Dari Al-Reshaid on stage with Hussa Al-Humaidi while thanking Alghanim Industries.

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 21: Alghanim Industries, one of the largest private companies in the region, announced the conclusion of the 6th annual Nuqat conference, which began on the 12th of  November, and lasted the entire week. Aimed at celebrating and encouraging creativity in the Arab world, Nuqat offered lectures and workshops on a variety of creative topics. Alghanim Industries is a Strategic Partner of the conference.

The theme for this year’s conference was entitled “The Copy/Paste Syndrome”. In addition to its strategic partnership, Alghanim Industries sponsored Dr. Amar Behbehani’s workshop “Innovative Entrepreneurship: A Creative Process”, which focused on helping entrepreneurs undergo a process of art and creative psychotherapy, to help ignite their executive functioning skills and learn how to execute and produce projects.

Dari Al-Reshaid Al-Bader, Senior Director – Corporate Strategy, BD AND M&A at Alghanim Industries said “At our company, we do our best to support entrepreneurs and small businesses by helping in their education and providing them with the tools they need to succeed. Nuqat is a great venue and opportunity because it gathers some of the Gulf region’s most creative artists, influencers, and educators. The conference pushes participants to think outside of the box and find creative and innovative solutions, which is then reflected in the success of their businesses and in turn, the economy as a whole.”

Nuqat first started in 2009 as a youth initiative led by Hussa Al Humaidhi, the founding member, who had this to say, “We thank Alghanim Industries for their Strategic Partnership with Nuqat this year and for their continuous support to entrepreneurship and youth development. As a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the development of creativity in the Arab world, we appreciate all the support we can get which greatly helps improve the quality and the number of activities at Nuqat. This is the first year we are sponsored by Alghanim Industries which is exciting, and we’re certain there is going to be more collaboration in the future.”

Alghanim Industries also offered its employees; working in different creative fields the opportunity to attend the 4 day workshops hosted by Nuqat.  One such person is Sumaiya Al-Sharhan from Impact & Echo, one of Alghanim Industries companies, “It was an amazing experience for me to participate in the workshop entitled “Social design/Fi Al Wajha”. I work in graphic design and art direction so this workshop was a great opportunity to learn new ways in designing attractive store fronts, making them more appealing to the customer. I would like to thank Nuqat for hosting such creative workshops, and I would love to attend more in the future”

The support for entrepreneurship falls under Alghanim Industries corporate social responsibilities initiatives. The company has goals towards youth empowerment, supporting education, and helping entrepreneurs grow. Alghanim Industries was also the platinum sponsor of Start-up Weekend Kuwait, and has the highest employee volunteers in the country for Injaz-Kuwait organization.