The Minister's Advisor for Digital Community Development Participates in the Opening of the Youth Employment Forum at the Hayat Karima Foundation

Project : National Network for Services for Persons with Disabilities

On behalf of Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Engineer Hoda Dahroug participated in the opening of the Youth Employment Forum, which was organized by the Hayat Karima Foundation in partnership with Care Egypt. The forum was attended by Dr. Maya Morsi, Minister of Social Solidarity; Dr. Ibrahim Saber Khalil, Deputy Governor of Cairo; Ms. Vivian Thabet, Founder of Care Egypt; representatives of the National Alliance for Civil Development Action; and a select group of partners and stakeholders.
In her speech, she emphasized the state's role in supporting and empowering youth, considering them the true wealth of the country. She emphasized the importance of developing their capabilities and paving the way for their effective participation in the labor market as a national priority. She pointed to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology's strategy for human capital development through its three pillars: developing competitive digital capabilities, advancing the technological infrastructure across the country, and fostering an environment of innovation and creativity. The ministry is working to achieve this through numerous efforts, most notably free training and qualification initiatives such as "Egypt's Digital Generations," which offers various job opportunities locally and internationally, and through freelance platforms to build the competitive capabilities of youth.
In the same context, she highlighted the "Develop and Change" initiative, implemented by the ministry in partnership with Care Egypt, Microsoft Egypt, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. This initiative targets all youth groups, equipping them with the skills required by the labor market in the fields of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
The minister's advisor emphasized that artificial intelligence opens the door to creating new job opportunities that did not exist before. This prompted the launch of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2030, which aims to prepare a generation of digitally qualified workers, integrate artificial intelligence into education and training programs, and promote innovation and entrepreneurship in this field. In a related context, she highlighted the Ministry's special focus on empowering Egyptian women digitally and economically through the "Qudwa.Tech" initiative, which has benefited more than 32,000 women since 2019 through training in digital marketing and craft project management using artificial intelligence tools.
As part of efforts to achieve digital justice and comprehensive empowerment, the Minister's Advisor noted the launch of the National Network for Services for Persons with Disabilities, an interactive national platform for registering and providing services, connecting persons with disabilities to training and rehabilitation opportunities and the labor market more easily and with fewer steps. This ensures improved service quality and integration. The initiative is being implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Solidarity and the Ministry of Labor. This model reflects the complementary roles of government agencies to serve a sincere goal of ensuring the effective and dignified participation of persons with disabilities in economic and social life and enhancing their digital and societal independence.
She also explained that the Ministry is contributing to the implementation of the presidential "Decent Life" initiative through the "Decent Digital Life" protocol, with the aim of bridging the digital gap between rural and urban areas, spreading digital culture, eradicating technological illiteracy, and providing a technological infrastructure that ensures the sustainability of digital transformation within Egyptian villages. In cooperation with the Decent Life Foundation, the Ministry also implemented a pilot model for the "Technology Ambassadors for a Decent Life" initiative. The initiative aims to prepare a generation of non-specialized university-educated youth capable of spreading the culture of digital transformation in their villages. This reflects a deep belief in the importance of engaging youth in leading the digital transformation of society from the ground up.
The Decent Digital Life initiative has succeeded in providing digital access to approximately 97,000 citizens. Support for the national digital infrastructure has also expanded, with approximately EGP 5.8 billion invested in connecting fiber optic networks to Decent Life villages, providing more than 180 digital government services through the "Digital Egypt" portal. This is in addition to initiatives to develop Egyptian Postal services and establish postal outlets in rural government complexes, supporting financial inclusion goals and enhancing access to services for citizens everywhere. At the end of her speech, the Minister's Advisor for Digital Community Development emphasized that integration between state institutions, the private sector, and civil society is the best way to achieve our development goals, leading to a more just and efficient digital society that places people at the heart of its plans. Building the Egyptian human being is a shared responsibility, requiring continued unification of efforts, development of work mechanisms, and monitoring of impact, in order to achieve the state's vision of a new republic based on efficiency, justice, and participation.
Cairo, May 29, 2025