With the rapid developments in Iraq and the impending lifting of sanctions, Aptec, a Middle East IT distributor, has launched a two-pronged strategy to provide humanitarian aid and help rebuild the IT infrastructure in a country which had a high degree of education and PC literacy.
Aptec-Care, the humanitarian aid project being established to ease the medical shortages in Iraq and the re-opened Aptec Iraq office which will serve the IT needs of the country, will both begin operations in August 2003.
Aptec, which operated in Iraq until the sanctions took effect in 1990, is focusing on using its expertise in the region and especially Iraq, to help build up a competent system which will channel emergency medical aid and provide IT support in terms of installation, maintenance and back-up for the new government and the health services.
Before the sanctions, Aptec Iraq supplied a wide range of IT products and services to the Iraqi market. These included mini computers, personal computers and peripherals, home computers and mainly bilingual software for IBM compatibles developed by the Research & Development Department of Aptec UK. In the absence of a mature channel during that period, Aptec dealt with key corporate accounts besides conducting training programs for major universities in Iraq.
Aptec is currently in communication with the contract awarding bodies within the US Aid-Iraq desk, Trade Partners Iraq Desk in the UK and the UN Office for the Iraq program. — (menareport.com)
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