Zain and SACGC are organizing a workshop on digital innovation and entrepreneurship

KUWAIT: Zain and Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) – a center of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), jointly organized a workshop for students of the College of Life Sciences of Kuwait University, Department Information sciences. The insightful session covered the essentials of digital innovation and entrepreneurship.

This workshop was under the strategic partnership between Zain and SACGC, part of the Innovation Nation initiative that aims to promote creativity, innovation, digital upskilling and entrepreneurship in the community. The initiative aims to share private sector expertise with students and graduates from schools and universities across Kuwait and has helped empower thousands of aspiring youth through dozens of interactive programs.

The workshop was attended by students and faculty from the College of Life Sciences. It covered essential topics such as setting up startups, building effective teams, creating an impactful brand, attracting potential investors and developing strategies, services and products. The session also gave the students exercises to create their own startups and pitch them to investors to achieve sustainable growth.

This step is a continuation of the fruitful collaboration between Zain and the Department of Information Science, College of Life Sciences. Last year, Zain organized a special tour of the Subahiya data center for a group of graduate students from the department. The visit gave the students first-hand insight into Zain’s advanced infrastructure and its role in supporting Kuwait’s digital transformation.

This initiative adds to the long list of programs jointly presented by the Zain and Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity under their joint vision to achieve a number of strategic pillars such as promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, upskilling young people, empowering start-up owners, investing in the digital skills of young people, and more.