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In light of Egypt vision 2030, Egypt is rapidly transforming to Digital Economy based on knowledge that encourages the innovation, research and development, and as a main part of this vision, the new administrative capital is being built to be the first smart city in Egypt.<\/strong> Believing in the role of higher education and scientific research in supporting this transformation and in this regard and in frame of the preparations for launching the First Egyptian hackathon on level of state in the topic of smart cities in cooperation with Benha University and Amazon global Company through which teams of Egyptian public university students will compete to find innovative solutions in the following fields:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Smart Buildings- Smart Facilities- Smart Gardens- Smart transportation\/ traffic- Smart Hospital – smart recycling- smart monitoring \u2013 smart energy \u2013 smart administration \u2013smart Schools and universities). <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The participating teams will be qualified through webinars presented by Amazon experts for a week, and practical training will be provided to qualified teams in innovation centers and internet laboratories spread across Egyptian universities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The qualified teams will be hosted for a period of 3 days at Benha University, and presenting the necessary support, direction and guidance will be provided to them to build and develop prototypes of their innovations, provided that the final arbitration will be done by specialized experts, and the results will be announced and the awards will be handed over to Benha University on the third day. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, the winner will receive financial prizes on total 100,000 Egyptian pounds, provided by Benha University, in addition to valuable prizes provided by Amazon. The winners will also have a great opportunity to market their innovations to the new Egyptian private universities.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For more details and nominations, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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