Boursa Kuwait has signed a partnership with INJAZ Kuwait, a youth-focused non-profit, to support financial literacy and entrepreneurship programmes expected to reach more than 800 students in the first half of 2026, the exchange and INJAZ said.
The collaboration will fund a set of classroom-style modules aimed at different age groups. For middle school students, the programme “My Money, My Future” will introduce basic concepts such as saving, responsible spending and investing.
Another track, “I’m an Entrepreneur,” is designed to build creative thinking, entrepreneurial skills and positive habits, the two organisations said.
For older students, Boursa Kuwait will sponsor a “Personal Finance” programme that offers hands-on exercises in budgeting, decision-making and career planning for high school and university participants.
It will also back “My Company,” which allows students to set up and manage virtual businesses with guidance from private-sector mentors.
Boursa Kuwait said the initiative fits within its corporate sustainability agenda and its broader effort to deepen financial awareness among future market participants.
INJAZ Kuwait said private-sector sponsorship helps it expand the reach of its bilingual programmes in Arabic and English, delivered with support from volunteers.
The Kuwait exchange has pitched financial literacy as a way to widen participation in capital markets over time, not just as a corporate social responsibility project.
Like other exchanges in the Gulf, it has been trying to encourage a more active investing culture and improve market depth as policymakers push for more diversified growth and private-sector activity.
Education partnerships are low-cost, long-horizon bets for a bourse: they build familiarity with investing, nudge households toward formal savings products, and can gradually expand the pool of retail investors and future professionals.
The impact will be hard to measure quickly, but the focus on practical simulations and decision-making, rather than lectures, could make the programmes stick, especially if paired with broader reforms that make investing easier and more relevant for first-time participants.
