Egypt: MCIT Meets Companies to Announce for Projects and Tenders of L.E. 50 Millions

In collaboration with Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) holds a meeting entitled "Communication for Development".

The meeting will be held with more than 800 Egyptian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the sector, in order to announce projects and tenders of L.E. 50 million that extend till June 2012. SMEs can get benefited from and participate in holding these projects and tenders through a number of sectors related to communications and information technology (ICT) in order to develop the domestic demand and enhance Egyptian SMEs work in the field.

During the meeting, these projects that fall under the umbrella of the national plan for development of Sinai area will be announced. Worth to mention, MCIT has quickly adopted a comprehensive program to develop both North and South Sinai governorates using communications and information technology tools as a part of strategic activities priorities developed by the ministry to be executed along the coming period.

This program aims to communicate with NGOs and civil society organizations in Sinai to achieve a maximum benefit of information technology tools. Projects proposed in the program also aim to meet the needs of Sinai people in the field of human development through International Computer Driving License (ICDL) and training of about a thousand youth on the basics and computer applications.