Communications minister: We seek to turn Egypt into top IT country

CAIRO, April 11 (MENA) - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat said his ministry is implementing Digital Egypt Builders Initiative (DEBI) as part of an integrated strategy to create cadres the local and international labor markets need.

The minister's statements came during a meeting with BEBI students at el Gezira youth center on Sunday where he held a dialogue with the students and listened to their queries on the initiative.

The minister said his ministry seeks to turn Egypt into a pioneering country in the field of digital technology with the aim of enabling citizens to get e-services.

For her part, advisor to the minister Huda Baraka outlined the achievements made in the programs of leadership and administrative skills as well as AWS، Cisco, IBM, Microsoft and VMWare programs offered by world companies to support the initiative.