Ogrogami Panel has announced its manifesto ahead of the upcoming e-CAB elections. The announcement was made at FARS Hotel and Resorts in the capital recently.
Two most successful entrepreneurs in the e-commerce and logistics sector of the country respectively — Ambareen Reza, co-founder and managing director of Foodpanda Bangladesh and Shahriar Hasan, co-founder and chief executive of Paperfly Limited, unveiled the manifesto of Ogrogami Panel in presence of journalists.
In addition to expanding the scope of professional development and institutional support for members, the manifesto emphasizes cross-border policy and the popularization of digital payments for the expansion of the e-commerce sector.
Various initiatives will be taken to provide priority services to the members and improve their skills. In addition, Ambareen Reza announced the establishment of a startup academy and incubation center to develop the startup ecosystem; in the process, takes new entrepreneurs forward in the e-commerce sector.
It will be the job of the startup academy to increase the global connectivity of local startups, connect them with investors and make them more efficient through various types of training. In short, all kinds of support and mentorship will be provided for a startup to move forward globally.
Shahriar Hasan, the co-founder of Paperfly, raised the issue of entrepreneur-friendly policies and promised to take the necessary steps to formulate entrepreneur-friendly policies.
In addition, discussions and workshops will be organized for entrepreneurs to keep them aware of digital security. Above all, the entrepreneur promises that e-Cab will play a leading role in taking the e-commerce companies of Bangladesh to the world market within the next four years.
Referring to the issue of increasing women’s participation, and a member-friendly e-Cab, Shomi Kaiser, the leader of Ogrogami Panel, said: “We want to establish e-Cab as a member-friendly, inclusive organization. In addition, to ensure gender equality, we have set a goal to increase the participation of women among e-Cab members to 50%. We will work to increase the number of women entrepreneurs as well as improve the skills of the members. In addition, we want to build a strong workforce with the participation of skilled manpower and members who will take our country’s e-commerce sector forward.”
Putting emphasis on digital payments, Abdul Wahed Tamal, one of the members of the Ogrogami Panel, said: “We are committed to taking necessary steps to organize e-Cab’s ever-increasing activities and strengthen the organization’s own secretariat-based activities. Through this, I believe that it will be possible to meet the present and future needs. We will take various initiatives to popularize Cross Border Policy and digital payments to take Bangladesh’s e-commerce sector to the international level.”
Stakeholders from the tech sector, including members of the Ogrogami Panel, were present during the manifesto announcement. Leading panel members are: Shomi Kaiser (Dhansiri Digital), Mohammad Abdul Wahed Tamal (Computer Jagat), Mohammad Sahab Uddin Shipon (Diabetes Store), Nasima Akter (Revery), Asif Ahnaf (Breakbyt), Mohammad Saidur Rahman (Digital Hub), MD Ruhul Kuddus Chhotan (Focus Frame), Shahriar Hasan (Paperfly) and Ambareen Reza (foodpanda).
The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-Cab) election will be held on June 18. There are 795 voters in this election.
