The ICT Ministry’s Digilians Initiative dominated the airwaves last night after it was the main talking point during a meeting between President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and ICT Minister Amr Talaat. The initiative will launch in September and aims to train 10k people of different backgrounds free of charge on technical, personal, linguistic, life, and leadership skills on an annual basis. The initiative will cost EGP 3 bn in its first year and EGP 1 bn annually after that, Talaat told Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer (watch, runtime: 11:50). Ala Masouleety’s Ahmed Moussa also has coverage (watch, runtime: 10:48).

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