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Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA)
Egypt Launches New Program to Train 100,000 Egyptian youth and women In Web Development, Data Analysis & Digital Marketing collaboration with the global online learning platform Udacity.
To develop their digital skills, provide them with global market experiences and help them develop their careers, and increase sources of income
(ITIDA) in partnership with the freelance marketplace website, Freelancer for a 3-month partner program
Freelancer is the world’s largest crowd marketplace with 40M users, 17M projects, 1600 skill categories and we operate in 247 countries.
this partner program will support Egyptian youth through exclusive perks, such as special membership schemes values 9.95$/Month, community channels.
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The IFC Initiative has provided opportunities to work for Enterprise clients including IBM, Airbus, and Al Futtaim, alongside 14 SME clients from across the globe.
Egypt FWD International Freelancer (IFC) success stories
Egypt Future Work is Digital FWD International Freelancer Contest (IFC) Achievement
· 27 Governorates with graduates and freelancers.
· 305,000 Applications submitted and evaluated.
· 40,000 Youth upskilled on Freelancing.
· 10,600 Joined Freelancing Marketplace.
· 3,000 Celebrated their gigs.
Why this training program?
ITIDA, the executive IT arm of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Egypt, is very keen and dedicated to accelerating the growth of Egypt’s digital economy specifically with regards to freelancing. It wants to push Egypt from being #13 in Freelancer per capita for major economies to #5 It wants to produce 13K+ active freelancers It wants to create an additional $200M incremental annual value in Egypt's freelancing market.
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