Ooredoo Oman Wins during the 14th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business
Muscat, Oman
Doing more to empower women across the Sultanate, Ooredoo has won a Silver Stevie Award in the ‘Community involvement Program of the Year’ category for its pioneering Mussanah incubator programme. Ooredoo’s initiative won the accolade during the 14th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business for using its incubator as a catalyst for gender equality and promoting entrepreneurship in local communities. The Mussanah incubator has provided a total of 145 women with essential skills training in a wide range of disciplines including Information Technology, beauty, cookery and other vocational disciplines designed to enhance their skills and help them on the road to setting up their own businesses in the future.
Raed Mohammed Dawood, Director of Government Relations and Corporate Affairs at Ooredoo, said, “The empowerment of women is integral to harnessing the Sultanate’s full socio-economic potential and ensuring the long-term success of the communities we serve. Our dedication to developing human capabilities has continued to be a mainstay in our Corporate Social Responsibility; led by incubator programmes such as this and all part of our CSR platform, ‘Goodwill’. Through these incubators, we have managed to equip women from all walks of life with the skills they need to thrive and become the SoHos and SMEs of the future.”
The accolade joins a longlist of awards won by the company over the past calendar year, with each milestone highlighting the company’s dedication to excellence. This includes receiving the Gold Stevie Award during 14th Annual International Business Awards for its redesigned app, Best Digital Experience at the Customer Experience Management in Telecoms Awards, and being named the ‘Most Customer Friendly Telecom Provider’ by the International Finance Magazine Award, among others.
About Ooredoo
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Company SAOG (“Ooredoo”) was founded and registered in the Sultanate of Oman in December 2004. It launched its service in March 2005 as the challenger mobile operator in Oman, originally operating under the name Nawras. The Company was awarded the second fixed licence in Oman in 2009, and launched its international gateway in April 2010, its corporate fixed and broadband services in May 2010, and its residential fixed and broadband services in June 2010. Since 2010, Ooredoo has been an integrated services telecommunications operator and is currently serving over 3 million customers across the Sultanate. Following a successful IPO on 1 November 2010, Ooredoo is listed on the Muscat Stock Market (MSM) under the “ORDS” ticker. Ooredoo is majority owned by Ooredoo Q.S.C. and also has a number of significant Omani shareholders which ensures that the company is strongly integrated into the Omani society. Ooredoo has won a number of awards including Jury’s Distinction Award for Customer Service Excellence in the telecom sector 2013, Leading Telecommunications Company at the Arab Achievement Awards 2013, Best Operator Network at the Telecoms World Middle East 2013 Awards, the CommsMEA award for Middle East Mobile Operator of the Year 2015 and Best Telecommunications Company at the Arab Achievement Awards, 2016.
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About Ooredoo Group
Ooredoo is an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Serving consumers and businesses in 10 countries, Ooredoo delivers the leading data experience through a broad range of content and services via its advanced, data-centric mobile and fixed networks.
Ooredoo served 138 million customers and generated revenues of USD 8.9 billion as of 31 December 2016. Its shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
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