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TDRA Signs MoU with University of Strathclyde

The Telecommunications & Digital and investment. In achieving this vision, courses, in-person seminars and webinars
Government Regulatory Authority TDRA is keen to extend coordination and that equally combine the academic
(TDRA) and the Scottish University of cooperation with key global institutions, expertise of the university and the working
Strathclyde have signed a memorandum with the aim of sharing experiences and practices of TDRA. It allows TDRA's
of understanding, providing for joint knowledge, which positively impact the employees to attend and benefit from the
cooperation, support and experience- industry and service provision to the university’s keynote lectures given regularly
sharing. The MoU provides for skills UAE community.” The MoU stipulates the online. The university, represented by its
assessment and building practical importance of strengthening cooperation professors and experts, is responsible for
cognitive abilities based on the trending between both sides to raise awareness directing the employees to pursue the most
future needs, followed by making within the UAE community through training sought-after topics in the labor market.
recommendations that help TDRA achieve
its goals and strategic objectives. TDRA and
the University will collaborate in designing
appropriate training solutions and devising
development plans for the various job
levels, provided that such solutions are to
be practical, experimental and in line with
global regulations and best practices.
Commenting, Eng Mohammad Al-Zarooni,
Deputy Director General of the Information
& Digital Government Sector at TDRA, said:
“As digital transformation accelerates,
and radical technologies emerge, creating
new features for an unprecedented world
all around us, collaboration between
government, private and academic sectors
is vital. Today we are on the cusp of an era
of which skills, techniques and tools will be
different from what we have ever known.
This collaboration with Strathclyde comes
under the context of working together to
explore prospects for cooperation in skills
development and innovation promotion.”
He added: "TDRA's vision is reflected in
its endeavor to make the UAE a world
leader in the ICT sector by regulating the
telecommunications sector and enabling
digital transformation by relying on
national competencies to apply best global
standards and practices in supervising the
sector and encouraging relevant innovation

E-banking in Pakistan Continues Steady Growth

The e-banking sector in Pakistan kept on to promote robust and efficient payments percent in value on a quarter-on-quarter
showing a steady growth trend in the third ecosystem in the country," the SBP said basis, the SBP said. The e-banking involves
quarter of the current fiscal year, the State in a statement. The SBP's report said that transactions conducted via electronic
Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said. The Pakistani customers' inclination towards the use channels including real-time online
central bank's payment system review, of e-banking continued to rise as shown branches, ATMs, mobile banking, Internet
covering January-March 2022, "presents in both volume and value of transactions. banking, call center banking, POS (point-
an overall viewpoint of growing digital Total e-banking transactions witnessed a of-sale), and e-commerce, according to the
adoption in the country as SBP continues growth of 2.6 percent in volume and 6.5 SBP.

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