Tamkeen supports employment of 70 Bahrainis at ADRI

Tamkeen supports employment of 70 Bahrainis at ADRI

Bahrain’s Labour Fund (Tamkeen) will support the employment of approximately 70 Bahrainis over the next three years at the Bahrain-based Arabic Digital Research Institute (ADRI), with 40 of them already employed as of date.

The majority of Tamkeen’s support is for technology related positions. ADRI is a leading innovator specialised in developing AI technologies for the Mena region with a mission to remove language barriers for Arabic speakers and empower the educational sector through their platform which is house to over 500 scientific and research articles in Arabic covering a wide range of sectors and specialties which have been translated from English using AI.

The new appointments will be facilitated through Tamkeen’s National Employment Programme (NEP) and Mid-Career & Executive Leadership programme. In addition, Tamkeen provided research and development support to the company through the Innovation Programme to help with their objective to improve the availability of online scientific and research content in Arabic.

Creativity and innovation

Maha Abdulhameed Mofeez, Chief Executive of Tamkeen, said: “It is a priority for us in Tamkeen to champion creativity and innovation, especially in emerging and growing fields such as Artificial Intelligence. That’s why we’re keen on supporting initiatives such as ADRI, which utilises technology and innovation to