Bahrain Technology Companies Society (BTECH) stated that Bahraini entrepreneurs successfully participated in the fourth global edition of the international entrepreneurial competition, Pitch@Palace 4.0, which reflects the potential for the growth and expansion of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain depending on national labor force that is able to innovate and compete on a global level which was recently held in London, UK. BTECH said the DocWhere mobile application presented by Bahraini entrepreneur, Dr. Nahla AlSunni, received the People's Choice Award in one of the categories providing a clear example of the ability of emerging Bahraini products and services to meet the needs of the local market with international standards, further enhancing the opportunity to export to local and regional markets. DocWhere is a mobile app that connects patients to private medical services to book appointments based on user reviews, order medication, have live consultations and access and share their medical reports. BTECH noted that Dr. AlSunni had previously participated in the Bahrain pavilion at the GITEX exhibition in Dubai this year. She showed great commitment to developing the application idea based on user feedback and the ideas presented by the exhibition to entrepreneurs, especially those related to artificial intelligence, cloud computing and fifth generation (5G) networks. She further developed the application based on her reflection on the smartphones and tablets application industry. Dr. AlSunni mentioned in her statement, "I am very grateful for this opportunity and for the support I have received from BTECH and to everybody who voted us and win the People's Choice Award. The entire journey was a very memorable experience and we are already energized to move towards the challenge ahead of us." It has been said that 18 entrepreneurs from around the world has reached the final round in the global edition of the Pitch@Palace competition. During the final round, the competition held between the winners from the GCC version of the competition, that has been held recently in the Kingdom of Bahrain with three participants, two from Kingdom of Bahrain and one from UAE. Pitch@Palace Global 4.0 is an international initiative that has been launched in 2014 with the aim of providing a platform to help entrepreneurs achieve higher growth and further improve their businesses, through a comprehensive interactive program that allows participating entrepreneurs to take advantage of a wide network of experiences, support, assistance provided from local and international experts. More than 60 countries participated in this competition since its launch in 2014, and more than 1000 entrepreneurs from around the world participated in it. It is also worth to mention that this competition helped to create more than 6000 job opportunities around the world. — SG
