INJAZ-Kuwait Honors Winning Students of its 8th National Company Program Competition
INJAZ-Kuwait hailed the success of its 8th National Company Program Competition that was held at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on 5 and 6 June, 2015. The winners of the competition were honored during a celebration ceremony, which was held on the occasion of INJAZ Kuwaits 10 year anniversary, in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Bader Al-Essa and Injaz board of directors are Mrs.Salam Al Hajaj, Mr. Abdulwahab Al Marzouq, Sheikha Reem Ali Al Sabah, Mr.Adel Al Shamali, Mr. Meshaan Al Meshaan, and Khaled Al Mutawa.
This year, a total of 250 students among the ages of 16 and 24, from private and public schools and universities, contested for the winning title of Best Student Company of the Year 2015.
During the ceremony, winners of the Company Program were announced where the Best Student Company of the Year 2015 award for the Universities category, sponsored by Gulf Bank, went to En-Tire-Ly fun and for the high school category; Sekan Sensor". The two winning companies will be representing Kuwait in the INJAZ Al-Arab regional competition. The Most Innovative Product award was presented to En-Tire-Ly fun for the universities category and to Greenovation for the high school category, which was sponsored by Alghanim Industries and last but not least, the Student Company with the Best Social Impact award went to Sun Out for the universities category and Helping Hands for the high schools category, which was sponsored by Zain.
The student companies were revised, assessed and selected based on their performance when presenting their company and the product or service they are offering through the project, and their performance during a set of interviews conducted by the a panel high-profile local business leaders from the private sector, throughout the two day event.
Rana Al Nibari, INJAZ Kuwait CEO, also expressed her happiness as she congratulated the winners of the competition. She said, I would like to thank all of the partaking students for their enthusiasm and more importantly, for their strong wish to learn and take on this responsibility with such great commitment. I would also like to congratulate the winning teams who represent the hard work and perseverance of each team member that participated in establishing the Company and making it a success. I would also like to give a special thanks to all those who supported the program, namely Gulf Bank, Zain, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alghanim Industry and Kout Food Group, in addition to our dear partners, H+K Strategies, Impact &Echo, 360 Mall, Ali Abdulwahab, Enaya Insurance, Safat Alghanim and Costa Coffee, that have been longstanding supporters of INJAZ Kuwaits successful journey, and contributed in every way possible to help INJAZ Kuwait achieve its main objectives.
INJAZ- Kuwait reached over 40,000 students since 2005, through more than 3,000 volunteers at over 60 schools and universities. INJAZ-Kuwait will continue to empower youth through different means and channels, fulfilling its pledge to this ambitious section of society.
