Karachi Pakistan – Muhammad Zohaib Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA), has apprised that Pakistani participating delegation has assumed prominence at the launch event of GITEX Africa 2023 in Morocco.
Mr. Zohaib Khan pointed out that, as per latest statistics of IMF, Africa has a population 1.3 billion people in 54 countries with Nominal GDP of $2,260 per capita and, in terms of purchasing power, African GDP has climbed to $6,370 per capita. This is huge and Pakistan can achieve $1 billion in IT exports to Africa alone within a short-span of 2 years – if the right connections are established with African governments & private-sector, he added.
It is pertinent to note that P@SHA has brought an influential delegation of Pakistan’s top IT companies to the event in coordination with Ministry of IT & Telecom (MoITT), Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) and Tech Destination Pakistan.
Syed Amin Ul Haque, federal minister for IT & Telecom & Muhammad Zohaib Khan will represent Pakistan delegation. GITEX is, as a matter of fact, world’s largest event vis-à-vis information technology and ITeS as a cross between governments and the private-sector.
Zohaib Khan explained that the world tech community is celebrating the launch edition of GITEX Africa in Morocco from 31 May – 2 June, 2023 and Africa is the proud host of its very own tech gathering that truly unites every community in the innovation ecosystem across the world.
Mr. Khan added that GITEX brings to Pakistan the powerful connections and valuable new relationships that highlight the achievements and opportunities of Pakistani IT companies and integrates into the hyper-connected tech ecosystem across 80 countries of the world. He also recalled that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made it clear the he is pinning his hopes on the IT industry to stabilize Pakistan’s economy through bridging the trade deficit and bringing-in foreign exchange in the country.
Zohaib Khan maintained that GITEX Africa provides an opportunity to firmly plug the world’s second largest continent into Pakistan’s entrepreneurial & innovation economy – boasting of resources imperative for the country to dynamize its digital economy mission.
Mr. Khan pointed out that GITEX Africa is held under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, under the authority of the Moroccan Ministry of Digital Transition and Administration Reform and hosted by Digital Development Agency (ADD) of Morocco.
