The Academy Company for Information Communication Technology (ACICT), the technological investment arm of the Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT), has launched a strategic partnership with Logix, a leading company in smart transformation and information security, to launch the largest smart and secure educational platform in Egypt and the Arab World.
This is part of ACICT’s efforts to support Egypt Vision 2030 in developing knowledge, innovation, and scientific research. This agreement aims to empower the educational sector and prepare it for the post-Covid era, especially after the increased confidence in distance learning and the need for an integrated and safe platform for smart education.
Eng. Ahmed Sharaf, Managing Director of ACICT, said: “Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab World and the third-most populous in Africa. Its migrant minds constitute nearly 10 percent of the population, with Egyptian experts and innovators at the forefront of every research, scientific and academic institution worldwide. That’s why, one of the key goals of Egypt Vision 2030 is to develop knowledge, innovation, and scientific research. This includes a plan to bring back Egyptian migrant minds and enhance the capabilities of the innovation and development system and a knowledge economy that is based on smart learning and its tools.”
Eng. Sameh Khader, General Manager of Logex in Egypt, said: “Egypt is an ideal arena for building the platform. It has all the factors for the success of the experiment and launching it as a regional model. There are millions of students in this country that have a large population of youth. In Egypt, there are diverse community groups, this allows us to test our system across different networks and communication systems. Our education system includes various curricula in terms of content, languages, and applications. If our platform succeeds in Egypt, we are confident that it can be implemented across the Arab World and Africa as well as other regions and countries around the world. We look forward to AASTMT’s extensive network and its many branches in Egypt and the region, which will act as an ideal incubator to develop and transform our platform into a real experience.”
Sharaf also added that the secure smart education platform will mark the starting point for a major initiative that will be introduced based on this agreement. He stated that this will give them a competitive advantage to achieve and build a regional market for information security and digital transformation.