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BOURSA KUWAIT SIGNS MOU
WITH COLLEGE TO PROMOTE
BOURSA ACADEMY ONLINE
A pioneering MoU has
been drawn up between
Boursa Kuwait and
Kuwait College of Science
and Technology.
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oursa Kuwait has entered into a
memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with Kuwait College of Science
and Technology (KCST) to promote Boursa
Academy Online among university students.
As part of the MoU, KCST will allow Boursa
Kuwait to conduct workshops and lectures on
its campus to promote the stock exchange’s
digital education portal, which aims to create
greater stock market awareness among new
and professional retail investors.
Boursa Kuwait will also set up booths
at KCST and distribute brochures and
other promotional materials among its
students to encourage them to gain a basic
understanding of the exchange market,
how to invest and the instruments available.
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The agreement stipulates that Boursa
Kuwait shall conduct on-site tours to provide
students with a first-hand experience of
stock exchange operations.
Khaled Abdulrazzaq AlKhaled, CEO of Boursa
Kuwait, said: “At Boursa Kuwait, we continue
to focus on broadening our investor base as
it is one of the four strategic objectives of our
ongoing market development plans.
“We believe that the advancement of stock
market education is the key to enhancing
investor participation in our equity market
and plays a pivotal role in creating and
sustaining a thriving capital market in Kuwait.
“Our collaboration with KCST to promote
Boursa Academy Online among the next
generation of investors is closely aligned with
this vision.”
Professor Khalid Al-Begain, President of
Kuwait College of Science and Technology
(KCST), said: “The collaboration with Boursa
Kuwait through the Boursa Academy Online
will expose our students to a new set of
skills. These are essential toward creating
a well-informed and rounded experience
which forms a key component of the
university’s aim to graduate engineers with
entrepreneurial and leadership capabilities.
“This relationship will become even more
essential with the vision of the KCST to
start new programmes in accounting and
finance in the near future subject to the
appropriate approval.”
Boursa Academy Online was established
in 2018 to educate investors on a wide
range of topics, ranging from how to trade,
common investment mistakes as well as
risks of investing, to enable them to make
informed investment decisions.
The free-of-charge portal provides
educational and training facilities, such
as ‘Market Watch’, ‘Virtual Trading’,
‘Statement of Account’ and ‘Portfolio’,
among others, to investors of various
experience levels. n
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