ALPHA celebrates Girls’ Day in ICT to promote women’s participation

One of the leading mobile operators in Lebanon, Alpha, celebrated for the third consecutive year the International Girls in ICT Day with the participation of female students from several schools. The event comes as part of an initiative organized by Alpha (managed by Orascom Telecom) and aimed to support girls who are about to start university to pursue studies in the field of information technology and learn about its diverse challenges. The celebration included a tour of the company offices in addition to a number of interactive discussion sessions with women managers and staff in a bid to benefit from their experience and expertise. Alpha CEO General Director Engineer Marwan Hayek pointed out that there are many promising employment prospects in ICT, adding that the company is an equal opportunity employer where females make nearly half the workforce and hold leading positions in the various technological departments.

(Al Diyar May 14, 2015)