Qatar Foundation to set up alumni startup accelerator

Qatar Foundation to set up alumni startup accelerator

Doha: Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser has encouraged Qatar Foundation graduates to develop friendships between themselves, and use these friendships to advance innovative ideas and projects.

She was addressing the organisation’s annual Alumni Forum, which brought together hundreds of alumni from across Qatar Foundation’s (QF) ecosystem of education — which includes 13 schools, seven international partner universities, and Hamad Bin Khalifa University — to reconnect, share stories and experiences, build networks, and express their views of topics such as career pathways and job opportunities.

Organised as part of the QF Alumni Program, launched in 2022, the forum — held at Multaqa (Education City Student Center), and also attended by H E Sheikha Hind, Vice-Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation, ministers and dignitaries, and industry and business leaders — provided an open platform for alumni to explain challenges they face directly to key decision-makers, and discuss solutions for overcoming them.

Speaking at the Forum, Sheikha Moza said: “The essence of the Forum is to maintain the deep ties between QF and its alumni, and its goal is not only to meet, but to discuss your ideas and reflect on what you have achieved in order for us to develop