UOB Business Incubator Center Establishes A Program for Students Through MS Teams

UOB Business
Incubator Center Establishes A Program for Students Through MS Teams

 

With the participation of a number of specialists and
experts in various disciplines in commerce, marketing, information technology,
and design, the Business Incubator Center at the University of Bahrain (UOB)
established a summer program for students through MS Teams application in the
fields of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Director of the Business Incubator Center, Dr. Esra
Ahmed Wali stated that “The program lasted for eight weeks and included
weekly sessions and workshops, in which the participating students had the
opportunity to acquire the necessary skills to build their own projects.”
Noting that the goal of this program goes beyond business development, to
entrepreneurship and acquiring skills that enable students to establish their
own startups.

She explained that the program included students from all
disciplines, who were divided into different teams according to the following
majors: business administration, marketing, program development, design,
science, and engineering, while team members assumed the following roles: chief
executive officer, chief business officer, chief marketing officer, chief
technology officer, as well as chief design officer, noting that four speakers
participated in the first week of the program, during which they presented
their own experiences for students’ benefit.

The director of programs at the “Brink” Business
Accelerator, Marwa Al-Iskafi, spoke about the methods of choosing the idea of
??the project, some of which can be related to the entrepreneur’s hobbies or
interests, or a problem that people face in their daily life and he wants to
solve from many aspects. Emphasizing the importance of determining the return
from the project, whether material or related to social responsibility and
community service.

Also, the Co-Founder of the “Malaeb” application,
Yasser Abdulaziz, shared his experience in establishing his own project, which started
as a problem he wanted to solve. Pointing out that he was not able to manage
the project individually, so he sought help from a number of people in
different disciplines and fields, referring to the stages of the project’s
development since the idea was found, to its implementation and up to the
project’s continuity.

Data specialist at the “Ila” bank – Bahrain branch
– Esraa Al-Shammari stressed the importance of data science in entrepreneurship
in various fields and disciplines, such as banks, hospitals, and others. Indicating
ways to make use of the information available in various traditional or modern
media outlets on social media programs and stressing the importance of such
data in ensuring the development and continuity of the project.

The CEO of “Infinite Wear”, Ameen Al-Tajer,
explained the differences between data science, artificial intelligence, and
machine science, and how an entrepreneur can benefit from them in his project,
giving vivid examples of different projects that used these sciences and
achieved success.

After the session, the students formed different teams, and
each group set an idea for a project, along with its goal and possible
solutions to the problems that they might encounter during its implementation.

 

Sustainable Development Goals:

4 Quality Education

8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

17 Partnerships for the Goals

Key Words

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Data Science, Artificial
Intelligence, Machine Science, Social Media Applications