Mobily took the winning team of the Mobily Apps Hackathon competition on a trip to Silicon Valley in the United States to visit tech companies. The one-week trip was organized in collaboration with the “Elite Youth Program,” the sponsor partner for the prize.
The winners visited a number of international tech giants, such as Google, Facebook, Intel, Uber and Airbnb in order to learn from their experiences.
They attended workshops on different subjects, such as international entrepreneurship, mobile technology, strategic business planning, design strategies, international expansion and accessing American market, marketing and public relations, presenting ideas to investors, and many other useful topics.
The winners also visited startup businesses in different fields, which are in line with Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision. The visit helped in enriching the knowledge and skills of the youths and also opened the doors to investment in small and medium enterprises.
The trip also included visits to both entertaining and educative places, such as, the Computer History Museum, Intel Museum, Stanford University, Draper University, and others.
Entrepreneur Mohammed Ismail, developers Ramadan Mustafa and Mohammed Alkamel, Khaled Alzugbi, and designer Muammar Alkamel were part of the winning team. 
They created an application for local sports club fans, where they can share their points of view, activities and news, in addition to statistics and analysis.
Mobily Apps Hackathon is an annual competition held by Mobily to support Arabic content apps.

Source : Arab News