Technology Magazine April 2020 | Page 216

“ I would like to emphasise that any company that would like to partner with us to drive our digital transformation should contact me ”
UNRWA
216 skilled and well-educated society . In 2018 , the average unemployment rate was over 50 %, one of the highest according to the World Bank , and the number of Palestine refugees relying on UNRWA for food aid has increased from fewer than 80,000 in 2000 to almost one million in 2019 . With this in mind , Gaza should be turned into an opportunity .”
UNRWA has thus established an IT centre in Gaza to deliver offshore IT services . Employing young Gazans , the centre leverages the global connectivity of the internet to provide service desk , application
“ I would like to emphasise that any company that would like to partner with us to drive our digital transformation should contact me ”
— Kaan Cetinturk , CIO and Director of Information Management and Technology , UNRWA development and business management services for enterprises around the world . “ I encourage businesses worldwide to explore ways to connect with young Gazans and see how much space there is to support young people in launching and managing businesses online . The centre is fully functional and has already delivered an agency-wide in-house development information system ,” enthuses Cetinturk . “ My next mission , from this point onward , is to make the IT service
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