Tamkeen to train 1200 Bahrainis in coding, other emerging techs

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Tamkeen (Labour Fund) announced establishing collaboration with the leading technology training academy, General Assembly, and the Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBF) to launch training programmes that will provide specialized tech training for around 1,200 Bahraini nationals for two years.

The deal aims at increasing tech talent supply and making Bahrainis competitive, both locally and internationally. These programmes are to upskill and reskill Bahraini talent, with courses covering several critical technology verticals such as software engineering, Data Science, Data Analytics and visualization, UI/UX, Product Development, Java Development and DevOps.

The courses will be project-based and delivered by a line-up of highly experienced practitioners from multi-national companies. This initiative will ensure that the right ecosystem is in place to grow tech startups while increasing Bahrain’s competitiveness and positioning Bahrain as a regional investment hub.

Husain Mohamed Rajab, Chief Executive of Tamkeen, said, “Tamkeen plays a very important role in Bahrain’s national economic recovery plan by encouraging and incentivizing employment, training, and investment across the economy, especially in high potential sectors. Building on our strategic direction to drive sustainable economic impact, we collaborated with General Assembly to enable Bahrainis to grow, compete and thrive in a rapidly evolving digital economy while taking into consideration market feedback and needs. We are confident that Bahraini talent is committed and passionate, with great potential to grow and succeed in the technology opportunities locally and internationally”.

Ella Balagula, the President and General Manager of Enterprise at General Assembly, said, “We are very impressed with the Kingdom’s economic plans and Tamkeen’s strategic direction which focuses on growth and impact. With Bahrain well on its way to becoming a regional tech and innovation hub, we are very excited to be part of the growing tech ecosystem in the Kingdom. We are also looking forward to working with Tamkeen to provide the market with the necessary skills to grow within the industry.”

On this occasion, Dr Ahmed AlShaikh, the BIBF Director, said, “We look forward to working with Tamkeen and General Assembly to offer Bahrainis with quality training opportunities. This initiative will open the door for Bahrainis to get specialized education in technology and explore new career paths that are more rewarding and sustainable.”

General Assembly is the world’s leading Tech academy with an award-winning curriculum, expert instructors from top businesses like Google, Amazon, AirBnB, and IBM, and over 25,000 employees of Fortune 500 companies trained in over 20 countries.