Symphony of Leaders and Innovators between Ideanco and Young Arab Leaders

Ideanco and Young Arab Leaders are in partnership to build a networked and team-based leaders focusing on the innovation and exploration of the Arab Youth in the UAE and the Region.

Ideanco and Young Arab Leaders (YAL) during the UAE Innovation Month, signed a strategic partnership which is in the form of a collaboration focusing on bringing together leaders from the Arab world to be integrated with ideanco’s innovative and entrepreneurial initiatives in the field of climate change, aerospace and other sectors related transformation and reinvention.

The collaboration is in the form of an engagement and knowledge building platform made ready for leaders and professionals in the Arab world. YAL will kick start the leadership knowledge sharing process with innovators, entrepreneurs and startups in the field of climate change at the first CLIMATHON in the Middle East and Africa and it will take place in Dubai in early Q2 2019.

Speaking on behalf of Ideanco, Maher Ezzeddine, Chief Executive officer said, “Our partnership with Young Arab Leaders is a perfect fit for our strategy to be an enabler of the ideanco’s innovation and transformation programs which are considered to be one of the main pillars of the idea innovator company on a global level. The comprehensive nature of our innovative programs to be integrated along with the amazing and the highest quality of leaders from the Arab world is the essence of what makes this partnership with YAL as the first of its kinds in the region."

Young leaders can play a critical role in driving innovation across other functions and business. Young Arab innovators on the other hand are looking for mentors, coaches, and leaders who can add lots of value to their innovative startups and disruptive business models and products, hence the partnership with YAL.

Speaking on behalf of YAL, Yusra Al Hashmi, Board Member mentioned, “We are excited for what is ahead of us through this partnership as Young Arab Leaders join hands with Ideanco in developing resilience among the Arab youth. With the broadening global concerns we face in the region and around the world, there is an urgent need for the younger generation to build and fortify their creative and innovative capabilities in order to help solve our most pressing problems like climate change, unemployment, and limited access to quality education”.