The challenges faced by brick-and-mortar retailers have accelerated at staggering speed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis. This in turn has lead to the E-commerce industry skyrocketing with the search for a talented and innovative workforce to fulfill the requirements of catering to customers in this space. The MOU signed between the CEO of Horizon Campus, Mr.Ajitha Wanasinghe and Mr.Rakhil Fernando , Managing Director of Daraz Sri Lanka, will entail in Daraz.lk awarding internship and training opportunities for undergraduates of Horizon Campus, as well as offering career scopes within the organization and initiating an industry-academic collaboration to foster and nurture students in the areas of digital marketing and e -commerce skills. The evolution in the sector, will create more progressive functions for employees to thrive and develop careers and we wanted to offer this opportunity to our students. We wanted our students to be trained from the best and Daraz aptly meets this requirement.

Source: The Nation March 16, 2021 13:05 UTC