“Benfa”, the leading company in the field of financial technology and the service of electronic financial transactions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has announced its sponsorship of the “Buildher Cityhack2025” event organized by the College of Engineering and Technology at the Royal University of Girls for two days, and targeted high school students, with the participation of a group of academics and specialists in the technical field.
The event witnessed the participation of more than 100 students from various secondary schools in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and also included training workshops and interactive sessions that focused on developing critical thinking skills, problem solving, and teamwork, in addition to encouraging participants to create realistic and sustainable solutions to modern challenges using modern tools and technologies.
The CEO of Banfta, Abdel Wahid Al -Janahi, said: “Our sponsorship of this educational Hakathon comes in an embodiment of our strategic vision in supporting young national talents and contributing to preparing a generation of distinguished women leaders and competencies capable of giving and creativity in a way that serves the achievement of the comprehensive development process goals and in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, and we are in Banfts that we believe that enabling the female element in an early stage of The skills of the twenty -first century is a strategic investment that will reflect positively on the march of digital transformation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is “Banft” an active and pivotal part of it.
For his part, the President of the Royal University for Girls, Dr. Riyad Hamza: “The organization of such activities reflects the university’s firm commitment to support and empowering women in the fields of innovation, engineering and technology, and we believe in the importance of preparing women’s competencies that possess the ability to creativity, initiative and active contribution to the national development process. The Royal University of Girls is proud of its fruitful partnership with the company “Benfa”, which embodies an active model for cooperation between academic institutions and the private sector in supporting educational initiatives.
For its part, Hanan Abdullah Hassan, First Director of Public Relations and Communication in “Benfa” said: “We are proud of our partnership with the Royal University of Girls to take care of this distinguished technical event, which reflects our commitment to our social responsibility and the interest that we give to refine the skills of young Bahraini women in the fields of future technology and innovation, and enable them to launch their creative energies that would contribute to making a more intelligent and sustainable future for all.”
In turn, the Acting Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at the university, Dr. Hammam Al -Agha, that the “Buildher Cityhack2025” event embodies the college’s keenness to develop practical skills for female students, by employing creative thinking and adopting sustainable solutions to realistic problems, in line with the university’s vision in preparing qualified women’s cadres for active participation in the knowledge economy.
