www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS | 21 SPORT | 32 Doha Bank Rabada takes 7 recordsr impressive as South Africa net profit stretch advantage MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2016 • 15 Rabia II 1437 • Volume 20 • Number 6686 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Mowasalat Prime Minister meets US Congress delegation launches app to book taxis Profit Trading and Ibnajayan). New smartphone “We have established “Karwa Inte- grated Solutions” under Mowasalat, application allows which gives technological solutions customers to book to integrate the transport indus- try services and facilitate business a taxi online and transformation. There were several challenges which we managed to track the movement overcome in our journey to devel- of an approaching oping the final product the Karwa Taxi App and the related system,” Khalid taxi Al Hail, CEO of Mowasalat, said yes- terday addressing a press conference Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with a delegation from the US Congress. They at Diplomatic Club. discussed bilateral relations and a number of regional and international issues of mutual interest. He said currently 4,000 taxis on By Sanaullah Ataullah the roads, including those run by the The Peninsula private operators, which will go up to 7,000 by 2022 with more franchise operators joining. DOHA: Public transport company With the launch of the new serv- Information on 4,800 medicines online Mowasalat has launched a new ice, the number of taxi bookings have smartphone application that allows gone up to 45,000 per month and customers to book a taxi online and the maximum waiting time has been track the movement of an approach- reduced to 15 minutes, The Peninsula and via a mobile application. It can be accessed by to ensure medicines are administered and used ing taxi in real time. A valid mobile number and some visiting www.qnf.qa safely and accurately in a range of health settings, The Karwa Taxi App is available basic information are required for “Enabling clinical staff to access the latest essen- he added. Dr Aisha Al Ansari, Director of the Phar- for iOS and Android mobile phone registration to the service. The app tial drug information is a significant step in supporting macy and Drug Control Department and responsible users. The service, which is part of will show the cabs available around. DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has evidence based best practice for patient care,” said for the Formulary delivery said that the platform Karwa’s newly set up unified call cen- Once the cab is booked the customer launched the Qatar National Formulary (QNF), an Dr Salih Ali Al Marri, SCH Assistant Secretary Gen- offers transparency on the availability of medica- tre enables customers to book all can track the movement of the taxi online platform that allows physicians, clinical staff eral for Medical Affairs. tions to help reduce errors, confusion and support types of taxis, operated by Karwa heading to the given pick up point. and the public to access the latest prescribing infor- QNF is intended to save time and costs involved in faster decision making. and the four private taxi operators mation on more than 4,800 medicines available in prescribing, dispensing and administrating approved (Al Million Trading, Alijarah Holding, →Continued on page 5 the country. The information is now available online drugs in accordance with national regulations and →Continued on page 7 Qatari products to hit global market By Sachin Kumar will help them to set up branches in creating evaluation reports to pin point The Peninsula five countries. Assistance to these development areas,” he added. companies will be provided for three To participate in the project the years. business has to be 51 percent Qatari, DOHA: Qatari products made by “We at Qatar Development Bank has to be in operation for minimum local small and medium companies strive to create meaningful oppor- one year and should be adding value will soon be hitting global markets. tunities to support local SMEs,” said to the economy such as education, Qatar Development Bank (QDB) will Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO manufacturing and services food and select 10 local Small and Medium of QDB in a press conference held at beverages sectors. Enterprises (SMEs) and help them in banks headquarters. “Any business is a franchisable opening branches in international “There are several stages appli- business, however, some might need markets. cants need to go through to benefit from fine-tuning or more development to The bank yesterday launched ‘The The Franchise Project, from evaluating be ready to expand,” Al Khalifa said. Franchise Project’ under which it will a company’s readiness, to discuss- identify and select local SMEs and ing next steps and requirements, and →Continued on page 2 UK eyes strong defence and security ties with Qatar By Fazeena Saleem There are two elements to defence The Peninsula relationship — what we are doing practically on the ground and how you handle that. How you prepare for that is about having right train- DOHA: Defence and security are ing, also having right equipment,” among a range of areas the UK is said Sharma. seeking to develop with Qatar, “Defence and security coop- says Ajay Sharma, the new British erations are wider than counter ambassador. The UK is also look- dialogue. It’s also about how we ing forward to building on existing can support them to develop their partnerships with Qatar in areas capabilities and the capacities, in such as diplomacy, trade, educa- terms of training the military. A lot tion and health. Sharma took over of Qataris have been trained in the as ambassador in November. UK military academies,” he added. “I would like Qatar and the UK Sharma also said that he is hopeful to have a relationship where UK is the that Qatar would purchase British- first choice for Qatar across the border made Typhoon fighter jets, which and that’s something which I think is is under discussion at present. The achievable,” said Sharma at a press UK is also working with Qatar on conference at the embassy premises regional issues especially in polit- yesterday. “Qatar is our partner in ical areas. defence. It’s a very strong relation Ambassador Ajay Sharma and we want to take it forward. →Continued on page 2 02 MONDAY 25 JANUARY 2016 HOME Ministry releases first issue of Sheikh Joaan to be honoured as quarterly magazine Environment ‘CSR Person of the Year 2015’ The Peninsula The Peninsula DOHA: Minister of Environment H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al Humaidi said Qatar has provided a unique model for preserving and protecting DOHA: Qatar University (QU) will host the launch cer- the environment, thanks to direc- emony of the fourth edition of the National CSR Report tives of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin (Leaders’ Visions) in March, under the patronage of Prime Hamad Al Thani. Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin The Minister said Qatar devel- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. oped environmental systems, laws During the ceremony, H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al and action plans that included Thani, President, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), will projects and programmes for the be honoured as the ‘CSR Person of the Year 2015’ in rec- protection and conservation of nat- ognition of his significant role in supporting CSR and for ural resources, fighting all types being a role model inspiring the youth of Qatar. of pollution, the protection of the The Premier will present the report, produced under environment and the safety of the the supervision of QU, by writing its introduction. community. In an editorial in the The report will be distributed to all Qatari embassies first issue of the quarterly maga- all over the world through the Foreign Ministry, which is zine, Environment, published by the one of the partners of the report. ministry, Al Humaidi said the min- Several Ministers, ambassadors, representatives of istry is sparing no effort to present international organisations and academic personalities in an ideal environment vision in line Qatar have provided intellectual contributions to the report. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President, Qatar with Qatar National Vision 2030. QU, in accordance with a memorandum of under- Olympic Committee. He said the ministry’s main mis- standing signed with the CSR Network, is supervising sion is to protect and develop Qatari the production of the annual report on a national level. environment and promote capacity- The report is prepared under the guidance of QU’s has always played a leading role in developing the CSR building, awareness and partnership College of Business and Economics, with contributions culture in the country. The report is one of QU’s major with community to ensure environ- from the college’s students. platforms to enhance awareness about this culture on mental sustainability. He stressed It is an academic report that documents CSR achieve- the highest level. continued efforts and work to main- ments of national organisations and monitors progress “The launch ceremony hosted by QU is one of our tain the ministry’s achievements for in social development and Qatar National Vision 2030. activities that is creating a practical communication envi- the sake of environmental protection The report committee selects the ‘CSR Person of the Year’ ronment between participating companies and students and preservation to achieve sustain- from among inspiring CSR leaders. to identify common CSR targets and the areas students able development pursued by Qatar. Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President, QU, said, “QU can contribute to serve the community in general.” The cover of the magazine. Ahmed Hussein Al Mutawa, Edi- tor- in-Chief of the magazine, said in the past two decades the world safety of the community in accord- climate negotiations.