Strategic developments at Zain in 2019
January
April
• Zain Saudi Arabia enters
MoU with Alibaba Cloud,
the cloud computing
arm of Alibaba Group,
to promote private cloud
computing for businesses
in the Kingdom.
• touch, managed
by Zain, partners
12th edition of MIT
Enterprise Forum
Pan Arab Start-up
Competition.
• Zain Kuwait launches Zain
Kids, a safe and fun digital space
for children, in partnership with
DoCoMo Digital.
• Six talented Kuwaiti graduates enter fourth
edition of the ‘Generation Z’ program.
May
February
• Zain Group and EXFO Inc jointly recognized with 5G
MENA award for Best Telecom Service Innovation for
utilizing AI and machine learning technology to introduce
new products and services.
• Zain Iraq becomes
first operator in
the Middle East to
introduce purchase
solution via Facebook
app on phones.
• Publication of thought leadership
report entitled Social Innovation: The
Fusion of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
and a New Generational Mindset,
identifying numerous benefits and
opportunities ICT technology and social
innovation brings to humanity, businesses,
civil society and governments.
March
• Partnered Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conferences in
Kuwait and Lebanon, with the aim to inspire and educate data
scientists, regard-
less of gender,
and to support
Arab women in
the field.
• Strategic agreement
between Zain Saudi Arabia and
DETASAD, an ICT powerhouse
in enhancing, developing and
growing cloud and managed
services across the Kingdom.
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• Publication of eighth
annual sustainability report,
titled Time to Act, a call-
to-action for society to pull
together to address key
global challenges.
June
• Neom Bay Airport
becomes the first
in the region to
offer 5G services,
featuring speeds
of 1,000 Mbps.
Powered by Zain Saudi Arabia, which also
placed the first 5G phone call in the region.