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1 Impacting Lives Digitally

2 ICT & Telecom Food & Beverage Textile & Apparel Lifestyle Professional Development

3 aamra companies Company Snapshot aamra is the Bangla word for WE Formerly known as Texas Group founded in 1985 For 35+ years contributing with game changing technology in Apparel, ICT & Lifestyle Sectors Local conglomerate with 18 Strategic Business Units 2 publicly listed companies in both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges Aamra Technologies Limited since 2012 Aamra Networks Limited since 2017

4 aamra companies Company Snapshot Serves more than 5000 of the top corporates in Bangladesh Core purpose - long term value creation for all stakeholders Over employees throughout Bangladesh Passion for quality, dedication to innovation, commitment to employees

5 aamra companies Strategic Business Units WE Smart Solutions

6 aamra companies Key Achievements POS terminals deployed by aamra transacting 200 Crore taka every month 50% of the electronic payments in Bangladesh touches our different products and solutions. Every 4 out of 5 plastic cards in Bangladesh are secured by aamra 95% of e-banking transactions touch our systems 250+ GBPS internet delivered form aamra data center center 20% of country s total bandwidth is provided by aamra 3 out of 4 telecom operators are now connected with us Provide the highest bandwidth among 27 IIGs operating in Bangladesh

7 The Bangladesh Story

8 Bangladesh 46 th Largest Economy in the world 33 rd Largest by purchasing power parity 2 nd fastest growing Economy in the world in 2016/2017 (7.1%) - IMF 80 million youth population (Aged 24 years and younger) Source: World Bank Report 2017

9 Bangladesh Gender, Age, GDP Source: GSMA Country Report 2018

10 Bangladesh 105% average increase in smartphone sales in Bangladesh 2013 to 2017 (Source: Cyber Media Research & The Daily Star)

11 BUT

12 SAME VALUE PROPOSITION FOR END USER EXPERIENCE

13 EASY ACCESS TO INTERNET RELIABLE DEVICE STORAGE FACILITY Need of the Generation

14 Wi-Fi Connectivity Available? Affordable?

15 Storage Problem Memory Card 8GB, $5+ 64GB, $30 Disk Space Full! 128GB, $112

16 Cloud Offers Google Free 2 GB Upgradable 1 TB $1.90/month Dropbox Free 15 GB Upgradable 100 GB $2/month Microsoft Free 15 GB Upgradable 75 GB $2/month

17 Our Proposition

18 WE Offers Reliable, Affordable Smart Devices Smartphones ranging from i.e. USD 35 to USD 120 Easy Access to Internet Nationwide FREE Wi-Fi hotspots exclusively for WE Smart phone users Wi-Fi hotspots as of January 2018 spread across the nation 500 more spots by the end of 2018 Locations include Bus terminals, railway stations, launch terminals, airports, district court houses, local bazars, public and private university and college campuses, HORECA. Cloud Storage The first consumer cloud service in Bangladesh Users get between 25GB to 100GB of free storage with each model of WE

19 WE Smart Devices Affordable, Available A Series Entry Level E Series Entry Corporate Series L Series Entry 5 Screen Series R Series Robust Series V Series Big Screen, Better Camera Series B Series Big Battery (5000 MahSeries) X Series Flagship S Series Stylish Design Series

20 WE WIFI Bus terminals Railway stations Launch terminals Airports District court houses Local bazars Public/Private university and college campuses HORECA hotspots

21 WE WIFI Around Bangladesh

22 WE WIFI In the Print Media

23 WE Cloud 25 GB 50 GB 100 GB 10,000 Pictures (8MP) 20,000 Pictures (8MP) 40,000 Pictures (8MP) 6,000 Songs 10,000 Pictures (8MP) 12,000 Songs 20,000 Pictures (8MP) 18,000 Songs 6 Full Movies 6,000 Songs12 Full Movies 12,000 Songs25 Full Movies 6 Full Movies 12 Full Movies

24 WE Top 20 Most Visited Sites Hosted in Aamra Data Center Enabling the best browsing experience through WE Wifi Hotspots

25 Direct or Indirect Positive Social Impact

26 WE Impact through 6 Major Verticals e-health e-learning e-agriculture e-payments e-governance e-infotainment App based 1 click video call with Doctor 10 Minute School MARS Live Weather Warning System for Farmers Cashless Transaction Connected to National Internet Exchange (NIX) 1 Click Local Content/Music/News/Dramas

27 WE Impact on Sustainable Development Goals Community Radio Promoting Health Care Issues 1 Click Video Appointment with Doctor Promoting Cap- Less Browsing at Rural Level bazaars Hotspots at School Labs Promoting Mental Health Services for Rural Women Community Based Job Portal Enabling local entrepreneurs to develop infrastructure for WE Wifi and WE Cloud Own factory to create jobs & enable quality and price control Better Agricultural Techniques Better Health Care Controlled Population Increase MARS app alerting farmers of immediate environmental changes Promoting SMART cities Promoting & strengthening finance, capacity building, technology and innovation between government, semigovernment and private partners

28 The Power of WE Affordable Smart Devices for All Free Internet Connectivity Through Wifi Deployment Better Browsing Experience at zero to low Expense Localized Content impacting on increased number of users Cloud Storage for affordable Device and Data Management

29 Thank You

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