Zain, SACGC launch Innovation Nation to empower youth

  • Date: 11-Jul-2023
  • Source: Kuwait Times
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Kuwait
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Zain, SACGC launch Innovation Nation to empower youth

KUWAIT: Zain announces the kick-off of Innovation Nation, a unique experience that comes in partnership with Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) and in collaboration with the Avenues. The initiative runs daily from July 9-19 and offers a unique set of rich content, courses, and workshops with the aim of empowering children and youth’s technical and digital skills in a fun, informative and innovative way. The opening ceremony was attended by Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al Roudhan, Mabanee CEO Waleed Khalid Al-Sharian and SACGC GM Neda Al-Dehani.

The project is the first fruitful result of Zain and SACGC’s recently signed strategic partnership to invest in the talents and skills of Kuwait’s children and youth to contribute to the national economy by empowering tech and digital competencies, which are core requirements of today’s careers. Innovation Nation brings many daily courses for young people aged 7-14 years. Each course or workshop runs for two hours and is supervised and facilitated by experts and certified trainers from SACGC.

The content is presented in an out-of-the-box way with fun, informative and innovative educational methods that appeal to young people. The content offered by Innovation Nation mainly covers the essentials of a variety of technical