Injaz - Saudi Arabia signed MOU with Elixir Consulting Group

Press release

Published October 2nd, 2011 - 05:37 GMT

Eng. Hani Khoja, Managing Partner of Elixir Consultancy Group and Nael Fayez, Head of Injaz-Saudi Arabia

Injaz-Saudi Arabia, headed by Eng. Nael Fayez recently signed an MOU with Elixir Consultancy Group, represented by its Managing Partner Eng. Hani Ibrahim Khoja. With this agreement, Elixir will help INJAZ expand its successful programs to schools across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a sustainable and effective manner. INJAZ-Saudi Arabia is a non-profit organization (NPO) founded in 2007. INJAZ-Saudi Arabia delivers free educational programs on financial literacy, entrepreneurship and work readiness to Saudi youth between 11 and 18 years. INJAZ has successfully signed strategic partnerships with; a) the Ministry of Education, b) many Saudi companies, and c) volunteer private sector business men & women whom are highly experienced and want to help train the next generation of business leaders. “INJAZ-Saudi Arabia’s goal is to reach 100,000 male and female students across Saudi Arabia inside their classrooms by 2018”, stated Nael Fayez. “We want to be an integral part of helping the country significantly reduce unemployment”, he added.

“Elixir is a business consultancy group formed in 2005 with a vision to help local companies, governments, organizations, & individuals succeed globally via strategic, creative solutions”, stated Eng. Hani Khoja. “So helping INJAZ-Saudi Arabia help youth become more employable and productive to society fits perfectly with our vision.” INJAZ-Saudi Arabia will be launching a new product in partnership with the Ministry of Labor called Kawadir to prepare Saudi students for the job market by equipping them with the tools and skills necessary and desired by the private sector. “Our specific roles will be to help market this highly needed product to private sector sponsors as well as attract volunteers from across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to deliver the content to students”.

Background Information

INJAZ Al-Arab

The INJAZ Company Program has two overarching aims. Firstly, to foster an understanding of the world of work and a spirit of entrepreneurship through the principle of ‘Learning by Doing’, and secondly, to encourage young people to think globally about their enterprising potential and activities. In joining the INJAZ Company Program, students become part of a growing and thriving community of ambitious, creative, resourceful and hard-working young men and women who are keen on shaping and transforming opportunities across the Middle East and North Africa region. Through INJAZ Company Program, high school and university students get to learn how to start up their entrepreneurial companies.