Hackasuly, the Sulaymaniya-based hackathon, is returning. From 22nd to 24th June, the event will be part of the city's Bit Festival. It aims to bring the coding community together over a weekend to work in teams and turn their ideas into technological solutions. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: Software Engineering AI and Data
By John Lee. The Ministry of Oil has opened the largest and most advanced oil training center in Basra, in collaboration with the Japanese company JGC. Hamed Younis, the Deputy Minister of Oil for Refining Affairs, emphasized the ministry's strong focus on training, qualifying, and developing the skills of workers in the oil sector. He
From the International Labour Organization (ILO): Cost of Inaction: Education Deprivation in Iraq and the Potential of Social Protection to Reverse it Iraq is in the early stage of an "demographic window of opportunity", with a young population and a growing labour force. However, the young generation entering the labour market in Iraq is facing
By Dr Rebean Al-Silefanee, Researcher and University lecturer, University of Kurdistan Hewlêr. Twitter: @R Alsilefanee. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq's education system has faced incredible challenges as a result of long-standing socio-economic and political turmoil, ranging from the Iran-Iraq war to the
A new ILO working paper examines loss of earnings due to Iraq's education gap and outlines the potential of social protection to address this gap, based on international good practices. A new working paper, developed by the ILO, looks at how the low rate of secondary school completion in Iraq leads to loss of earnings