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Banglalink and Aspire to Innovate (a2i) Programme, an initiative of the ICT Division and the Cabinet Division, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore potential collaboration between the two parties.
The MoU will open up new opportunities to accelerate the materialization of the government’s Smart Bangladesh vision, said a press release on Thursday.
The MoU was signed by Banglalink Chief Corporate and Regulatory Affairs Officer Taimur Rahman, and a2i Project Director Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir at the a2i office attended by other high officials from both organisations.
Under this partnership, Banglalink and a2i will explore the prospects of collaboration in multitude areas of mutual interest, such as Business Development, Education, Digibox, Payment Aggregation, MyGov Services, Village Digital Booth, Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Data Analytics, a2i Innovation Fund, and EkShop.
Dr Dewan Muhammad Humayun Kabir, project director of a2i, said, “It’s great to have a partner like Banglalink, which has a successful track record of advancing the country’s digital landscape. Their expertise can be highly effective in facilitating the government’s ICT projects. We are looking forward to seeing impactful results of this collaboration in the upcoming days”.
Taimur Rahman, chief corporate and regulatory affairs officer of Banglalink, said, “Banglalink is very pleased to form this partnership with Aspire to Innovate (a2i). This collaboration aims to explore several areas of mutual interest, and we believe it has the potential to bring about positive changes in the country’s digital landscape. It will open up a wide range of opportunities for us to facilitate the government’s Smart Bangladesh vision.”
Banglalink will remain committed to supporting the authorities working to advance the nation digitally.
a2i, a multinational digital transformation organisation was founded to accelerate the inclusive digitization of public services thereby widening access and decentralizes delivery. It evolved from the flagship Aspire to Innovate programme of the government’s Digital Bangladesh Vision 2021 initiative, supported by UNDP.
Bangladesh now aspires to become a prosperous, developed, poverty-free and equitable nation with its bold ‘SMART Bangladesh Vision 2041’ – an aspirational strategic plan to transform the economy to reach High-Income Country status by 2041 and achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals along the way.
It also works as an innovation intermediary through a ‘whole-of-government’ approach and supports the government to be at the forefront of integrating new, mission-driven innovation policy and whole-of-society approaches to achieve the SDGs.
