Call to digitise pension sector

Experts have called for the need to digitize the pension sector across the Middle East and North Africa. They were speaking at the third MENA Pension Conference 2018, which was held yesterday at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The first-of-its-kind pensions conference in the region was organized by Takaud Savings and Pensions BSC with an aim to provide a platform to discuss pension issues. The conference was inaugurated by Lieutenant General Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, President of the Supreme Council of Health and chairman of Al Hekma Society for the Retired along with Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maait, Minister of Finance of the Arab Republic of Egypt, and former head of the pension reform program in Egypt.

Speaking to Tribune, Ebrahim K Ebrahim, head of the conference organizing team, said, “We aim to provide a platform to discuss pension issues as there is no right level of awareness on the subject.”