First Rate Afghanistan, a software/technology company in Afghanistan, and N.J.-based affordable Human Resources Management (HRM) provider OrangeHRM, forged a partnership to deliver affordable HR solutions to Afghanistan.

Dave McCoy, general manager of First Rate Afghanistan remarked, “We believe our partnership with OrangeHRM is a great opportunity to offer the emerging markets in Afghanistan with a reliable, proven HR management system. It is a great opportunity for First Rate Afghanistan and we are very proud to be a part of the OrangeHRM team. We believe OrangeHRM Afghanistan will be the leading HR Solution for Afghanistan’s rapidly growing market.”

OrangeHRM provides a comprehensive suite of human capital management and human resource management tools including employee information management, recruitment management, employee performance evaluation and many other HR management tools. Its Open Source (News - Alert) HRMS is a flexible and easy to use HRIS solution available to SMBs free of charge and can serve as the ideal platform for re-engineering and aligning one’s HR processes along with the organizational goals.

First Rate Afghanistan said that a recent research it conducted revealed that in a post-war economy, affordable and localized human resource management software can be very useful in restructuring the economic growth. Along with OrangeHRM, it shares the a vision of delivering the highest quality software and the best IT solutions to clients.

Sujee Saparamadu, CEO at OrangeHRM said, “We look forward to working with First Rate Afghanistan thereby obtaining Afghan representation with the knowledge of the local culture, legislation and safety requirements. First Rate has ample experience in the local market that will enable our experts to work with theirs to bring out localized solutions to all sectors in the Afghan market”.

In related news, OrangeHRM and VHC Advance Thailand introduced Cloud-based HRMS solutions in Thailand and OrangeHRM released Version 2.6 of its open-source HRM software.