Nationwide program is aimed at sourcing IoT solutions in smart logistics and smart cities to help grow Egypt's digital economy. The North African country has launched the second edition of the Egypt IoT Challenge targeting senior university students, startups and SMBs who have innovative ideas related to the Internet of Things (IoT) and relevant fields. Alexandra Rehak, Practice Head of IoT at Ovum, who spoke to Liquid Telecom for its latest Africa IoT report, says IoT will play an important role in Africa. Liquid Telecoms 2017 Africa IoT report found that while smart city initiatives are on the rise globally, Africa is also playing its part encouraged by initiatives such as the Smart Africa alliance which is spearheaded by Rwanda. Academic institutions taking part in the Egypt IoT Challenge 2017 include Suez University, Alexandria University, the Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST).

Source: The North Africa Journal August 15, 2017 10:41 UTC