{"id":24161,"date":"2021-04-26T10:26:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T07:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/?p=24161"},"modified":"2026-03-27T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:15:10","slug":"mehna-wins-mit-bootcamp-challenge-tackling-youth-unemployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/mehna-wins-mit-bootcamp-challenge-tackling-youth-unemployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehna wins MIT Bootcamp Challenge tackling youth unemployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp&nbsp;&nbsp;co-organized by the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education and UAEU<\/li><li>The winning projects will be featured in UAE University\u2019s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai&nbsp;<\/li><li>120 Emirati and Arab youth divided into 22 teams took part in the blended Bootcamp experience<\/li><li>Participants spent 10 weeks exploring innovative and sustainable solutions to address youth unemployment challenges in the region as part of the 100 Million Stars Initiative&nbsp;<\/li><li>Teams pitched final projects in two rounds to a high-level panel and a VIP panel of judges from the private and public sector&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dubai, United Arab Emirates \u2013\u00a026\u00a0April 2021:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Mehna<\/em>\u00a0has been selected as the first-place winner of the MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp held in the UAE. The first of its kind in the region, the Bootcamp was\u00a0organized by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alghurairfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education<\/a>,\u00a0in collaboration with\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>\u00a0(MIT), and\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaeu.ac.ae\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Arab Emirates University<\/a>\u00a0(UAEU), represented by its Science and Innovation Park (SIP).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning project,&nbsp;<em>Mehna<\/em>, developed by a team of six participants is an online platform connecting STEM students in the UAE to companies in their industries, with the aim of widening professional networks and curbing unemployment. Winning team members, all Emirati citizens, are either students, graduates or Master\u2019s degree holders ranging from 21 to 25 years old, with backgrounds in the STEM fields including Biomedical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning team participants&nbsp;represent the UAE\u2019s leading universities including UAEU, Zayed University, Khalifa University and the American University of Sharjah.&nbsp;The winning project, along with the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;and 4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;place solutions, will be incubated at UAEU Science and Innovation Park and showcased as part of UAEU\u2019s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"MIT Bootcamp - 1\" class=\"wp-image-24163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MIT-Bootcamp-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the 10-week intensive bootcamp, 120 Emirati and Arab youth were supported by 15 MIT coaches. Participants in the bootcamp were tasked with creating innovative solutions addressing the challenges of youth unemployment in the Arab region. The challenge is in line with the 100 Million Stars initiative launched by UAEU which strives to transform the 100 million unemployed youth in the Arab World into 100 million shining stars using innovation and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the MIT Bootcamp\u2019s virtual Demo Day, the 22 teams presented their innovations to 12 judges across multiple panels. The four teams of finalists presented their solutions to a high-profile panel comprising of HE Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education; HE Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to the UAE President and the Chancellor of UAEU; and HE Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of AGFE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>His Excellency Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Cultural Advisor to the UAE President and the Chancellor of UAEU&nbsp;<\/strong>celebrated the landmark achievement of the MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp.&nbsp;&nbsp;He emphasised the novelty of the collaboration between a university in the USA, a university in the UAE, and AGFE as a leading philanthropy that has prioritized the UAE and the region. He remarked, \u201cIt is important that organizations from the public and private sector work together to support continued innovation in the design and delivery of educational programs in general, and particularly those such as the Bootcamp which are digitised and immersive.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bootcamp gives participants the opportunity to develop skills required to lead innovation and become effective entrepreneurs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is aligned with the UAE\u2019s National Strategy for Higher Education 2020, supporting its aim of fostering young peoples\u2019 technical and practical skills so that they can make proactive, productive contributions to the UAE as a knowledge-based economy. His Excellency noted that the MIT Bootcamp should leave participants with greater levels of confidence in seeking and finding employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HE Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of AGFE, said<\/strong>: \u201cThe success of the MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp is a reflection of our commitment to addressing youth unemployment in the Arab region through various means, including partnering with leading institutions such as MIT and UAEU to develop world-class programs for students. The Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education has a role to play in empowering Emirati and Arab youth to thrive and contribute to sustainable development by creating new opportunities in the Arab region, like the MIT Bootcamp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Demo Day wrapped up an immersive bootcamp experience that kicked off online on February 15, 2021. The bootcamp brought together high achieving Emiratis and Arab youth between the ages of 17 and 35 residing in the UAE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning team comprised the following team members:&nbsp;Maryam Altamimi, Abdulla Almarzooki, Maryam Almarzooki,&nbsp;Reem Musabbeh,&nbsp;Saif Alkhaaldi and Reem Thamer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on their achievement,&nbsp;<strong>Mehna team,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>said:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cWe as youth, are proud to have been part of the MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp. This bootcamp experience has given us an opportunity to be the voice of our fellow peers, which is an honor like no other. We would like to thank the AGFE, UAEU, and MIT for giving us this chance and we hope that through our platform Mehna, we will be able to help Arab youth who are facing unemployment challenges. Hoping that this will provide youth in the region with a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second place winner was&nbsp;<em>Saturn,<\/em>&nbsp;an interactive online platform designed to support businesses by helping them collaborate and build relationships between them. In third place,&nbsp;<em>SkillsFlare<\/em>&nbsp;assists qualified but unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 25 years old to strengthen their employability skills.&nbsp;<em>Tamayuz,&nbsp;<\/em>an innovative platform tackling the skill gap between the outcome of the educational system, and job market demands was in fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bootcamp\u2019s experiential modules&nbsp;focused on sharpening creative collaboration, provided customer discovery and project design skills, and&nbsp;helped youth&nbsp;extract, conceptualize as well as convert ideas into reality in the entrepreneurial space. The budding entrepreneurs participated in a blend of virtual learning sessions and onsite team meetups held at Dubai Youth Hub, Abu Dhabi\u2019s Hub 71, and UAEU SIP in Al Ain, as well as online expert-led sessions highlighting employment challenges, labor market dynamics and entrepreneurship ecosystems using region-specific scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vimala Palaniswamy, Director of MIT Bootcamps<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI was very fortunate to meet the students two to three times per week for the last two months and see their curiosity, intellect, and passions applied to this very real problem in the Arab world. I am incredibly proud of what they have accomplished in this short time and am excited to see what comes next, not only for the winners, but all of the cohort. They now have the skills, experience, and a strong local network to continue to tackle this and many other challenges and opportunities they will come across. It was also a pleasure to work with the AGFE and UAEU teams to build and deliver what is a first for MIT Bootcamps &#8211; a fully online, challenge-based 10-week Bootcamp.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creative and context-driven projects pitched to the panels included an\u00a0online platform connecting employers with job seekers to source solutions for company challenges, a job listing app using data-driven tools, and start-up ideas linking employers with graduates across different fields. Other projects focused on providing technical legal and managerial support to SMEs to run their businesses effectively, while another team pitched solutions to offshoring outsourcing in the Arab world.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT Innovation Leadership Bootcamp&nbsp;&nbsp;co-organized by the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education and UAEU The winning projects will be featured in UAE University\u2019s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai&nbsp; 120 Emirati and Arab youth divided into 22 teams took part in the blended Bootcamp experience Participants spent 10 weeks exploring innovative and sustainable solutions to address [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":24162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_pr_autopilot_social_copy":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter_image_id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_extra_hide_author_box":"","_extra_featured_post":"","_partner_post_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MIT Bootcamp Challenge - Mehna wins youth unemployment | | Saudi Shopper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MIT Bootcamp Challenge: Mehna wins by tackling youth unemployment. 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