The country’s first gov’t data and cloud computing center was the focus of last night’s talk shows, with the nation’s talking heads covering President Abdel Fattah El Sisi‘s inauguration of the project yesterday (watch, runtime: 2:27:14).

“The digital services that citizens receive will be more accurate, continuous, and stable by being located in giant data centers,” Communications Minister Amr Talaat told Lamees El Hadidi on Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 2:18). “The presence of huge digitized databases stored inside data centers enhances government performance itself,” he added, explaining that the large capacity of data centers allows for better decision-making because of the amount, accuracy, and retrievability of the data.

Egypt needs new leaders in the education sector who believe in Egypt’s ability to present a generation that can excel, at least in Africa and the Middle East, Amr Adib said on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 31:17). Competition with the world in the field of programming begins with interest in education in schools and developing the capabilities of young students in mathematics and science, Adib explained.

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