MANAMA: INJAZ Bahrain announced that its annual Young Entrepreneurs Competition will be held online for the first time in its history.
To be held on Monday and Tuesday via video conferencing platform Zoom, the competition will host 21 student companies from 13 high schools and eight universities across the kingdom competing for ‘company of the year’, ‘product of the year’ and ‘best social impact’ titles, as they present their projects virtually to the competition’s judging panel.
Assessment day, where students in the high school and university tracks will commence with panel interviews with the judges.
The final day of the competition on July 7 will feature the award ceremony where the winning teams will be announced.
Special awards this year are – Excellence in Technology Award from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Bahrain, and Excellence in Marketing Award from NBB.
The high schools taking part include: AbdulRahman Kanoo International School, Al Iman Private Schools for Boys, Al Noor International School, Al Taawon Secondary School for Boys, Al Tadhamon Secondary Girls School, Al Hidaya Al Khalifia Secondary Boys Schools, Hamad Town Secondary Boys School, Ibn Khuldoon National School, Jidhafs Secondary Girls School, Jidhafs Secondary Technical Boys School, Khawla Secondary Girls School, Naseem International School, Sitra Secondary Girls School.
While the participating universities include: British University of Bahrain, Kingdom University, Royal University for Women and University of Bahrain.
Judges for this year will feature GPIC’s Adnan Al Mahmood, Citi Bahrain’s Nadera Abuali, Banagas’ Yasser Al Qashar, stc Bahrain Khalid Al Sada, UNDP’s Stefano Pettinato, Tamkeen’s Eman Janahi, AWS Bahrain’s Nidal Al Basha and NBB’s Hisham Al Fateh.
INJAZ Bahrain’s Young Entrepreneurs Competition sponsors are Tamkeen Bahrain, Banagas, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and National Bank of Bahrain (NBB).
INJAZ Bahrain executive director Hana Sarwani said, “We are thrilled to be hosting our annual YEC competition online for the very first time. This transition has proved our team’s work readiness and potential to adapt to change quickly.”
The award ceremony will be made available for public viewing on INJAZ Bahrain’s YouTube channel @INJAZBahrain on Tuesday at 4pm.
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