ADNOC and 42 Abu Dhabi unite to build tech talent pipeline
Coding school partners with energy giant to train young Emiratis in coding
#UAE #education - 42 Abu Dhabi, the innovative coding school, has signed a strategic collaboration with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to develop and empower the next generation of Emirati coders. The agreement will focus on creating industry-specific programming skills for the energy sector and supporting the UAE's technological ambitions. Initiatives include industry-themed programming competitions, seminars, mentorship programmes and large-scale hackathons addressing real-world challenges
SO WHAT? - The 42 Abu Dhabi-ADNOC collaboration is the latest in a growing number of partnerships between educational institutions and industry leaders in the UAE to address skills gaps in AI and other emerging technologies. Other 42 Abu Dhabi partnerships include UAE telecom firm du, sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, and global tech giants Intel, Huawei and Microsoft. The UAE government and national industry leaders have prioritised AI and coding above many other work skills as critical for the UAE’s future economic competitiveness.
Key highlights of the 42 Abu Dhabi-ADNOC collaboration include:
42 Abu Dhabi has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), aimed at empowering the next generation of young Emirati coders with real-world experience in energy industry applications.
The agreement aims to develop industry-focused coding programs specifically tailored to the energy industry's technological requirements.
42 Abu Dhabi and ADNOC will jointly organise industry-themed coding competitions and large-scale hackathons, designed to challenge and enhance students' coding and AI capabilities through practical, sector-specific problem-solving.
The collaboration will facilitate comprehensive knowledge-sharing initiatives, creating pathways for students to gain direct insights into professional technological environments within the energy sector.
ADNOC will enrich the learning experience by providing mentorship opportunities, industry-specific seminars, workshops, and panel discussions that expose students to authentic professional challenges and dynamics.
42 Abu Dhabi's unique peer-to-peer, gamified learning methodology will be leveraged to prepare home-grown talent for critical economic sectors and enable a technology-driven future.
The partnership aligns with the UAE's broader strategic vision of transforming the nation into a global hub for AI and technology innovation.
ZOOM OUT - ADNOC's ambitious AI strategy positions the company at the forefront of innovation in the energy sector. By deploying dozens of AI solutions across its value chain, ADNOC not only generated $500 million in value during 2023 but also achieved significant environmental impact, abating up to 1 million tons of CO2 emissions. The oil giant’s Panorama Digital Command Centre, aggregates real-time information across ADNOC’s 14 specialist subsidiary and joint venture companies and uses smart analytical models, AI, and big data to generate operational insights, forecasts and recommendations. The company developed an enterprise-wide strategy called ENERGYai to drive efficiency, sustainability and growth across its operations fast-tracking the development of applications and pilot projects. Last year ADNOC began to implement a first-of-its-kind ENERGYai agentic AI platform for global energy transformation.
Read more about ADNOC’s AI initiatives:
ADNOC & AIC announce first-of-its-kind Agentic solution (Middle East AI News)
ADNOC deploys AI to autonomously monitor operations (Middle East AI News)
ADNOC in world-first, with 10 oil wells managed by AI (Middle East AI News)
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]