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EGYPT
EGYPT
Progress continues at the new Borg Al-Arab Technology Park in Alexandria. Yasser ElKady, Minister of
Communications and Information Technology, said the parks project is part of a national strategy which
aims to implant IT across the country. It has the aim of providing a suitable environment for local and
international companies to invest and cooperate with scientific research centres and universities to improve
the skills of young people.
The Borg Al-Arab Technology Park will create 4,000 job opportunities for young people and a number of big
data centres will be established there too.
YEMEN
A new public-private partnership in Yemen, led by EDC, provides educators teaching maths and science
with skills and materials to prepare their students for the 21st century. The project is helping the country’s
educators learn how to integrate technology into the classroom and provide them with digital learning
resources that fit the Yemeni curriculum.
“In the past, when people talked about technology, it was about how to use a computer. Instead, our project
is about how information and communication technology can be used to teach maths and science,” says
EDC’s Helen Boyle.
YEMEN
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