Ooredoo wins two trophies at regional communication award

Ooredoo Kuwait’s Corporate Communications Department has been recognized for excellence multiple times at the Middle East Public Relations Awards which took place in Dubai last week.

The Kuwait arm of the international Ooredoo Group received awards for its Internal Communications department, and one of its young communicators was honored for outstanding performance.

Mijbil Alayoub, Director of Corporate Communications at Ooredoo Kuwait said: “We are deeply honored to have been recognized by our peers at the Middle East PR Association. These awards celebrate the hard work of the entire team, following the rebranding of Ooredoo Kuwait. We have been inspired by the vision of our CEO, and by the Ooredoo Group and our motivation to continue to push the boundaries has been reinforced.”

Ooredoo Kuwait received the Bronze Award in the Employee Engagement category and was collected by Fajer Al Matrouk, PR and Internal Communications Executive. The Internal Communications team has recently relaunched the intranet website in addition to an employee-exclusive Instagram account, to keep employees engaged in all campaigns and activities internally.

Ooredoo Social Media executive Yasser Moahammad was recognized as an Outstanding Young Communicator and was presented an award by David Tully, a Senior Professor from Middlesex University in Dubai which sponsored the category.

Eve Stubbs, Programme Coordinator of Middlesex University Dubai’s School of Media and Performing Arts said: “We are proud to sponsor the Middle East PR Awards and especially the Outstanding Young Communicator category. Each year the quality of candidates continues to surpass expectations. They provide exciting prospects for the future of the industry and great role-models for the generations to follow.”

The Middle East PR Awards are organized by the Middle East PR Association (MEPRA) and are in their fifth year. This year’s awards were judged by a panel of experts including representatives from Rolls Royce, Falcon & Associates, The Ritz Carlton hotel chain and Motivate Publishing.

Carine Duvignaud, General Manager of the Middle East PR Association said: “The Middle East PR Awards ceremony is the event of the year for professional communicators. This year has been our largest and most successful gala event, doubling the previous year’s attendance. We congratulate all the winners and the short-listed entries for helping to raise the bar to global standards and beyond.”

Ooredoo Kuwait has recently received awards for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Telecom Review Excellence Awards and for Social Media at the Sheikh Salem Al Ali Informatics Awards.