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May 4, 2022

The SLASSCOM HR Forum, comprising of leading HR professionals of the IT/BPM industry, who is passionate about building a progressive national workforce that is armed with the requisite skills to meet the future needs of the industry, recently signed an MOU with the STEMUP Educational Foundation, to collaborate with it’s Internship […]

May 3, 2022

The country’s IT sector is an integral part of its economic and social development. With the accelerated pace of digitalization, attracting and training young talent to drive the industry forward, has become primary in shaping the IT landscape of Sri Lanka The Future Careers BRIDGE program (www.futurecareersbridge.net/) and Boot Camp prepares […]

April 22, 2022

The search and competition for individuals of extreme skills, original creativity, and considerable talent is on-going worldwide and is showing no tendency of diminishing. If anything, the search for talents—or key players—for the global knowledge economy is becoming increasingly more fierce. Sri Lanka is of particular interest in this development, as […]

April 6, 2022

With the aim of supporting the governments vision of building a digitally inclusive Sri Lanka, that includes the next generation being provided with opportunities to engage in digitally driven innovation to develop new solutions, SLASSCOM recently signed MOUs with 4 key startup hubs namely Sabaragamuwa, Wayamba, Eastern and Central Startup Hubs covering 4 […]

April 6, 2022

SLASSCOM, Sri Lanka’s national chamber for the IT-BPM industry, FITIS, Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka, and the Computer Society of Sri Lanka(CSSL) the national association of ICT Professionals, the key trade chambers representing the IT-BPM industry express their concern on the evolving situation in the country. They urge the […]

April 5, 2022

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The Women Technopreneurs Forum (WTech) of Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM), having mentoring as a key pillar in its approach to support, promote and grow women technopreneurs, has outlined a two-pronged approach to mentoring, that will include in providing services to first-level technopreneurs with a feasible idea […]

March 29, 2022

Global M&A hit new highs in 2021, breaking prior records by a long shot. Over 62,000 deals were announced globally in 2021, up 24% from 2020. Demand for technology, and for digital and data-driven assets, and the pent-up deal-making demand from 2020 drove M&A activity in 2021. In Sri Lanka, Deal activities (including M&A and […]

March 25, 2022

The pandemic has unquestionably challenged the world of education, leading to the acceleration of new tools, attitudes and long-needed education reforms, taking place at a faster pace than ever before. Keeping with this trend, the University of Moratuwa (UoM), slated as one of the country’s most respected local universities for IT […]

March 16, 2022

The Women Technopreneurs forum, an initiative launched by SLASSCOM in 2019 to create a positive change across the tech ecosystem in Sri Lanka, in supporting, promoting and harnessing the talents of women to be innovative technopreneurs, met with Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Youth & Sports, Minister of Development Co-ordination and […]

March 16, 2022

The Sri Lanka Association for Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM) and Daraz Sri Lanka recently signed a much-anticipated Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve e-commerce-related data in Sri Lanka. SLASSCOM and Daraz have launched a national e-commerce penetration and use survey, which covers at least 3,000 e-commerce users across the 25 districts […]

SLASSCOM signs with STEMUP to produce top talent for the country’s IT/BPM sector

SLASSCOM conducts Future Careers BRIDGE Boot Camp to support youth employment in the technology sector

SLASSCOM holds roundtable discussion on retaining employees during the “Great Resignation”

SLASSCOM signs four historic MoUs with key regional startup hubs to foster nationwide Digital inclusivity

IT-BPM industry associations call on the government to find pragmatic solutions respecting the voice of the citizens

SLASSCOM’s WTECH Forum to offer mentoring support to the country’s aspiring female Tech entrepreneurs

PwC outlines key themes for Deals in 2021 and predictions for 2022

SLASSCOM commends UoM and DP Education for their move in enabling inclusive education nationwide

SLASSCOM WTECH presents “The Landscape of Women Technology Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka” to State Minister Digital Technology and Enterprise Development

SLASSCOM and Daraz sign MoU to boost e-commerce data in Sri Lanka