EGYPT
Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications
and Information Technology (MCIT), has said
that the number of technology trainees in Egypt is
expected to double because of the establishment of
seven more training institutes affiliated to MCIT. He added
that a project of establishing a specialised ICT university at
the Knowledge City in the New Administrative Capital is also
in the pipeline, as well as a centre for applied research. The
minister highlighted Egypt’s keenness to co-operate with
international companies specialising in AI and explained
that an important aspect of the country’s future direction
was to achieve Digital Transformation. He said that
by the end of 2019, the number of e-government
services launched in Port Said city, as a pilot
project, will reach 174.
TANZANIA
The Centre of Excellence for ICT in East Africa has
been officially launched by Joyce L. Ndalichako, Minister
of Education, Science and Technology of the United
Republic of Tanzania. The aim is to strengthen the capacity
and capabilities of the EAC region in ICT by facilitating
scholarships to students pursuing Master of Science in
Embedded and Mobile Systems and foster regional networks
and cross-sector partnerships. The centre is hosted at
the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and
Technology (NM-AIST) in Arusha Tanzania, at the
School of Computational and Communication
Sciences and Engineering (CoCSE).
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