Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, has signed a bilateral cooperation agreement with Amazon Global, aimed at helping Saudi Arabia’s emerging technology companies improve their performance using innovative cloud technologies and solutions from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Nawaf A Al-Sahhaf, chief executive officer of Badir Program, described the agreement as an effective model and a culmination of the program’s efforts to support entrepreneurs by adopting world-class solutions aimed at enhancing Saudi youth entrepreneurship capabilities and establishing small businesses.
Under the agreement, incubated companies at Badir will receive free Amazon cloud services. Thereafter, incubated companies will be eligible for a promotional credit of $5,000 valid for two years and a free use of AWS basics and professional technical accreditation courses. This will be in addition to providing around 80 unique references for the use of electronic laboratory services, outstanding works support services from Amazon for a full year, as well as free access to virtual working hours face-to-face with the company’s engineers. Besides, a package of resources for emerging companies, including AWS modules, training and providing developers with support and a forum for the technical community, is also provided.
Al Sahhaf said the partnership with Amazon Global will add a new dimension to cloud computing services and other related business applications in the field of technology businesses, helping the companies that use them save time, effort and money and achieve positive results in terms of improving performance and customer service or reducing costs, aside from completing works safely.
