NEWS
Foodics chooses GetSwift to support
delivery services
GetSwift provides a Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) platform to clients in the restaurant
sector and many other industries to simplify
deliveries by providing dispatching, order
management and routing.
The New York-based company also offers
complementary services such as shift
management to simplify worker scheduling
and payroll.
F
oodics, a leading cloud-based point of
sale (POS) operator for restaurants, has
selected GetSwift Limited as its exclusive
logistics platform to power home delivery
across Egypt.
“Following an extensive review process, we
are very pleased to partner with GetSwift
as we broaden our services to include
delivery,” said Saleh Al-Ghamdi, Channel and
Partnerships Manager at Foodics.
The agreement will enable Foodics to
efficiently help existing and new clients add
another revenue stream with its new delivery
service supported by GetSwift. Foodics
provides its clients, which include major
restaurant chains, coffee shops, food trucks,
pizzerias and bakeries with cloud-based POS
software within a convenient iPad interface.
Foodics, which has processed over one billion
orders, currently offers POS services to clients
at over 7,000 locations.
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Orange opens new Orange Middle East and Africa
headquarters in Morocco
O
range has officially inaugurated
the Orange Middle East and Africa
operational head office in Morocco,
headquartered in Casablanca Finance
City Tower (CFC). The building meets the
most recent standards with international
‘LEED Gold’ certification from the World
Green Building Council. With 900 m 2 over
two floors, the Orange Middle East and
Africa head office is at the cutting edge
of technology with video-conference and
telepresence rooms enabling the teams
to remain connected to other countries
in the region, as well as a Social Hub that
supervises and monitors the digital activity
of Orange and the industry in general in
Africa and the Middle East in real-time.
“I am very proud to inaugurate alongside
Stephane Richard and in the presence of
all the members of the Orange Group’s
Executive Committee this new head office
in Casablanca,” said Alioune Ndiaye, CEO
www.intelligentcio.com
Orange Middle East and Africa. “It sends a
highly symbolic message, a turning point in
the history of the Group that provides further
proof of our desire to be even closer to our
customers and to make Orange MEA the
preferred multi-services operator for people in
Africa and the Middle East. Orange is one of
the rare international groups to have made
the strategic choice, 20 years ago, to seek
to develop in Africa and the Middle East. We
have always been convinced of the immense
potential of this region. In many ways, it can
be seen as a model for digital transformation;
mobile money is a great example of this.”
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