
Elm, One sign MoU to enhance strategic partnership and support local content in communications and marketing sector
The MoU outlines the development of joint, high-impact initiatives in the Hajj and Umrah sectors, contributing to improved service quality and greater integration between both parties.
It also includes an agreement to promote collaboration in supporting local content within the communications and marketing procurement sector, through the Tasharok platform owned by One Group—one of the leading tools for empowering local content in the industry.
The agreement also explores potential cooperation between "Elm" and "Trend", a subsidiary of One Group specializing in communications data and reports, particularly in relation to TRENDx, the largest media analysis platform in the Middle East for media data analytics.
This partnership underscores both parties' commitment to knowledge-sharing and expertise exchange in the fields of data, communications and marketing, digital technologies, and innovation, with the aim of enhancing the competitiveness of the communications sector and supporting the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.
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