The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Growth (KFED) honoured winners of the highest three positions for the eighth version of its Venturist Summer season Camp, which was held from July 7 to 11, 2025, on the 42 Abu Dhabi headquarters, with the participation of fifty Emirati college students. The camp is a part of Khalifa Fund’s ongoing initiatives to foster an entrepreneurial tradition, domesticate specialised expertise and supply sensible experience to nationwide abilities and professionals.
The Venturist Summer season Camp’s coaching program was carried out in two completely different pathways. The primary pathway catered to individuals aged 13 to fifteen, aiming to construct a powerful basis in programming and sport growth. The second pathway was designed for these aged 16 to 18, providing superior coaching in sport growth, with a deal with cutting-edge strategies and inventive approaches. On the opening day, individuals engaged in experimentation, networking, collaboration and thought exploration actions. The second day, themed ‘Foundations and Collaborative Critiques’, enabled individuals to assemble core sport parts and refine their ideas by peer suggestions.
The third day centered on the combination of synthetic intelligence (AI) and programming, providing individuals hands-on expertise in massive language fashions (LLMs) and LUA coding language. On the fourth day, the main target was on offering last inspiration, throughout which individuals explored skilled sport designs to spark inventive concepts. The camp concluded with the presentation of refined video games, offering a dynamic platform to showcase initiatives, strengthen a tradition of teamwork and develop entrepreneurial considering, all beneath the steerage of skilled business professionals.
On the ultimate day, the camp chosen successful groups. First place was collectively awarded to Sara Abuhalqia and Mahra Alsalami (Pearl of the Damned) and Mohammed Rayn Ahmed and Hamad Alshemeili (Choose your Poison). The second place was shared by Hamad AlKatheeri (Echo Rift) and Khalid Alhammadi and Abdelaziz Yousif (Sands of Unity). Third place was gained by Alyazia Alshamsi, Aljoori Amer Almansoori, Aldana Eisa Alkaabi and Meera Abdullah (Kingdom Valley).
Her Excellency Mouza Al Nasri, CEO of the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Growth, stated: “At Khalifa Fund, we consider within the important function of kids and youth in driving nationwide growth and shaping the longer term by equipping them with superior instruments and applied sciences and foster their inventive expertise. The Venturist Summer season Camp displays our strategic imaginative and prescient, offering individuals a complete ecosystem with superior instruments to refine their modern expertise, promote an entrepreneurial tradition and take their preliminary step in direction of promising careers in programming and sport growth fields, which maintain a pivotal place within the present financial panorama. On this event, we congratulate all of the successful groups on their achievement and want them success of their future endeavours in programming and sport growth. We lengthen our appreciation to all individuals for his or her ambition and creativity.”
Since its launch in 2022, the Venturist Summer season Camp has attracted over 750 Emirati college students by its various coaching packages.