Introduce eCommerce into curriculum: forum

Manama : Introduction of eCommerce into school curriculums as well as Bitcoin trading dominated the discussions held as part of the recently concluded eCommerce Forum and Exhibition for Trading Establishments 2017. 

More than 200 participants attended the event held at the Bahrain Exhibition Hall in the Crown Plaza Hotel.

The participants recommended a variety of suggestions and proposals, including the introduction of eCommerce into school curriculums extensively and the allocation of lectures related to the new currency Bitcoins in coordination with banks and competent bodies in other countries. 

Khalid Al Rumaihi, the chief executive of the Economic Development Board of Bahrain, in an earlier statement, mentioned the country has been eyeing the blockchain sector for some time. He hopes Bahrain can “issue bonds on digital currency.”

A report published by Hindu Businessline, quoting Rumaihi, said that Bahrain wants to implement a regulatory sandbox for bitcoin to experiment with the blockchain technology. 

At that time, he also said a Bitcoin exchange company out of Saudi Arabia wants to establish a Bitcoin exchange in Bahrain. “We are working with Central Bank of Bahrain on this,” Rumaihi told Hindu.

The exhibition, in its fourth edition, was held with the slogan “eCommerce ... a Bahraini Platform ... For a Global Market” on 17th October 2017. 

The event was held under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani, in a strategic partnership with Tamkeen and the Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH), and supported by Gulf Petrochemical Company as a silver sponsor.

The form also suggested enhancing the application of cloud computing in the small enterprise sector and granting Arabic language greater scope in the field of eCommerce. 

As for the second-panel discussion on the subject of eBusiness accelerators and virtual commercial registration, participants indicated that there is a need to accelerate the work of specialized eCommerce and examine the importance of adding other activities to “Sijli” to open the field for investment in this area more widely.