Amr Talaat

Amr Talaat is the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He is a computer scientist and former business executive. Talaat was appointed on 14 June 2018.
Career
Before joining the Government of Egypt, Talaat worked for IBM Egypt, rising through various positions.
Talaat's tenure as Minister has included projects to develop and secure Egypt's IT & telecom infrastructure, expand education and training in advanced digital technologies, and improve government performance and quality of services offered to the citizen. His main program is titled the Digital Egypt Strategy.
During Dr. Talaat’s tenure, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology launched a number of initiatives:
Digital Transformation
The inauguration of the Digital Egypt government services platform
The promulgation of the Data Protection Law The promulgation of the Data Protection Law.
The establishment of a National AI Council, and Digital Society Higher Council, spearheaded by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
The launch of Egypt's Applied Innovation Center (AIC), which utilizes High Performance Computing to advance applied AI research across sectors, including Natural Language Processing.
The increase of Egypt's ranking on the World Bank's GovTech Maturity Index from category "C" in 2018, to Category "B" in 2020, then Category "A" in 2022.
The renovation of more than 3,000 national postal service offices in Egypt and the launch of new digital services, micro-finance products, in order to serve as one of the channels for the delivery of Digital Egypt government services.
Digital Upskilling
The establishment of Egypt University of Informatics (EUI), Africa's first specialized ICT university, in partnership with global renowned universities, including Purdue University and Minnesota University.
Boosting government investments in Egypt's ICT upskilling programs to expand their outreach from around 15,000 trainees annually, to more than 600,000 trainees in three years.
Engaging in new collaborations with top-ranked universities across North America, Europe and Asia, as well as ICT multinationals to offer professional Master's degree for fresh graduates in Egypt in five different ICT specializations, as well as applied internships through the Digital Egypt Builders Initiative (DEBI).
Expanding applied ICT training programs to middle school and high school students across Egypt through the Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative (DECI).
The establishment of seven Applied Technology Schools across seven governorates in Egypt, to transform technical training in the ICT sector and fast-track middle school graduates’ path towards a career in ICT.
Partnering with global education providers to train more than 100,000 Egyptians annually, in specializations demanded by the global freelancing market, which resulted in the growth of Egypt's digital services exports.
The establishment of Egypt's National Academy of Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities to serve as an inclusive training hub for PwDs and as an incubation center for assistive technologies.
Digital Innovation
The establishment of 8 technology innovation hubs (Creativa) across 8 governorates in Egypt, as a part of Dr. Talaat's "Innov-Nation Strategy" which aims to propagate the digital innovation culture across the nation in all 27 governorates.
The establishment of the Sultan Hussein Kamel Palace Creativa Center, which is the first-of-its-kind innovation hub in Egypt. A historic palace in Cairo's Heliopolis district, the palace was once home to the family of Egypt's monarch, it is an architectural gem, that was restored by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under the leadership of Dr. Talaat, and opened to Egypt's vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem as an accelerator and incubator at the heart of Cairo.
Building partnerships with global players in the venture capital and incubation businesses to operate Creativa Hubs.
Establishment of Egypt's largest Electronics Design Hub and R&D labs in the New Administrative Capital, which hosts local and international electronics design companies.
References
Communications Ministers of Egypt
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Egyptian politicians