Mobile brand, e-commerce site strive to put Bangladesh in global tech map
Okapia Mobile Phones
Okapia is a mobile handset brand of Ookayama Limited. The main focus of the company is to serve the customers with Smart Phone, but TAB & Feature phones are also in its product line. The differentiating factor which we would love to focus is ‘redefining quality parameter’. This will eventually provide a different feel and new experience to the ever changing trend and flavor of smartphone users worldwide.
The mobile phone brand has stepped into Bangladesh’s cellphone market with a simultaneous launch at 47 locations across the country that covered 3,500 outlets, according to a press release. Featuring a formidable line up of smart and feature phones, the brand Okapia also inaugurated 14 service centers across the country. During the central launch, Chairman of the company Subrata Das and Managing Director Tofazzul Hossain were present at the Okapia Service Center on level 5 of Bashundhara City Shopping Complex. Speaking of the newly launched brand, the Managing Director said Okapia has to be used to feel the exquisite brand experience. The Okapia brand operates in Bangladesh as a sister concern of the Ookayama Company.
Das, speaking there. said Okapia handsets were being marketed taking into consideration the taste and affordability of the customers. ‘We hope customers will like them,’ he said. Hossain told they had brought the Okapia brand to the market to make quality handsets available to the customers at relatively lower prices.
Shohoz.com
Travel and transport is the lifeline of every economy; Bangladesh witnesses more than 5 lakh inter-city commuters availing buses daily, and this number is growing. In this scenario one can only imagine the complexity in making travel arrangements and booking tickets for onward/ return journeys. People waste precious money and time in travelling to bus-stops and waiting in queues to book their tickets, which may have been spent productively elsewhere. Thus, the urgent need for a solution which can ease ticketing woes and help people plan their travel effectively. This is exactly where Shohoz.com comes into place.
Bangladesh’s premium e-travel venture, Shohoz.com reveres its existence to make your travel convenient. ‘We realised that travelers are constantly worried about booking bus tickets and spend a considerable amount of time jostling traffic and travelling to bus counters to buy tickets only to realize that they are sold out. Thus, we conceptualised Shohoz.com to ease long distance travel and ensure journeys were more about moments than worrying about ticketing woes,’ said Maliha M Quadir, CEO and Founding Managing Director of Shohoz.com. Maliha, who has a MBA from Harvard Business School, has years of experience working in digital services in emerging markets through companies like Nokia, Vistaprint , etc in many countries in Asia.
Shohoz.com serves passengers through both online and offline solutions. You can purchase your tickets at the website or by simply calling their call center at 09613101010. Payments are taken by cash, mobile banking or credit cards. Tickets are delivered through SMS or all the way to your home at a negligible service cost.
While Shohoz.com is certainly making life easier for long distance bus travelers, it is also contributing to the growth of bus operators, opening a plethora of service options for them. It has provided partner operators with an online booking system which helps them manage their inventory, prevent dubious or duplicate bookings ultimately saving costs and improving workflow efficiencies. ‘We are very satisfied with Shohoz.com’s offerings. It has opened additional sales channels for us and are helping us gain new customers, while offering more convenience to old ones. We look forward to a great working relationship for years to come.’ said Md. Shafik, owner of Nabil Paribahan.
Shohoz.com may have started its operations by bringing the most challenging of all travel mediums – bus bookings – to our doorstep, but it certainly does not aim to stop here. ‘This is just the beginning. We aim to offer travelers ticketing convenience in other modes of travel as well, all under one roof; establishing Shohoz.com as the one-stop shop for all their travel needs. Our journey has just begun, there are miles to go before we sleep.’ she added.
