Arab eContent Award

Winners

e-Business & Commerce

Support and optimization of business processes; creation of new business models in e-commerce and m-commerce, business to business, business to consumers, internet security and other areas; supporting SME’s on the marketplace.

Arab Finance

Media Format	broadband/online www.arabfinance.com
Producer	ArabFinance Brokerage
Contact	mohamed.ayyad@mail.link.net
Country	Egypt
Description of the product/ project	ArabFinance.com was established in 2001 as the first online portal offering prices, news and information on the Egyptian capital markets and economy. In June 2008 ArabFinance became a fully integrated brokerage company with both online and offline services. ArabFinance Brokerage Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of LINKdotNET, one of the most prominent Internet Service and Solution providers in the Middle East and North Africa.
Jury Evaluation	ArabFinance.com is the first online portal offering prices, news and information on the Egyptian capital markets and economy. It became a fully integrated brokerage company with both online and offline services. The ArabFinance Workstation is a downloadable application designed to tailor financial news and services to investor requirements and facilitate investor activity, by providing real-time quotes and news

Q-Tel

Media Format	broadband/online www.qtel.com.qa
Producer	Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology - ictQATAR
Contact	ralmansoori@ict.gov.qa
Country	Qatar
Description of the product/ project	Qatar Telecom (Qtel) is the telecommunications service provider licensed to provide both fixed and mobile telecommunications services in the state of Qatar. Qtel has a presence in 17 countries expanded its geographic footprint and operations to 17 countries within the Middle East, North Africa, Indian Subcontinent and Asia. Today, Qtel serves over 55 million customers through its Qatari and international operations, which span well beyond the borders of Algeria, Iraq, Indonesia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Maldives, Oman, Palestine and Tunisia. It’s bilingual (English/Arabic) website is its first point of contact with its customers, stakeholders and everybody around the world who is interested in knowing about its success stories.
Jury Evaluation	The Qtel corporate portal is one of the most comprehensive business sites of any Qatar-based company, with real-time updates on stock performance, full investor and business solution information. It also supports a Customer Care website, where people can pay bills, view their bills, and order new services.

Jobs Abu Dhabi

Media Format	broadband/online http://jobs.abudhabi.ae
Producer	Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre
Contact	ahmed.alhashimi@adsic.abudhabi.ae fares.akkad@adsic.abudhabi.ae
Country	United Arab Emirates
Description of the product/ project	Despite the current global financial crisis and the rising unemployment rates globally, the Abu Dhabi job market still experiences healthy growth especially within the public sector. Jobs Abu Dhabi stands to take advantage of this unique situation and help job seekers from around the globe access the Abu Dhabi thriving job market. The unique public/private partnership setup of Jobs Abu Dhabi has allowed the site a quick and efficient entry into the Abu Dhabi virtual job market space. From the Abu Dhabi government standpoint, Jobs Abu Dhabi allows the government visibility into the employment market space in Abu Dhabi. Recruitment statistics from the site provides an insight into current trends in employment and hence can help guide the policy making process.
Jury Evaluation	Jobs Abu Dhabi creates a forum for both employers and jobseekers to connect and fulfil their respective employment needs. It has great a large virtual listing for jobs in the market space and also provides useful information and links relevant to working and living in Abu Dhabi.