42 Abu Dhabi has signed partnership agreements with five telecoms and I.T. heavyweights to open up a host of internship, mentorship and recruitment opportunities for students, as well as exclusive access to partner events, industry themed challenges and hackathons.
The partnerships with local and international tech giants Huawei, Du, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle were signed at this week’s GITEX Technology Week in Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) launched 42 Abu Dhabi project in September as a major enabler in Abu Dhabi’s strategic vision to create a diverse and inclusive education infrastructure that empowers and enables human capital. The school will operate from a purpose-built campus in the heart of the UAE capital’s new creative hub Mina Zayed warehouses district.
The campus, which aims to accommodate up to 750 students when fully operational, is an initiative of Ghadan 21, Abu Dhabi’s three-year accelerators programme that aims to fast-track the emirate’s economic transformation through investment in the economy, knowledge, and community to support business, innovation, and people.
“These partnerships illustrate 42 Abu Dhabi’s inclusive approach to open-minded cross-sector collaboration which will ease our graduates’ integration into the job market and provide a ‘future-ready’ workforce,” commented His Excellency Amer Al Hammadi, Undersecretary at ADEK, which is behind the 42 Abu Dhabi initiative.
