Qatar- INJAZ Al Arab and ExxonMobil unveil grant for new learning platform

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

DOHA: INJAZ Al Arab the regional office of Junior Achievement Worldwide and ExxonMobil have announced a two-year grant which supports a new learning platform to combine digital and classroom learning for INJAZ Al Arab’s flagship Company Programme.

The experiential learning programme takes youth through the start-up cycle of creating their own business during an academic year.

Upon completion of translation localisation and digitisation of the programme the new platform will be piloted in Qatar Egypt Saudi Arabia and the UAE with an estimated 60 600 100 and 40 respectively high school and university students before being released to INJAZ Al Arab’s network across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region and Pakistan.

“ExxonMobil is a founding board member of INJAZ Al Arab and the collaboration marks 10 years of support which has been crucial to the development and expansion of our operations across Mena” said Sheikh Khaled Al Nahyan Chairman INJAZ Al Arab.

“During those 10 years INJAZ Al Arab has reached more than two million students across the region. We are grateful for their ongoing support and excited about the prospect of being able to reach more than 10000 Company Programme participants annually via our online platform.

“The Company Programme represents INJAZ Al Arab’s most impactful initiative and is sought after by our network of students and stakeholders.”

INJAZ Al Arab is moving towards a digital and hybrid learning approach to efficiently maximise benefits of its volunteer model which brings private sector volunteers into classrooms to provide instruction and real world expertise in financial literacy entrepreneurship and workforce readiness.

The ExxonMobil Foundation and ExxonMobil Mena affiliates provide financial and volunteer support to INJAZ Al Arab the Mena chapter of Junior Achievement which reaches nearly 400000 youth annually.

ExxonMobil senior executives serve on the boards of directors of INJAZ Al Arab Qatar the UAE and Egypt. In addition more than 220 employee volunteers have shared their professional experiences and skills with students at local schools and universities.

“The new digital platform is another example of our continued commitment and dedication to the development and success of INJAZ Al Arab and its initiatives that contribute to building the capacity of Arab youth” said Alistair Routledge President and General Manager ExxonMobil Qatar and board member of INJAZ Qatar. ExxonMobil’s partnership with INJAZ Al Arab provides opportunity for young and aspiring entrepreneurs to showcase their business acumen and creativity with an audience of some of Mena’s most successful business leaders.”

Since 1919 the Company Programme has taken students through a step-by-step process that works.

Students partner with a mentor learn leadership skills identify business opportunities set goals develop a business plan create a marketing strategy launch a product report to shareholders and write an annual report.

A longitudinal assessment by Junior Achievement Canada found that 30 percent of those who complete the Company Programme start entrepreneurial ventures of their own in the course of their careers as opposed to less than five percent of the general population.

The Peninsula