Egypt’s minister of communications and information technology, Raafat Hindy, has engaged with senior executives from Oracle to fast-track the nation's digital transformation.
The meeting, held in Cairo this week, focused on aligning the global tech giant’s expansion plans with the National Digital Strategy.
A central part of the discussions was a joint initiative to train 150 000 young Egyptians in cloud computing and artificial intelligence . The talent development programme aims to ensure the local talent pool meets both domestic and international market demands.
The collaboration includes a "Train to Hire" programme designed to bridge the gap between academic learning and industry requirements.
Hindy highlighted the ministry’s commitment to fostering an investment-friendly landscape, specifically targeting the expansion of data centres.
By strengthening infrastructure, the government aims to solidify the North African nation’s position as a regional hub for the data industry.
"Our efforts in establishing advanced data centres and encouraging cloud investment are pivotal to delivering the digital services required by various state sectors," says Hindy.
The minister says the ministry will provide full support to maximise the reach of these training schemes.
The meeting was attended by Waleed Ahmed, Egypt country manager for Oracle, and Tamer Gamal, technology director at Oracle.
Ahmed says the training of citizens will provide the engine room for Egyptian organisations to adopt modern digital tools more rapidly.
For Oracle, the collaboration represents a strategic move into one of the region’s fastest-growing digital economies. The talks concluded with an agreement to host a specialised workshop involving officials from the Information Technology Institute.
This session will map out the technical implementation of future cloud computing and capacity-building projects. The ministry says it remains focused on creating a tech-savvy workforce to support the broader Digital Egypt vision.
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