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‘QNB’ Official Sponsor of ‘Made in Qatar 2020’ Exhibition in Kuwait

Published: 13 Feb 2020 - 09:49 am | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 10:49 am
Yousef Ali Darwish (left), General Manager - QNB Group Communications; and Qatar Chamber’s Director-General, Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi, during the signing ceremony.

Yousef Ali Darwish (left), General Manager - QNB Group Communications; and Qatar Chamber’s Director-General, Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi, during the signing ceremony.

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Doha: QNB will be the Official Sponsor for the ‘Made in Qatar 2020’ exhibition in Kuwait. Yousef Ali Darwish, General Manager - QNB Group Communications and Qatar Chamber’s Director-General Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi signed the sponsorship agreement at the Bank’s headquarter. 

The expo, scheduled to be held between 19 – 22 February 2020, will be organised by the Qatar Chamber in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar Development Bank as strategic partner on an area of 10,000 sqm. at the Kuwait International Fair with a participation of about 220 Qatari manufacturing companies. 

Qatar Chamber Director-General Saleh bin Hamad Al Sharqi expressed his gratitude to QNB Group for sponsoring the exhibition, saying: “We highly appreciate QNB’s keenness on enhancing and boosting the national industry, which significantly reflects its great efforts for developing the private sector and providing financial facilitations to businessmen and entrepreneurs, particularly in all segments of the industrial sector.” 

In a press statement, Al Sharqi noted that QNB’s sponsorship of the exhibition affirmed the Bank’s interest in supporting Qatar’s efforts aiming at promoting locally manufactured products outside the country, affirming that the expo would promote Qatar industry in Kuwait and strengthen cooperation and communication ties between businessmen and manufacturers of both counties. 

On his part, Yousef Ali Darwish, General Manager - QNB Group Communications expressed his pleasure that QNB is an official sponsor of the “Made in Qatar” 2020 exhibition, affirming the Bank’s great interest in supporting events that promote national products and contribute to developing economic growth in the country. 

Darwish also said that QNB’s sponsorship of the exhibition stemmed from its firm commitment towards bolstering local industry, enhancing Qatari entrepreneurs, promoting the locally manufactured products outside the country, as well as supporting Qatari exporters and helping them find new markets for local products.