'Egypt 3.0' Facebook Competition Sees Enthusiastic Participation of Egyptian Youths

Intel (News - Alert) Egypt stated that Egyptian youth participated enthusiastically at the ‘Egypt 3.0’ Facebook competition and came up with new and unique infrastructure plans that would shape a better and brighter future for Egypt with the help of ICT intelligence.

The competition was supposedly inspired by Intel’s “Egypt Tomorrow - IT vision for a brighter future” initiative that has been running for several months and aims at tackling how ICT can help in the development of a country in different sectors to include e- services, e- health, and e- education. More than 400 competitors submitted their plans to drive Egypt’s growth in education, infrastructure, traffic and agriculture sectors.

Officials with Intel claimed that they are highly impressed with the submissions for this competition. It is so inspiring to see the wealth of ideas that Egyptians have and realize the deep rooted love they have for their country. Through this competition, Intel Egypt was able to show the importance of technology as a tool to maximize and advance development in Egypt.

One of the competitors named Ahmed Mahmoud Ahmed Ebied came up with a plan that wanted the Egyptian educational system to be transformed in such a way it is able to fill jobs of each governorate depending on their sector focus. His plan entitled “A Perspective Towards a Better Educational System” won the first price and was awarded a laptop based on the Intel Core i5 processor. Ebied asserted that now is the time to think of development in Egypt. Intel’s social responsibility initiatives will be playing a major role in developing the country.

The second prize plan entitled “The Optimum (News - Alert) Usage of Revolutionary Technology” was designed by Abd El Rahman Mohamed Reda Abd El Hak Gamal El Din and it won an Intel Core i5 processor. The plan envisioned that minimizing and eventually eliminating bureaucratic systems and processes at government institutions through the use of e-filing systems rather than paper filing.

Mohamed Ahmed Abdelazim was the third prize winner and his plan “E-Education Plans” focused on enabling students to not only access curriculums online, but to communicate with their teachers and colleagues via chat rooms resulting in e-class rooms that are interactive in nature.

Intel added that the ideas were both inspirational and original and will definitely help in creating a better and brighter future for the Egyptian society.