With the aim to support the region’s brightest minds, accelerate their career in financial services, and empower women workforce to develop new Fintech skills, Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA) in collaboration with the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) launched 100 scholarships for those who want to acquire or advance skills in finance and technology. More than half of these scholarships were given to women, supporting the Gender Equality of SDGs.
The 100 Fintech Scholarships Programme by ADGMA and CFTE aimed to support region’s brightest minds accelerate their career in financial services and develop new Fintech skills. The programme ran from April to November 2022, covering a variety of topics each month in the form of 8 Modules. The programme helped 100 scholars unlock their Fintech career and earn certification of completion for the Fintech Scholarship Programme awarded by ADGMA and CFTE.
UAE has identified Fintech development as a national priority and is leading the way in the MENA region. ADGMA understands the need to transform the knowledge and skill development and provide an ideal environment for the radical innovation in financial services. We are committed to help the region become future-ready as financial leaders with an important role to play in the global economy.The launch of the scholarship programme is part of the commitment from ADGMA to promote and support diverse capability development in fintech and financial services and support the UAE National Agenda. The agenda aims to position the UAE among the leading nations in ease of doing business, innovation, and research and development indicators."
Hamad Sayah Al Mazroue
Managing Director of ADGM Academy
At CFTE, we believe in levelling the playing field by making quality education in fintech accessible to women and people from different regions and backgrounds. In this regard, CFTE has supported several initiatives to help people benefit from fintech education across countries - from the United Kingdom, Budapest, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the UAE, and is continuing to push to make a bigger impact. By supporting ADGMA to provide 100 Fintech scholarships we aim to bring quality education in Fintech to all. We are hopeful that the initiative enables more women and diverse individuals to accelerate their career in financial services
Tram Anh Nguyen
Co-founder of CFTE
After the eight-month courses, scholars delivered their essays regrading Fintech and financial services. Click on the graphs to download the essays!
Delivering world-class financial education and literacy, ADGM Academy will help to position Abu Dhabi as a leading global financial centre. This will be achieved through worldwide recognised educational and experiential programmes on a range of topics and qualifications in banking, finance, leadership, entrepreneurship, technical and soft skills.
Delivering world-class financial education and literacy, ADGM Academy will help to position Abu Dhabi as a leading global financial centre. This will be achieved through worldwide recognised educational and experiential programmes on a range of topics and qualifications in banking, finance, leadership, entrepreneurship, technical and soft skills.
The Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy (ADGMA) in collaboration with the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) London, has announced 100 scholarships for those wishing to acquire advanced skills in finance and technology with half these scholarships for women, supporting SDG goal number 5 of Gender Equality.
The ADGMA scholarship programme aims to help students and professionals from diverse backgrounds to obtain quality education so they are equipped to reinvent finance 2.0. The learners will utilise THINK, an e-learning platform to gain access to these advanced courses especially curated by over 200 finance experts who know what skills you must learn.
Digital payments, big data analytics, automated lending, artificial intelligence, blockchain for finance, cryptocurrency, almost every tech buzzword today is associated with fintech. Naturally, there is an immense opportunity, and FinTech certification courses are the perfect way to begin the journey.
In collaboration with Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship Abu Dhabi Global Market Academy launches 100 fintech scholarship to upskill students and professional from diverse backgrounds in fast-growing sector.