DHAKA, Dec 21, 2022 (BSS) - Digital center based one-stop service has been launched to facilitate the Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) entrepreneurs across the country by providing capital and loan facility.

Digital Centers of the a2i will act as 'CMSME One Stop Service Centers' across the country in this regard, said a press release.

Senior Secretary of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division NM Zeaul Alam inaugurated the 'One Stop Service Centers' activities today at function jointly organized by the a2i and Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Foundation in the city's Agargaon area.

SME Foundation Managing Director Dr Md Mafizur Rahman presided over the function while Additional Secretary of Industries Ministry Kazi Sakhawat Hossain, a2i Joint Project Director Nahid Sultana Mallik, Bangladesh Bank Director (SME and Special Programmes Department) Md Jaker Hossain, a2i Project Director Dr Dewan Mohammad Humayun Kabir and a2i Policy Advisor Anir Chowdhury joined the function as special guests.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between a2i and SME Foundation on launching the digital center based one-stop service. a2i Project Director Dr Dewan Mohammad Humayun Kabir and SME Foundation Managing Director Dr Md Mafizur Rahman signed the MoU on behalf of their respective side.
 
Speaking on the occasion, NM Zeaul Alam said, "To build a 'Smart Bangladesh', we need to make our entrepreneurs smart. And we have to build digital centers as one-stop service centers or one-stop service hubs in a blended way".
 
That's why a smart database is needed to be created with accurate and necessary information of the small and marginal level entrepreneurs across the country, he said, adding, "I hope that the implementation of this new initiative inaugurated today will further expand the activities of a2i and SME Foundation at the marginal level and through which local entrepreneurs will get benefit".