TaaWin, Contrive win big at young entrepreneurs meet

Is Lack of space a limiting factor for development in today’s busy world? Many studies have pointed fingers in this direction. However, here in Bahrain, “TaaWin, a company established by a group of Royal University for Women students, has figured out a way to solve this scarcity in an interesting way. Their work, the “RestnGo” book, which is transformable to a portable chair has turned many heads including that of the top experts in the region. And they were not alone in the quest. Students from Shaikha Hessa Girls School with their “CONTRIVE” Company also grouped together in a bid to help others.

“Knowledge Hunt”, a mobile application developed by their company aims to enhance teaching, learning and developing soft skills. The “Knowledge Hunt”, according to the students, is an educational and dynamic board game connected to an application available on App Store & Google Play. ‘TaaWin’ has won the university Product of the Year Award, while ‘CONTRIVE’ has won high school Company of the Year Award. Both teams representing the Kingdom of Bahrain, have competed amongst many regional teams, yet earning the title and winning the YEC 2018 competition. All this happened at 12th Annual Young Arab Entrepreneurs Competition organised by INJAZ Al Arab, a member of Junior Achievement Worldwide (JA).

Held in Kuwait at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa, the annual competition highlighted the achievements of students throughout INJAZ Al Arab’s company programme. The two-day event held a busy agenda, mainly presenting the winning teams with awards given by INJAZ Al Arab, FedEx, MBC Al Amal, Citi Foundation, and Boeing. “Representing the Kingdom of Bahrain at the YEC 2018 fills our hearts with honour and pride. We are proud of Bahrain’s participating teams, we are proud of all the fresh and innovative ideas presented, last but not least, we are grateful to our stakeholders’ continuous support and efforts which brought us here today,” said Hana Al Sarwani, the Executive Director of INJAZ Bahrain.

Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery, GPIC president and INJAZ board member, congratulated Her Highness Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa saying, “ Your Highness has played a vital role in leading by example, supporting and motivating INJAZ students throughout this journey, which brings them to where they stand today. The teams have earned their success and have definitely raised the bar for creativity during this important regional event.” Asheesh Advani, Junior Achievement Worldwide CEO, said during his welcoming speech: “The Junior Achievement alumni network now has business leaders, political social entrepreneurs, corporate executives and job creators all over the world.”

This year’s regional competition was organised in partnership with global and regional entities, mainly FedEx, MBC Al Amal, Citi Foundation, and Boeing, with the support of local partners from Kuwait including Zain and Kuwait Airways.