INJAZ Al-Arab × Oliver Wyman
Region-wide alumni impact survey — June 2026
2,480 alumni. 13 countries.
One question: did it change their lives?
Every dot on this screen is one of the 2,480 people who answered. Keep scrolling — and watch the same 2,480 rearrange into every number in this report.
Amal. Keep an eye on her dot.
Chapter 01 — Belief
Before a young person can build a career, they have to believe one is possible.
81%
credit INJAZ with shaping their career direction and development.
For four in five alumni, the belief that a career was possible traces back to INJAZ.
84% report stronger initiative 83% stronger teamwork & collaboration 83% stronger confidence
Chapter 02 — Skills
Belief becomes action when there's something concrete to bring to a job or a venture.
Share of alumni reporting
improved capability after INJAZ
And the skills don't stay in the classroom: 78% of working alumni use them in their current job or business.
Chapter 03 — Work & ventures
In a region where one in four young people is out of work, what happens to alumni?
INJAZ alumni
17% not in employment, education or training
Arab states average
33%
Benchmark: youth NEET, ages 15–24, Arab states, 2023 (ILO Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024). Ghost dots represent the regional benchmark, not survey respondents.
Among alumni who have finished studying and entered the labour market, 7 in 10 are working or running a business.
Base: alumni no longer studying and active in the labour market, N=1,156.
336 run their own business.
212 employ at least one other person.
53% of these founders are women.
~2,000
jobs created by these alumni's businesses.
The gold dots aren't respondents. They're the people these 336 hired.
Estimate based on the 212 alumni whose business employs at least one person beyond the founder. Each business is counted at the midpoint of its reported employee band, with the open top band held at 50. Self-reported; covers surveyed alumni only — no extrapolation to the wider alumni base.
Chapter 04 — Return
What they gained, they hand back.
39% stay connected with INJAZ in at least one way.
20% give back — mentoring, volunteering, showing up.
14% mentor students · 13% volunteer · 11% attend events
Chapter 05 — The multiplier
The longer alumni stayed, the further they went. Scroll through time.
0–3 months
0% working1
0% credit INJAZ2
+0 NPS2
3–6 months
0% working1
0% credit INJAZ2
+0 NPS2
6+ months
0% working1
0% credit INJAZ2
+0 NPS2
Amal stayed for years. Her dot is on this terrace.
Across 2,480 lives, one pattern repeats: more time with INJAZ travels with better work, stronger attribution, louder advocacy.
And one in five goes back to lift the next 2,480.
1. Base: alumni no longer in education, active in the labour market; excludes 89 who don't remember their participation length (p40). 2. Base: finished-studying alumni, n=1,404; excludes 216 who don't remember (p43). Figures show association, not causation — more engaged young people may also choose longer programs.
The talent is real. The method works. The mission continues.
2,480 alumni across 13 nations shared what INJAZ made possible. The findings point beyond any single cohort: a tested approach, and a clear opportunity to bring it to many more young people.
1 in 5 alumni runs a business — against roughly 11% of adults across MENA (GEM regional report).