Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris has signed on to a new partnership that aims to train 100,000 young people in Egypt for the job market and connect at least 10,000 of them to employment, backers said Tuesday.
The initiative, called Jusur Al Foras, or Bridges of Opportunity, was announced by the Digital School and the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development at a closing event in Lagos, Nigeria. It is supported by the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, a major UAE philanthropic umbrella organization that funds education and humanitarian programs across the region.
Sawiris, founder of Orascom Investment Holding and founder and vice chairman of the Sawiris Foundation, signed the partnership agreement alongside Omar Sultan Al Olama, the UAE minister of state for artificial intelligence and remote work applications and chairman of the Digital Schools board, and Saeed Al Eter, chief executive of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives.
