KUWAIT CITY, Nov 12: Under the umbrella of its Innovation Nation initiative to empower creativity in the community and upskill national talents, Zain has hosted a workshop for employees from the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) – a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). During the workshop, Zain shared its insights and expertise in corporate innovation and leadership success, while also showcasing its use cases for tech innovation in drones and digitization solutions for the oil, gas, and energy industries.

This workshop came as part of the 4th cycle of the KNPC Talent Management Program, through which employees visit some of the biggest private and public sector organizations to upskill and prepare them for future leadership roles. Zain was keen on being among the first destinations of this program, given that it enjoys a leadership position in the local ICT sector.

The Talent Management Program is one of the strategic pillars of KNPC’s 2040 human resources vision, where opportunities are presented for top performing employees to grow and excel. The workshop was hosted at the Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC), where the company shared insights, notable success stories, and rich experiences from implementing a solid and inclusive corporate innovation strategy.

Zain’s innovation umbrella focuses on utilizing advanced tech tools to redesign traditional workflows, investing early in digital infrastructures, maintaining open partnerships, outlining long-term goals for sustainable growth, and more. Zain also stressed on the importance of innovation as a driving force for success in today’s highly competitive, fast-paced markets.

Zain also took this opportunity to showcase some of its top digital tools, drone solutions, and cloud applications offered to oil, gas, and energy companies. The company highlighted how it uses tech innovation to serve the unique needs of oil companies, paving the way for them to embrace digitization, while also stressing the importance of upskilling human resources in tech and digital skills to make the most out of these solutions.

This step came as part of Zain’s Innovation Nation initiative, under which all of Zain’s innovation and entrepreneurship programs fall, especially within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas. The initiative mainly targets the youth and centers around a number of pillars, including upskilling digital capabilities, entrepreneurship, investment, startup acceleration, supporting inventors, fostering innovation, and more.

Zain offers a plethora of digital tools to oil & gas companies, including migrating infrastructures to more agile ones on the cloud; where 5G technologies play a big role, as well as a wide range of reliable, secure, and efficient datacenter, cloud, and connectivity solutions. The company also covers an extensive range of cybersecurity solutions and rig connectivity tools through its drones division.