COUNTRY FOCUS : GUINEA
MyOffice is a Russian IT company that develops secure office solutions for document collaboration and communications . The MyOffice platform includes a complete set of essential desktop , mobile and web applications for intercommunications and working with documents on PCs , tablets and smartphones anywhere in the world . MyOffice solutions ensure complete control over data , meet the industry ’ s security standards , are suited for organisations of any size and for home use , and are available in 13 languages . The company recently signed of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of the Republic of Guinea to supply 300,000 MyOffice educational licences for the needs of all schools in the country over 10 years .
Russian MyOffice Software t licences to schools in Republ
Conakry , Capital of Guinea
MyOffice , a Russian developer of office software for document collaboration and communication , recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU ) with the Government of the Republic of Guinea to supply 300,000 MyOffice educational licences for the needs of all schools in the country over 10 years . The supply agreement was signed in the capital of Guinea , Conakry , with the support of Djene Kaba Condé , First Lady , Republic of Guinea and her charitable foundation Prosmi , representatives of the Government of the Republic of Guinea , and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Guinea and Republic of Sierra Leone .
According to MyOffice , the MoU was signed by Alpha Amadou Bano Barry , Minister of National Education and
Literacy , Republic of Guinea and Jafar Hilali , Founder and Managing Partner , Carousel Finance SA , a master distribution partner of MyOffice in Africa . The document provides for the cooperation in the format of a publicprivate partnership and was signed in connection with the national educational project implemented by the Government of the Republic of Guinea on the integration of information technologies in school education .
Under the terms of the agreement , Carousel Finance SA will provide educational institutions with 300,000 licences of the MyOffice Education Russian office software free of charge over the course of 10 years .
The parties discussed the current information security challenges faced by the Republic ’ s leadership , as well as the plans and outlook of national projects for the
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