Dubai based start-up accelerating student employment through digital innovation

Oliv, an online career marketplace for students and graduates, connects 1,500 businesses with 200,000 students to help address the 28% youth unemployment rate in the Middle East and North Africa. Jean-Michel Gauthier, Co-Founder and CEO of Oliv, talks about Dubai’s strong innovation drive, funding available for start-ups, and how Oliv supports the government’s Vision 2021 National Agenda (launched in 2015) that aims to increase the number of knowledge workers by 40% in 2021.