مسابقة FinTech Stars: جوائز 95 ألف ريال لطلاب التكنولوجيا المالية 🏆🇶🇦

FinTech Stars: QAR 95,000 in prizes for fintech students 🏆🇶🇦

The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) and Alfardan Exchange have launched FinTech Stars, a competition for students on UDST's Bachelor of Business Administration in Banking and Financial Technology to turn classroom knowledge into practical fintech solutions.

Students form teams, and each team has two months to build its project: ▫️ 7 Nov: final projects submitted ▫️ 18 Nov: presentations to the evaluation committee ▫️ 25 Nov: closing ceremony and winners announced

🏆 Prizes from Alfardan Exchange: QAR 50,000 for first, 30,000 for second and 15,000 for third.

Judges come from UDST, Qatar Financial Centre, Alfardan Corporation and the Tariqi Program, Alfardan Exchange and fintech specialists.

"We aim to provide a platform that enables students to develop their ideas and transform them into applicable solutions," said Bashar Al Waqfi, CEO of Alfardan Exchange. Dr Vincent Mangematin, Dean of UDST's College of Business, said initiatives like this "strengthen the connection between academic knowledge and industry practice."