Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, opened today, Sunday, the activities of the 26th session of the International Technology Forum and Exhibition for the Middle East and Africa for the year 2022 (Cairo ICT 2022), which is organized under the title (Leading Change), during the period from November 27 to November 30, 2022, in the presence of Dr. Ali Al-Moselhy, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade. .

During the conference, Dr. Ayman Ashour witnessed the signing ceremony of a cooperation protocol (equivalence project) between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, i-Finance for Financial and Digital Investments, and the Good Makers Foundation for Development, which aims to provide i-Finance for Financial and Digital Investments with grants to pay expenses for 200 students from the education system Technical and general secondary education wishing to enroll in technological universities, and the value of the scholarship is 10 thousand pounds for each student, and these scholarships are announced in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education as soon as the result of coordinating diplomas and general secondary education is announced for students who have been nominated by the Ministry of Higher Education, and submitting them to the Good Makers Foundation development by agreeing to grant them. .

The protocol was signed on behalf of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, by Dr. Ahmed Al-Haywi, Advisor to the Minister for Technical Education and Secretary General of the Education Development Fund in the Council of Ministers, and on behalf of i-Finance for Financial and Digital Investments, Mr. Ibrahim Sarhan, Chairman and Managing Director of the company, and on behalf of the Good Makers Foundation for Development, Mr. Mustafa Zamzam, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation. .

It is worth noting that the Cairo International Technology Conference and Exhibition, Cairo ICT, has been held since 1996, and has been honored by the patronage of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi over the past seven years. It is considered one of the most prominent technology forums in the Middle East and Africa since its start.