Sep 18, 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – uqudo, one of MEA’s leading AI-powered digital identity verification companies, and Oman Data Park (ODP), Oman’s first managed cyber security and cloud services provider, are expanding their partnership into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strategically partnering in Saudi Arabia to provide seamless digital identity verification solutions in the Middle East.
Oman Data Park (ODP) provides an all-in-one solution for computing, cloud computing services, AI-power computing, data storage, networking, web hosting, and network security services, helping businesses save up to 55% on the total cost of ownership compared to traditional data centres. Uqudo provides a comprehensive digital identity platform for customer onbo
arding and verification, including AI document analysis, NFC-based passport reading, device attestation, behavioural biometrics, liveness detection, and transaction monitoring.
With the Kingdom investing heavily in AI-led efforts to enable digital acceleration, uqudo and Oman Data Park’s collaboration will enable identifying fraudulent attempts and suspicious activity with unprecedented accuracy, ensuring the long-term protection of businesses across the country. As Saudi Arabia digitises its economy, uqudo’s AI-powered digital identity solutions will play a key role in building trust and security in the country’s digital interactions.
The ODP-uqudo team has been revolutionising Oman’s digital identity landscape since establishing their partnership in 2023, and the two companies are now collaborating to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s digital ecosystem. Both companies have partnered to enhance user experience, security, and access to online services across the kingdom, supporting Saudi Vision 2030.
“Oman Data Park is committed to providing our clients with the latest and most advanced technology solutions,” said Maqbool Al Wahaibi, CEO of Oman Data Park. “Our partnership with uqudo in Saudi Arabia will bring our expertise to the Kingdom and deliver fraud-proof digital identity solutions to our customers, similar to what we have already achieved in the Sultanate of Oman in the field of banking, telecom and for Oman’s Shura Elections .”
“We are delighted to expand our partnership with Oman Data Park in Saudi Arabia, to address identity challenges and enable the region’s digital economy,” says Mohamed Fagiri, CEO of uqudo. “This partnership comes at a crucial time, as the Kingdom continues to advance digitally, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.”
uqudo and Oman Data Park’s partnership is poised to strengthen the region’s ever-changing digital landscape, driving innovation and regulatory compliance.
About uqudo:
A leading digital identity and eKYC company, uqudo adopts advanced digital identity technology that includes the KYC verification of national IDs and passports from around the world using AI document analysis, NFC-based passport reading, device attestation, behavioural biometrics, liveness detection, and transaction monitoring. This enables users to experience a fast, secure and frictionless onboarding process whilst protecting the organisation from fraudulent activities, ensuring the organisations are fully compliant with KYC, AML and CDD regulations.
uqudo’s award-winning tech platform pushes innovation in the world of identity, driving digital transformation on a global scale. uqudo’s market-leading technology has led to awards across the Middle East and Africa and partnerships with global leaders such as VISA, Mastercard, Microsoft, Accenture and more.
About Oman Data Park:
Oman Data Park (ODP), the Sultanate’s first and largest managed cyber security and cloud services provider, plays an integral role in supporting the digital transformation of Oman, through their offering of an all-in-one solution of computing, cloud computing, data storage, networking, web hosting and network security services. ODP also offers the Sultanate’s first Artificial intelligence-ready cloud infrastructure – Nebula AI GPUaaS powered by Nvidia.