Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 46 | Page 28

PROJECT UPDATE LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE BAHRAIN Batelco has announced the commencement of its graduate trainee programme for 2019, which aims to prepare the Kingdom’s business leaders of the future. The programme was launched in collaboration with the Labour Fund (Tamkeen), that has been the strategic partner of the programme since its inception in 2014, and aims to introduce graduates to the telecommunications sector. Of all the graduates who have taken part, Batelco has employed 48 of the 72 who received training, with the others receiving employment with other telecommunications providers. KSA UK–Saudi bilateral relations in telecommunications, future co-operation opportunities and the latest technical and informational developments in both countries were discussed when the British Minister for Investment, Graham Stuart, met with STC Group CEO, Eng Nasser Sulaiman Al Nasser, at the King Abdul Aziz Telecom Complex in Riyadh. 28 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com