to successfully grow their business with Alaris products.”

As part of the event, Alaris organized a desert safari which was a thrilling first-time experience for many of the partners. The company also hosted a gala dinner to commemorate the end of the event.

“It’s clear that the team at Alaris is committed to their partners’ success and expect that same level of commitment in return. The interactive training sessions during the partner conference ensured that we remained focused so the company’s message was properly received – no “death by PowerPoint” here!! It was a most informative event, while still keeping the crowd involved.

“It’s a pleasure to work with a vendor that gives back as much as they receive. A BIG thank you to  Alaris on the huge success of the Summit. Their efforts made every partner feel welcome and part of the Alaris family,” said Bren Miscia, Managing Director, ScanServ (Pty) Ltd.