Press Release

Trade Show Visitors Show Keen Interest in Afghan Technologies

Afghanistan makes its first appearance at international trade show for digital technologies.

Hanover, Germany  | Wednesday, March 05, 2008

In an effort to expand the country’s information and communications technology (ICT) market linkages, Afghanistan made its first appearance at CeBIT, the world’s largest trade show for digital technologies and telecommunications solutions.  

Visitors queued outside the small Afghan cubical as soon as the exhibition doors were open to talk to representatives from leading technology companies XALA Technologies, NETLINKS, Paiwastoon Networking Services and Trend Com.

An attendee from South America was fascinated by the presence of the IT Afghan companies, stating that “It is really interesting that Afghanistan is able to compete with the world market in software outsourcing so quickly, especially with what we hear and see on TV about Afghanistan. This comes as a complete surprise to me. I would be very interested to take the information back to my company directors to hear their opinion on outsourcing our software development to Afghanistan.”

The four companies secured business contacts and established grounds for possible contracts with major players in the IT sector from across the world.  Omar Mansoor Ansari, President of the National ICT Association of Afghanistan, said, “We are overwhelmed by the keen interest shown by visitors and the hard work put in by the exhibiting team. We still have five more days to go and I hope they will be as fruitful as today if not more.”

Their participation is organized by the National ICT Association of Afghanistan and sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development through its Afghan Small and Medium Enterprise Development project.