The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has witnessed the
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Information Technology Industry Development Agency
(ITIDA) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Ingram Micro alliance. The aim is to train and qualify Egyptian
calibers on Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications.
The MoU stipulates that HPE equips a specialized laboratory in AI, in collaboration with ITIDA. HPE will provide the
latest hardware and infrastructure, while ITIDA will take care of the lab location.
HPE, through the laboratory, will provide leading edge technologies directly in this lab or through connections with
other (HPE and non HPE) sites. This aims to transfer expertise and spur innovation among Egyptian youth to produce
and develop prototypes, in cooperation with HPE business network in the region, in particular, HPE similar
laboratory in the UAE.
This is in addition to working on promoting and developing those prototypes and applications in the Middle East and
Africa.
On the other hand, Ingram Micro will provide educational and practical training courses a training tracks for AI,
around Computer Vision and Natural Language processing.
ITIDA, however, will promote the enablement activity within Egypt innovation agenda. It will also revise training
curriculum and provide feedback, handle the courses implementation and the trainees’ selection process, as well as
implementing the agreement terms within the agreed timeframe.
The MoU also stipulates that Ingram Micro Provides internship and employment opportunity for talented candidate who
passed through the training and enablement tracks in the planned AI Center of Excellence that IngramMicro is
intending to establish in Egypt
The MoU is aimed at enhancing cooperation between the three parties to qualify calibers for working in modern
digital technologies. This includes qualifying machines and computers to process natural languages through the deep
learning of artificial neural networks, to help keep up with the local and regional labor markets. This will also
create new jobs and transform Egypt into a hub of expertise and skills in this field.
The MoU was signed by ITIDA CEO Hala El Gohary, HPE-Egypt Managing Director Khalid Helmy, and the Head of Internet
of Things (IoT) and AI Division for the Middle East and Africa region at Ingram Micro Tamer Abdel-Fattah.