Zain Bahrain, a leading telecommunications provider in the Kingdom, has relaunched its youth empowerment program under the new name of Zain Youth. Leveraging the knowledge gathered over almost a decade of youth development under the program’s previous name, Future University Network, the revamped initiative aims to empower young Bahrainis with the skills needed for them to succeed in their future careers, whatever path they may choose to follow.
Zain Youth was relaunched during at event held at Zain Bahrain’s headquarters, at which the company discussed the future of the program, alongside panels of human development experts.
Since Zain Bahrain launched the Future University Network (FUN) in 2009, upwards of 1,500 Bahraini university students between the ages 19-24 benefited from the program development schemes. Statistics demonstrate that up to 80% of the students who participated in the program over the course of the last nine years have had access to better opportunities.
The newly launched program, Zain Youth, takes FUN to the next level, by providing participants with skills that not only enable them to enter today’s workforce, but that prepare them for the careers and market requirements of tomorrow, too. Developed in collaboration with leading training organizations and drawing on the success of FUN, Zain Youth is focused on upskilling young Bahrainis with the abilities that are identified by the World Economic Forum as being fundamental components of the 2020 workplace.