Intel is once again throwing its weight behind the local community as Dr. Craig Barrett, Intel global chairman and chairman of United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Vice Chair of INJAZ-Al-Arab and Chairman of Bin Zayed Group, and HE Mr. Abdulla Al Musabbeh, Director General of Ministry of Education join forces in a judging panel during an INJAZ-UAE entrepreneurial to recognize budding young talents.
With strong support of His Excellency Dr. Hanif Hasan, UAE Minister of Education, at the Al Sufouh Secondary School for Girls in Dubai, Barrett announced yesterday (April 8th) that Intel is adopting an INJAZ UAE school in partnership with the Ministry of Education and also broadening its relationship with INJAZ al-Arab by pledging to donate a thousand volunteer hours. The program will span the region, building on the group’s relationship with Intel that began in 2006. INJAZ al-Arab, brings business and entrepreneurial programs to a dozen Arab countries, was established in 2004 with a goal of helping a million Arab youths by 2015.
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Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed, Vice-Chair of INJAZ Al-Arab and Chairman of Bin Zayed Group, Mr. Samir Al Schamma, Intel General Manager GCC, HE Mr. Abdulla Al Musabbeh, Director General of Ministry of Education, Dr. Craig Barrett, Intel global chairman and chairman of United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies, at the Al Sufouh Hig School for Girls in Dubai, Abdulrahman Jarrar, Intel Chief of Staff, Aysegul Ildeniz , Intel’s Regional Director for Intel Middle East, Turkey and Africa
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About INJAZ:
INJAZ works to educate and inspire young Arabs to be successful in the global economy. A member of Junior Achievement worldwide, INJAZ is a confederation of national operations working together, with the help of 10,000 corporate volunteers - INJAZ trained 300 thousand Arab students since its inception - through exciting hands-on programs in work readiness, in partnership with ministries of education.
Each operation is led by a national board of business leaders, with our regional board providing overall strategy and good governance, all of whom share a common ideal for Arab youth.
