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DEWA reinforces its leadership in youth empowerment and talent development · DEWA Podcasts

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  In the corporate landscape of, well, 2025, there
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  are few organizations that are truly defining
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  what it means to lead. And today we're spotlighting
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  the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DIWA,
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  which has, I mean, made just remarkable strides
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  in youth empowerment. Absolutely, Cori. And their
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  success, it isn't just internal. Right. It's
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  been publicly celebrated. We're talking over
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  five major awards this year, including the prestigious
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  Organization of the Year for Youth Empowerment.
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  In the public and government sector, no less.
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  You know, that level of recognition, it really
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  points to a vision that comes right from the
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  top. Exactly. H .E. Syed Mohamed Altair, the
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  M .D. and CEO of Diwa, he articulated this commitment.
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  And he stated, and I'm quoting here, Diwa's youths
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  represent a driving force in achieving the Dubai
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  Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and in developing
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  innovative and sustainable solutions for climate
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  challenges. So that directly links youth empowerment
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  to, I mean, the UAE's most critical sustainability
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  goals. Yeah. And Diwa is backing this vision
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  with, you know, real numbers and a real structure.
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  Oh, they are. As His Excellency also noted, get
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  this, Diwa's workforce includes 2 ,477 young
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  employees aged 18 to 35. Wow. Which is 23 .12
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  % of its total staff. And on top of that, young
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  employees hold 14 .1 % of supervisory roles.
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  Hmm, so not just entry level. Not at all. And
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  then he says, Diwa's youth council also plays
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  an important role in enhancing youth participation,
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  basically building up their skills. And that
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  youth council, it's so clearly the catalyst for
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  all this success, right? Totally. Its president,
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  Aisha Mohammed Al -Ramaithi, she described their
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  focus on practical development. She said, These
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  programs and initiatives enable young people
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  to keep pace with the latest technologies and
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  adapt to rapid global changes by equipping them
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  with the tools to anticipate and design a sustainable
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  future, allowing them to continue playing a constructive
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  role with lasting impact. And the results are
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  just, they're staggering. Between late 2019 and
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  the end of 2025, the council delivered over 80
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  events. 80? Wow. Engaged with more than 14 strategic
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  partners and earned a 95 % satisfaction rating
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  from its members. I mean, it's just a textbook
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  example of a strategy executed flawlessly. It
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  truly is a holistic approach, you know, where
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  that high -level strategic vision meets actual
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  grassroots execution. Yes. It just proves that
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  investing in youth isn't only a social good.
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  It's a strategic imperative. So here's a question
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  we'd like our listeners to think about. As automation
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  and AI continue to reshape the workplace, how
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  can organizations best adapt their youth empowerment
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  strategies to prepare the next generation for
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  jobs that, well, that don't even exist yet?