The e-Finance Company—specialising in the field of electronic payment and money collection technology—signed a protocol of cooperation with the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at October 6 University, which targets scientific and practical exchange between the college and the company. According to the protocol, e-Finance will train students in the third year of college on electronic payment and collection services and advanced technological techniques, and it will supervise the applied projects presented by the students. Ibrahim Sarhan, chairperson of e-Finance, said that Egypt has a distinctive position in the information technology, electronic payment, and collection fields, which qualify it to compete in the global market. Despite the growing numbers of graduates each year, the telecommunications and information technology sector still needs a lot of qualified graduates. Mousa Ibrahim, dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, said that the October 6 University aims to enhance the efficiency of its graduates and link them to the updated technological work.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 15, 2017 15:00 UTC