All-girl Abu Dhabi team wins Emirates NBDs 2018 GEMS Future Intelligence Innovation Competition
Straightened to the Smart UAE initiative released by the UAE Government, Emirates NBD Group, a leading banking group in the region, introduced the champions of the 2018 GEMS Future Intelligence Innovation Competition.
The all-girl winning team from GEMS Cambridge International School in Abu Dhabi beat 21 other GEMS groups in developing creative banking-technology prototypes centred on one of three key themes: Youth Banking, Innovation in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain. Over the past two weeks, the finalists went through a mentoring session with Emirates NBD's Future Lab and the bank's recently developed Digital Office. The aim of this was to establish models that were each presented as part of the Emirates NBD Group's fifth annual Innovation Day, hosted at Dubai's World Trade Centre. The panel of judges included agents from the Emirates NBD Group, in addition to its subsidiaries; Tanfeeth and Emirates Islamic, and two external courts including a senior innovation consultant from Expo 2020 and a managing partner from a client neuroscience innovation company, LeadNeuro.
" The future of innovation in the UAE lies in its young. As a future-focused bank, Emirates NBD is dedicated to instilling a spirit of creativity within pupils across the nation whilst supporting the future generation of banking skill. We are pleased to partner with GEMS to supply passionate young minds an unbelievable opportunity to collaborate with our Emirates NBD Future Lab and transform their ideas right into real prototypes that consequently, can be embedded within the digital method for Emirates NBD. I desire the champions the greatest in their endeavours and praise them on their victory," said Evans Munyuki, Group Chief Digital Officer.
Nargish Khambatta, Principal, GEMS Modern Academy, said: "In this ever-evolving information age, blockchain and cryptocurrencies are appealing subjects for every person. The dexterity of banking is altering as new age modern technology is pressing the limits of innovation. Our team believe that in order to recognize the impact of such exponential development, students who accept a culture of innovation will vapor in advance. It is collaborations like the one we have with the Emirates NBD Group that would certainly help prepare them for the future. A future that is more detailed compared to we assume."
Emirates NBD has always championed the spirit of innovation within both the bank and the wider community, in search of the next big idea in banking. As part of its dedication to the digitalisation of its products, procedures and services, the bank released Emirates NBD Future Laboratory in 2016 to work as a calculated think tank and testing centre for innovative ideas, products and services.
