Egypt's ICT Minister on charm offensive in Silicon ValleyThe campaign by Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MICT) to promote investment by US technology companies in the North African country's ICT sector is currently underway in Silicon Valley. Oracle General Manager and Senior Vice President Gary Miller pointed out that Oracle established two training centres in Borg El Arab and New Assiut Technology Parks," read the statement. "The Minister talked about the growth of the ICT sector, reaching a positive 11.2%, allowing the sector to rank first in growth rates among the other state sectors during the first quarter of the current fiscal year. ITWeb Africa has learned that Cisco Academy in Egypt is already planning an IoT Creathon to take place next week Wednesday. Students at Cairo University will compete to develop solutions to tackle IoT-related problems, according to organisers of the event.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 16, 2017 11:37 UTC