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SAP and UNHCR complete Refugee Code Week following Africa
Refugee Code Week builds on the huge success of Africa Code Week , which trained more than 89,000 participants in 2016 , four times the original goal .
Refugee Code Week initiative is in collaboration with Galway Education Centre , the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , and more than 25 local partners .
SAP , UNHCR , and partners from public , private sector and non-governmental organisations , launched SAP Refugee Code Week , an initiative that aims to train 10,000 youth refugees and nationals in Egypt , Jordan , Lebanon , and Turkey . First announced at the recent World Humanitarian Summit , the initiative supports the United Nations New York
Declaration for Refugees and Migrants , which aims to strengthen the economic and social contribution of migrants to their local communities and host countries . Refugee Code Week initiative is in collaboration with Galway Education Centre , the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , and more than 25 local partners .
Building sustainable student engagement , Refugee Code Week is partnering with a number of Jordanian educational institutions , including Al-Balqa Applied University , German Jordanian University , The Hashemite University , Princess Sumaya University for Technology , Rum International School , The University of Jordan , University of Petra , and Zarqa University .
With millions of refugees in the Middle East , Refugee Code Week has partnered with ReBootKamp RBK to extend their coding initiative , offering the opportunity to join Amman-based RBK coding education camp . The successful launch of RBK ’ s first 16-week coding camp of which 50 % were refugees and 50 % Jordanians , graduated with a competitive edge resulting in near 100 % job placement .
Ciena GeoMesh to help integrate networks at Telecom Egypt
Telecom Egypt is deploying Ciena ’ s GeoMesh solution and packet-optical platforms for reliable , low-latency connectivity to meet surging demands for high-bandwidth services on its national terrestrial network and submarine links between the Mediterranean and Asia . With a more agile and scalable network , Telecom Egypt ’ s wholesale carrier , service provider , internet content provider and consortium customers will be able to provide diverse data transit routes for international datacentre interconnect , disaster recovery , cloud-based services , and other high-capacity services for enterprise and consumer end-customers .
With more than 160 years of operational history , Telecom Egypt is the largest provider of fixed line services in the Middle East and Africa . Telecom Egypt offers a complete range of international telecommunications services , including voice , data , dark fibre , colocation and tailored data solutions . Its geographic location spans about 1,000 km on the Red Sea and 1,000 km on the Mediterranean Sea , and connects more than seventeen cable systems through seven diversified routes and five landing stations across Egypt .
A key benefit of the Ciena-enabled mesh restoration of interconnected terrestrial and submarine networks is that Telecom Egypt can extend its offerings with a suite of high-availability networking services that can survive unexpected hardware and fiber route failures . Ciena ’ s GeoMesh also allows Telecom Egypt to proactively resolve unexpected issues and maintain network reliability .
Ciena ’ s 6500 and 5430 packet-optical platforms , powered by WaveLogic Extreme coherent optics , allows Telecom Egypt to offer a diverse mix of services over high-capacity wavelengths ; supporting any type of traffic , including fully transparent optical transport networks OTN , virtual private networks VPN , optical VPN and Ethernet services , all with stringent SLAs . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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