Zain Group launched on July 8 the Disability Inclusion initiative, WE ABLE, which is set to announce Zain as Disability Inclusive by the year 2020. The initiative aims to: increase the number of persons with special needs within the Zain workforce by 2022; ensure all training programs are disability inclusive by 2022; ensure that accessibility is sustained to all persons with special needs across all Zain touchpoints by 2022, and finally, identify innovative and assisting technologies that enable more people with disabilities to join Zain and achieve success and career development. On the occasion, Zain Group vice president, chief executive, Badr Nasser Khurafi, said the launch of the initiative will make Zain Group one of the a handful of pioneers in the region to develop a strategy dedicated to integrating people with special needs into its workforce. (Al Akhbar, July 16, 2019)