Kuala Lumpur, 2 February 2016 – Global Halal Exchange, an eMarketplace for the Halal industry, signed Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) and Memorandum of Cooperation (“MoC”) with three partners to collaborate in offering a range of Halal products and services via the eMarketplace.
Under the MoC with International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (“ISRA”) and MoU with Yakin Frozen Food Sdn Bhd, Global Halal Exchange will provide an online platform for the two parties to market their products and services. Under the MoU with Masjid Kg Seri Aman, Global Halal Exchange will serve as an online platform for the public to contribute to the mosque’s wakaf-related initiatives.
At the MoU signing held in Kuala Lumpur recently, Global Halal Exchange was represented by Puan Zulina Mohammed Salleh, Director Special Projects of Dagang NeXchange Berhad (“DNeX”) while ISRA was represented by its Director of Operations Encik Abu Bakar Sidek. Yakin Frozen Food was represented by its Managing Director Encik Muhammad Iqbal Noorul Huq, and Masjid Kg Seri Aman was represented by its Chairman Haji Shahrudin Sapian. DNeX’s Executive Deputy Chairman Datuk Samsul Husin witnessed the signing.
Global Halal Exchange, accessible at globalhalalexchange.com, is taking the Halal industry online where companies or individuals can get suppliers or buyers for their products and services as well as obtain and exchange information on the industry within clicks. Global Halal Exchange comprises two main components namely a Business-to-Consumer (“B2C”) segment, and Business-to- Business (“B2B”) segment.
An offering by DNeX, Global Halal Exchange features six pillars of products and services namely Wellness, Telecommunications, Services, Travel, Fashion, and Food & Beverages. Apart from merchants of the six products and services pillars Global Halal Exchange also comprises a Business Listing of companies offering products and services for the Halal market.
Global Halal Exchange is also accessible via a mobile application equipped with geo-location service that is able to push promotional and marketing content based on real time location of the mobile device user, thus creating online presence even for brick-and-mortar businesses.
ISRA was established to promote applied research in the area of Shari’ah and Islamic finance, and acts as a repository of knowledge for Shari’ah views or fatwas, and undertakes studies on contemporary issues in Islamic financial industry.
Yakin Frozen Food supplies premium chicken focusing on syariah-compliant or Halalan Toyyiban procedure in the broiling, slaughtering and processing of the chickens under the brand name of “Ayam Yakin”.