KUWAIT, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- Participation in the Kuwait's e-Award is significant as it enriches the local electronic content, Secretary General of the Kuwait's electronic award Manar Al-Hashash asserted here Tuesday.
Hashash told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that this award that is set up by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS) under the patronage of H.H. the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah allocates incentive sums of money for winners amounting to KD 50 thousand.
She went on to say that the sponsorship conferred by H.H. the Amir comes of H.H. belief in the necessity of pushing forward the technological advancement inside Kuwait to keep up with the times and in order to urge the Kuwaiti youth to further increase the local electronic content and upgrade its level.
Hashash said that this interest manifested itself in H.H. honoring of the winners at the prizes-handover ceremony at the first edition of the award ( 2008-2009) in what gave youth a big push toward pitching further contributions in this field.
Finally, she said that though the Kuwaiti society is marked by the widespread use of cutting-edge technological devices among its individuals at all ages, the home-grown content of electronic applications is still little and does not comply with the big number of the electronic appliances. Last but not the least, Hashash said that this award aims at stimulating the Kuwaiti individuals to build and develop any electronic project of home-grown content at any the following eight categories: e-government, e-entertainment, e-health, e-commerce, e-heritage, e-edcation, e-sciences, e-content. - Kuna