UNDP partners with ICT Ministry, Microsoft to launch IoT for persons with disabilities competition: The UNDP has partnered up with the ICT Ministry, Microsoft Egypt, and its crowd-solving partner Yomken.com to launch “The Internet of Things for Persons with Disabilities” competition, which “targets young aspiring entrepreneurs and innovators, between the ages of 19 and 29 years old,” to devise solutions to “one of the following themes: Accessibility to public spaces & transportation, education, employment and health and early intervention” using IoT. After undergoing training and rounds of competition, the last three out of 10 teams will be given a chance to showcase their work at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.