Al Baraka Banking Group launches new Digital Learning Portal

TDT | Manama

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The Bahrain-based Islamic multinational banking group, Al Baraka Banking Group (ABG), yesterday announced the launch of Al Baraka e-Academy, leveraging its advanced digital capabilities and resources.

The move aims at providing over 12,000 employees across its 17 markets enhanced access to high quality, cost-effective training and development through a robust, proprietary online learning portal.

Al Baraka said the platform will allow its employees worldwide to seamlessly take part in a rich and varied range of digital training including those focused on Sharia’, Marketing, Retail, Corporate and SME banking, Operations, Finance, Credit, Risk, Internal Audit, Corporate Governance, Compliance, IT, Digitalization, Management, and interpersonal skills, among others.

Al Baraka Academy launched in 2016 had seen the participation of over 1463 employees of ABG and its subsidiaries through various courses offered. The e-Academy will now enable ABG to more quickly and effectively scale its training and development offering.

Commenting, President & Chief Executive of ABG, Adnan Ahmed Yousif, said, “With the creation of our e-Academy, we have become even more agile in meeting the training requirements of our employees and ensuring they have the skills and knowledge needed to both advance as individuals and to support the further development of their respective organisations, no matter where they are physically located.”

The Al Baraka Academy has welcomed senior professionals from across its Units to contribute to the courseware.