Egypt inaugurates first nanotechnology center to boost research
Egypt recently launched its first nanotechnology center aimed at boosting the country’s technological education and scientific research applications.
The project is a collaboration between the Information Technology Industry Development Agency, a government institution, the state-run Science and Technology Fund, and the IBM Corp. Academics from Cairo University, Egypt’s largest state-run university, will contribute to the center.
The center will be geared towards conducting research in the production of solar and renewable energy, water desalination and modelling of software programs, according to governmental officials.
Planning for the center was based on a memorandum of understanding signed in September 2008 between the development agency, on behalf of the Egyptian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, the Science and Technology Development Fund representing the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and IBM.
It is funded by contributions from information technology and communications companies operating in Egypt, said officials.
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