Egyptian institute and DIT discuss IT facility

DUBLIN Institute of Technology (DIT) is in talks with Egypt’s National Telecommunications Institute (NTI) with a view to establishing a centre of IT excellence there.

The talks have formed part of a three-day trade mission to Ireland — ending this morning — by the Egyptian government aimed at attracting Irish IT companies to invest in Egypt’s burgeoning technology sector, which is growing by 20% per annum.

DIT and NTI are looking to co-establish a facility which will specialise in industry training and development programmes, technical support and R&D (research and development) projects in addition to scientific research collaborations. Dublin-based e-learning business, Education Media Publishing Group (EMPG) — formerly Riverdeep and headed by Barry O’Callaghan — is in talks to provide the Egyptian-based Information Technology Institute (ITI) with e-learning content.