Apple has this week welcomed students to its first-ever all-female Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As reported by Khaleej Times:
Apple welcomed its student for in-person learning to its first all-female Apple Developer Academy in Riyadh this week. The academy, which is Apple’s first coding institution in the Middle East region is a partnership with the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security, Programming and Drones, represented by Tuwaiq Academy, and Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.
Apple’s VP of Education and Enterprise Marketing Susan Prescot said that Apple was “excited to welcome the first class of women to the Apple Developer Academy facility at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University,” stating that Apple’s App Store ecosystem “gives anyone with an idea the opportunity to design and build incredible new apps that can change the world.”
At the new academy, students will learn the fundamentals of coding, but also marketing, project management, entrepreneurship, and more. 70 percent of the trained mentors are females, and female students will be enrolled from all over Saudia Arabia and beyond. Student Lina Alismail said “It’s my honor and pleasure to be part of the Apple Developer Academy family. Our first day at the academy was like a dream come true. I’m looking forward to the next days and I am grateful for all the time, talents, expertise, support, and opportunity the academy already gave me and will give to me in the future.”
The academy hopes to serve more than 600 women per year on both 30-day foundation courses and longer 10-month academy programs.
