Digital Egypt Builders Initiative- DEBI

DEBI is a unique initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and announced in the presence of the President of Egypt in September 2020. The initiative falls under the pillar Egyptian Human Development, a key pillar of MCIT strategy for building Digital Egypt. The initiative seeks to empower the next generation of Egyptian young graduates of engineering and computer science colleges to become leaders at the global level and be capable of implementing Egypts digital vision. The initiative offers, annually, a free scholarship to 1,000 top graduate students from engineering and computer science colleges; they will be selected according to specific conditions and admission criteria to be prepared as young cadres in various fields, including data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, automation and digital arts. In addition, they will be assigned to a training program on leadership and management skills. DEBI is...