Zain Bahrain featured in Tamkeen’s success story campaign

Press release

Published January 21st, 2016 - 06:05 GMT

Zain

Zain Bahrain, the most innovative telecom operator, has joined hands with Tamkeen in promoting the success story of Bahraini businesses.

Zain Bahrain was the latest company to be portrayed as a part of Tamkeen’s initiative under the name of ‘Achieve your potential’ which highlights the achievements of companies in the Kingdom.

“Zain Bahrain is committed to nurturing the finest Bahraini talents and has an energetic and inspired majority-Bahraini workforce. We are very fortunate to be selected by Tamkeen as one of the success stories to be featured in their campaign,” said Zain Bahrain’s HR Director, Dana Bukhammas.

“Our success story is based on our mission to provide a healthy working environment and a unique culture built around its people. Zain Bahrain kept in place an innovative HR practices and training programs that develop and nurtures leaders in the workplace. We have built a strong relationship with Tamkeen through a series of programs and initiatives, the latest being the ‘The Extraordinary Leadership Program’ which resulted in a positive impact on our leadership development and employees engagement and motivation,” she added.

The operator has developed an HR strategy deeply rooted across the company and is driven by the passion to build a cohesive team. The foundation of its HR strategy focuses on the ability to inspire employees to deliver the best and most imaginative service at every level.

Background Information

Zain

Zain is the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in the Middle East. We began life in 1983 in Kuwait as the region’s first mobile operator, and since the initiation of our expansion strategy in 2003, we have expanded rapidly. Today, we are a leading mobile voice and data services operator with a commercial footprint in 8 Middle Eastern and Africa countries with a workforce of over 6,000 providing a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to over 50 million active individual and business customers as of March 31, 2019.

Company Profile

Tamkeen

Tamkeen is a public authority established in August 2006, tasked with supporting Bahrain’s private sector and positioning it as the key driver of economic growth and development. Tamkeen is one of the cornerstones of Bahrain’s national reform initiatives and Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030.

Tamkeen has two primary objectives - firstly, foster the development and growth of enterprises, and second provide support to enhance the productivity and training of the national workforce. To achieve these objectives -Tamkeen’s 2018-2020 strategy focuses on Diversifying offerings, Accelerate delivery and Sustaining Impact.