UAE Business: Mashreq Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education tie up – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Mashreq Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education tie up – Gulf Digital News

Mashreq Bank has signed a strategic partnership with the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education to support its recently launched Nomu Initiative.

The multi-sector national youth development project is designed to impact 25,000 Emirati nationals with market-driven, industry-led training and work integrated learning opportunities to improve their employability and support the national priority areas of the UAE.

Under the initiative, Emirati youth will benefit from structured work integrated education models where they are given the opportunity to work in an industry related to their field alongside their academic education. The program involves the private sector and universities working together by applying real-world learning, keeping up with technological skills and solving workforce challenges.

High-achieving graduates

Mashreq and the Foundation will select high-achieving graduates each year from TechUp a pathway project under the Nomu initiative designed to support foundational and practitioner level digital literacy skill development. The students will receive paid internships at Mashreq, with the potential to gain full employment with one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE.

Ahmed Abdelaal, Group Chief Executive Officer, Mashreq, said: “We are delighted to play our part in empowering the next generation of Emiratis and providing them with the skills to succeed in tomorrow’s workforce today. For several