NEWS
CAFU expands
services to
Oman
Omani ICT sector set for
boost from agreement
C
AFU, the MENA region’s first on-demand
fuel delivery app, has announced it has
entered into a joint agreement with Al Maha
Petroleum to deliver its popular services to
customers in Oman.
The Dubai-headquartered technology
company will initially launch services in
Muscat before rolling out to other parts
of the Sultanate. CAFU’s launch in Oman
marks the first international market entry
for the technology company since it began
services in the UAE where it has serviced over
760,000 customers.
In the UAE, CAFU delivers quality petrol in
both Super 98 and Special 95, which are
supplied in safe custom-built vehicles straight
to consumers’ homes, offices or anywhere
their car might be parked – users need to
only provide their car location and schedule
time of their fuel delivery through the app.
Rashid Al Ghurair, Founder and CEO of CAFU,
said: “Dubai is an internationally recognised
testbed for groundbreaking technologies.
We are humbled to be able to take our
homegrown innovative services from Dubai
to the world, starting today with Oman.
“Through our joint agreement with Al Maha
Petroleum we will transform how people in
Oman fuel their vehicles by digitalising their
entire experience. Along with our partners,
we are confident that our technology
combined with our growing fleet of safety-
tested and certified trucks will deliver a
one-of-a-kind convenience for our customers
in Oman.”
Jean-Francois Lapierre, GM of CAFU
International, and Eng Hamed bin Salim
Al Maghdri, CEO of Al Maha Petroleum,
announce the new partnership
(L to R) Said Al-Mandhari, CEO, Oman
ICT Group, and Mehmood Khan,
Managing Director and Vice-President
for the Middle East and South Asia, IFS
T he ICT sector in Oman is set to be
boosted by an agreement between
the global enterprise applications
company IFS and the Oman ICT Group. operating companies and is aligned with
the National ICT Strategy to provide the
necessary technology inputs whenever
and wherever required.
The partnership will help the Oman ICT
Group achieve its key strategic objectives
of developing the ICT sector for national
advancement and includes Omanisation. Said Al-Mandhari, CEO, Oman ICT Group,
said: “Keeping pace with technological
advancements is very important in
ensuring that we are more effective and
efficient in our operations. The strategic
partnership with IFS goes beyond the
commercial aspects and creates a new
market for IFS.
It creates the path and provides a
competitive IFS ERP solution into the
Oman market while upskilling Omani
consultants. Customers in Oman will
now have a choice of an easy to deploy
solution either on-premise or in the
cloud and benefit from a low total cost
of ownership.
The Oman ICT Group is mandated
to create synergies between various
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“Simultaneously it also strengthens Oman
ICT’s growth prospects by helping us
capitalise on the international experience
that IFS brings to the table. We are keen
on serving our community to the best of
our abilities and such partnerships are the
need of the day.”
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