R-ventures 3.0 grand finale program, ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak was the chief guest at the event.
National Appstore bdapps launched by Robi in association with ICT Division organised National Hackathon 2022 in a gala event at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre in November. The top best 10 teams were recognised at the event.
Robi Axiata Limited celebrated its 25th year of operation in Bangladesh in November 2022. To mark the day, the company shared its socio–economic contributions to the country at a city hotel.
Robi extends its hand to the victims of the tragic fire accident at the BM Container Depot in Sitakunda. The operator is committed to being with Chittagong Medical College Hospital for all needs, including the supply of necessary medicines.
Robi distributed emergency relief among flood affected people in Bishombhopur and Dirai Upazilla under Sunamganj district. Sylhet Runners’ Community has worked as the distribution partner in this initiative. Robi is also working with Sylhet Runners’ Community, Mastul and Nandonik Foundation to rehabilitate people who have lost their homes to the flood.
Robi provided Oxygen cylinders for Covid-19 patients through Social Welfare organizations, Songjog and Footsteps
The National appstore, bdapps, in collaboration with Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN), has initiated a Women Community Leadership Program, "bdapps She Squad" to facilitate greater participation of women in the ICT sector
Robi, launched a social awareness programme titled #CommonSense with an appeal to the people for continuing to apply common sense as they become ever more sensitised with life in the digital domain.
With the technical support of WaterAid Bangladesh, Robi has set up ten water plants in ten of the busiest railway stations of Bangladesh. The water project carried out under the slogan- “Nirapod Pani, Sushtho Jibon”
Robi came up with a unique digital initiative in December, named, “Mission Kombol” to help the cold affected people of the country. Anyone can visit a specially created microsite: www.missionkombol.com to make their donation. The site is accessible through Robi’s facebook page.
Minimum donation set on the site is only 400 taka, which covers for a blanket and the cost for distribution to the ones who are most deserving. Well-known NGO, TMSS, is working as a partner organization in this project. The donated amount will go directly to TMSS’s account and they will complete the blanket distribution process. After the successful blanket distribution, the kombol donor will get a notification with a unique image of winter victim for each of the donated blanket/s.
Robi has supported the 26th edition of Robi- Drishty debate competition held in Chattogram in September. Chattogram Collegiate School, Dhaka College and Dhaka University were crowned as champions in school, college and university level competition respectively. Hon’ble Mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), A. J. M. Nasir Uddin inaugurated the debate competition at the Chattogram Zilla Shilpakala Academy, as the chief guest. Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed and the ex-debater and CEO, Nagorik television, Abdun Nur Tushar were also present on the occasion.
Robi has inaugurated pure water drinking plants in Cumilla and Feni railway station in July. This initiative was taken up under Robi’s Sustainability programme titled, “Nirapod Pani, Shustho Jibon”. The project is designed to contribute towards the national drive to meet the target of Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water & Sanitation.
Hon’ble Member of Parliament for Cumilla-6, A.K.M. Bhauddin Bahar inaugurated the water plant as the chief guest in Cumilla. Feni’s Deputy Commissioner, Manoj Kumar Roy inaugurated the water plant as the chief guest in the Feni railway station.
These water plants are capable of supplying 5,000 litres of pure drinking water. They have separate places for men and women to access pure drinking water. Besides, provision has been kept for people with special needs to access this facility. Separate facilities are also there to help people to perform ablution for saying prayers. With technical assistance from Water Aid, water will be purified using Membrane & UV filter. Furthermore, the regular maintenance of water quality will be ensured at the water plant through periodic testing in the recognized test-laboratories of the country, i.e. BUET, CUET, KUET, SUST and PWD.
Including the water plant at Feni railway station, Robi has so far set-up pure drinking water facility in 10 major railway stations of the country. The nine other water plants are located at Kamalapur, Dhaka Airport, Chattogram, Khulna, Rakjshahi, Sylhet, Mymensingh, Mohanganj and Cumilla railway station.
Robi organized an Iftar programme in the holy month of Ramadan in June for the children of the Sarkari Shishu Paribar in Tejgaon. A total of 150 children joined Robi’s Managing Director and CEO, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, Shahed Alam, Vice President, Communication and Corporate Responsibility, Ekram Kabir and Director (Institution), Department of Social Services, Ministry of Social Welfare, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun for the Iftar. Robi’s CEO, handed over some gift items to the children at the end of the Iftar programme.
Robi has observed the World Thalassemia Day on the 9th of May by organizing a blood donation camp, in partnership with Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation. The day-long blood donation camp was inaugurated by Robi’s Head of Corporate and Regulatory, Shahed Alam and Head of HR, Md. Faisal Imtiaz Khan. The blood donation camp was set-up at the Robi Corporate Office.
Robi had offered free calls to the Bangladesh High Commission’s emergency hotline numbers: +977 981 010 0401 and +977 986 146 7422 in Nepal for Robi and Airtel customers immediately after the tragic plane accident that took place in Kathmandu on the 12th of March. Starting from the 13th of March, the offer continued till 14th March 2018 midnight 1200 am. The entire Robi family also expressed its deepest sorrow at the tragic loss of life in the fateful accident.
Robi had introduced a unique service named, Robi Safenet with a view to facilitate parents to protect their kids from the harmful content on the internet through filtering. Using intelligent risk detection algorithm to allow/ block specific sites that are inappropriate for children. The service also allows parents to control when their child can use the internet. In order to subscribe to the service, Robi customers needed to visit www.robisafenet.com.
Robi and British Council have organized a number of awareness sessions to promote smart and safe use of internet among the women and the children. The sessions were organized with the slogan: “Surf smart, stay safe.” The initiative was implemented as part of Robi’s Sustainability project named- Internet4U. The initiative has been particularly designed to address the Goal #5, Gender Equality and Goal# 17, Partnership for achieving the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
A distinguished set of Master Classes were taken that started from Career Guidelines to Programming, General Knowledge, Presentation, IELTS, Entrepreneurship, Photography, Cartoon Arts, Programming, Debating, Robotic. Renowned individuals as Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Anisual Haque, Rubaba Dowla, Iqbal Bahar and Prito Reza conducted many masterclasses.
Total Number of LIVE Classes: 21
Platform: Facebook and YouTube
Robi–10 Minute School is the country’s biggest online school that has redefined the way of learning and has started taking quality education accessible to everyone. This platform offers comprehensive study solutions “free of cost” for the students of Junior School Certificate (JSC) level, Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level and Higher School Certificate (HSC) level students, university admission seekers as well as undergraduates. It also offers admission guidance and model test options for all the public and private universities in Bangladesh, thus reducing dependence on expensive university admission coaching for the students seeking tertiary level education.
This treasure-trove of quality education contains the content of over 2,000 video tutorials and 20,000 timebound quizzes that must be completed within 10 minutes. The quizzes also reflect on the right and wrong answer helping the students to learn by practicing. The platform also offers a dashboard whereby students can see their progress and compare their overall scores with other peers from across the country. Teachers, parents and even schools can measure the progress of their students from JSC till HSC classes using this dashboard.
Technological innovation, digital inclusion and affordable internet connectivity are continuously reshaping the way of learning and they have resulted in the emergence of online education as a supplement to the conventional learning. Robi-10 Minute School connects students from any part of the country and even the world, saves time and money and provides opportunities for self-learning and development at the students’ own pace - anywhere, anytime.
In June 2016, Robi-10 Minute School started arranging live coaching classes using Facebook’s Live and broadcast them every day on topics that are in the national curriculum. The live classes have changed the way students used to study. There are two live classes every day and they have an average viewership of more than 10,000 per class. Currently, more than 350,000 students have subscribed to the live classes.
This platform now offers interactive video lessons, curriculum-based smart books, soft skill development opportunities and educational blogs.
We believe that Robi-10 Minute School is changing the way education was approached by taking it to the fingertips of students regardless of their location, socio-economic background or proximity to educational institutions. This is a very significant milestone in our journey as a leading promoter of digital lifestyle.
Internet4U is Robi’s standalone digital literacy campaign to ensure ethical and effective use of the internet as well as mobile phone technology in our pursuit to embrace digital lifestyle. People up and down the country are increasingly using the internet as a tool to step into the world of digital lifestyle. While it is welcome news for the ongoing digitalisation, it has been observed that due to lack of awareness on the proper and effective use of the internet, many people, especially the youth, are failing to capitalise on its full potential.
In Internet4U, we engage with the youth in different parts of the country and show them the true potential of mobile phone and the internet that can bring about positive change their lives. During the engagement we discuss how the changes would enable them to change the society, bring innovation, be self-dependent and explore the world unknown to him or her.
We have set up Robi Internet Corners across seven divisional public libraries of Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna and Barisal and some major press clubs.
GORI NIJER BHOBISSHOT
In partnership with UCEP (Under Privileged Children Education Programme) Bangladesh, we have trained and created employment opportunities for 500 underprivileged youth in Chittagong. Trainings were provided on Mobile Servicing, Electronics Repairing and Industrial Sewing Machine Operation, for the RMG sector. All the trainings were conducted by UCEP and they were also responsible for technical assessment, certification and job placement of these youth across relevant industries.
We gave priority to female students, especially in Electronics and ISO trainings, to enable them to learn and earn for their families.
SAFE WATER, HEALTHY LIFE
We have provided safe drinking water facilities across eight major railway stations in Dhaka (Kamlapur and Airport), Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Mymensingh and Netrokona (Mohanganj) for free to railway passengers and visitors. The plants were set up in association with Bangladesh Railway and with technical support from WaterAid – a UK-based non-profit organisation working to improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
DISASTER RESPONSE
Disaster is one of our key priorities in terms of corporate responsibility. We are already a signatory to the Humanitarian Connectivity Charter launched by GSMA (GroupeSpeciale Mobile Association), the apex association of global mobile phone operators, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March 2015. We are the first and only mobile operator in Bangladesh to have committed to the charter.
Over the last decade, 1.8 billion people have been affected by disasters around the world. The challenges posed by these crises are too large for any single entity to address individually and the key solution is to ensure collaboration and partnership both within the industry and with external partners. In this context, the charter offers a common operational framework for all mobile network operators (MNOs) to:
ROBIR ALO
We have provided electricity to more than 4,000 people in the off-grid areas of Kurigram and Naikhonchhari (Bandarban) by installing solar home systems in 950 households.
SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
We provided assistive devices and physiotherapy equipment to SEID (Society for Education and Inclusion of the Disabled) Trust to help the organisation address the physical challenges faced by the children with special needs. The devices and physiotherapy equipment included hearing aids, standing frames, cock-up splints and treadmills.
On 22 March, we observed the World Water Day 2016 with befitting awareness campaign at the Kamlapur and Airport Railway Stations. We also launched a communication campaign for our employees to raise awareness on the importance of water conservation to mark the occasion.
On 8 May, we observed the World Thalassemia Day and organised a blood donation camp and awareness session on Thalassemia in partnership with Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation for our colleagues.
