Dubai, 10 February 2019
During the World Government Summit, held on February 10 – 12, in Dubai, the Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has met with Karan Dixit, UiPath’s VP for MEA, where they
discussed the investment opportunities that the Egyptian ICT sector offers.
The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) Acting CEO Maha Rashad, and
UiPath Alliance and Channel Lead for the Middle East and North Africa Ahmed Adly attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed UiPath’s plans in Egypt, and the way forward to tapping into the
potential in the Egyptian market, which is ripe for automation in addition to scaling up Robotic Process Automation
adoption in the Egyptian BPO companies to provide RPA services.
During the meeting, Talaat witnessed the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) between ITIDA
and UiPath to cooperate in qualifying Egyptian calibers and enhancing their skills in the field RPA through the
company's platform; the first open platform for online training and certification, designed for RPA users.
The cooperation entails rolling out a dedicated training program where UiPath will forecast
the demand from its partners and facilitate placement of program graduates at its local partners in Egypt or at its
international partners including the conduction of a joint hiring day for trainees.
The LoI also stipulates that ITIDA is to introduce UiPath Academic Alliance Program to all
stakeholders and participate in organizing joint workshops to preparing the IT community and engaging a large target
group for in-demand automation jobs.
UiPath is the leading enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company. The
company is headquartered in New York, USA and has offices in 19 countries across North America, Europe and Asia. The
Company aims to serve and train more than one million students in 1,000 universities worldwide through its UiPath
Academic Alliance.
