INJAZ Qatar, Microsoft launch ‘Women Technopreneurs’ project

INJAZ Qatar, Microsoft launch ‘Women Technopreneurs’ project

Doha

INJAZ Qatar and Microsoft launched their project ‘Women Technopreneurs’ last week in an event held via the Microsoft Teams platform. Attendees from both organisations were present along with the participants, corporate partners, board members, and other stakeholders.

Sheikha Hanadi bint Nasser al-Thani, chairperson of INJAZ Qatar and INJAZ Al Arab, opened the ceremony with a speech, while Lana Khalaf, country general manager – Microsoft, shared Microsoft’s vision and explained the importance of the project and its impact on society.

The launch included a panel discussion titled ‘Digital Revolution – Integrating AI in Women Entrepreneurship’. The panellists include Latifa al-Thani, industry executive, Education Sector of Microsoft; Emad al-Khaja, CEO of INJAZ Qatar; and Hayfa al-Abdulla, innovation director at Qatar Science and Technology Park.

According to a report on the ‘Future of Jobs’ by the World Economic Forum, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will bring about 58mn new jobs in 2022 alone, which is as good a time to be inspiring, advocating, educating, and empowering women to partake in prominent and leading roles in this booming industry, and to be utilising their creativity, diligence, and remarkable ambition to improve the overall tech industry.

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