Tamkeen continues its support for the two Cloud Innovation Centers at the University of Bahrain and Bahrain Polytechnic

Tamkeen continues its support for the two Cloud Innovation Centers at the University of Bahrain and Bahrain Polytechnic

The Labour Fund "Tamkeen" has announced the renewal of its partnership with AWS, the University of Bahrain, and Bahrain Polytechnic to continue supporting the two Cloud Innovation Centers (CIC) that were launched in 2019 with the objective of accelerating digital transformation in the public sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region. By bringing together different institutions, next generation technologies, and cloud computing, the Centers will be able to solve for the real challenges facing the public sector, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations, thus transforming these challenges into real investment opportunities, and encouraging entrepreneurship.

Since launch, the two Centers contributed to supporting 64 students in providing solutions through intensive practical training at the hands of experts from Amazon, which resulted in 17 innovative models which present solutions to public sector challenges.

On this occasion, Ms. Maha Mofeez, Acting Chief Executive of the Labour Fund “Tamkeen”, stressed the importance of this strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is considered one of the world’s leading companies in the field of Information Technology. She stated: “We value the efforts of all employees at the University of Bahrain and Bahrain Polytechnic for their efforts in enhancing the innovation ecosystem in Bahrain by developing