Egyptian Youth - Get Inspired

Mohamed is a current Senior Functional Consultant at a reputable company for educational technologies and e-learning who graduated from the faculty of Engineering at Helwan University after completing high school in El-Salam School in Suez. 'My English language wasn’t that good back then' says Mohamed 'I graduated from an Arabic school and the terms were hard in the beginning', but this did not stop him from pursuing his dream of achieving acade View More Mohamed is a current Senior Functional Consultant at a reputable company for educational technologies and e-learning who graduated from the faculty of Engineering at Helwan University after completing high school in El-Salam School in Suez. 'My English language wasn’t that good back then' says Mohamed 'I graduated from an Arabic school and the terms were hard in the beginning', but this did not stop him from pursuing his dream of achieving academic excellence, Mohamed was ranked one of the top 5 graduates from the faculty of Engineering. After Graduation, Mohamed joined ITI and again achieved academic excellence by ranking first in his department. Mohamed was accepted to work as a Multimedia Developer in the international ITS and was rapidly promoted to higher positions throughout his 9 years of experience in the company. He describes his company as a very friendly environment that rewards whoever works hard no matter how old or young, and that no matter what the economic condition of the country, the ICT sector is always on top with even better salaries and promising solutions for our beloved country’s challenges. Mohamed advices Egyptian youth nowadays to first follow their passion and then decide what to do next, 'If you are passionate about working in the ICT sector, then start attending events, workshops and every available training opportunity. Also, keep up with IT news to know about the latest technologies, new concepts and technology application; you don’t want to be in the ICT sector with outdated ideas. Finally, always remember that this industry is an excellent opportunity for you to open your own company whenever you are ready for it'.

Inspired by her father, her passion to IT started at an early age and decided to pursue this career. Esraa Allam went to El-farag school and decided to follow her passion to join the ICT industry by joining the Faculty of Computers and Information in Ain Shams University. Esraa wanted to develop her technical and personal skills using parallel methods to formal education, so she joined several students’ activities. During her last academic year View More Inspired by her father, her passion to IT started at an early age and decided to pursue this career. Esraa Allam went to El-farag school and decided to follow her passion to join the ICT industry by joining the Faculty of Computers and Information in Ain Shams University. Esraa wanted to develop her technical and personal skills using parallel methods to formal education, so she joined several students’ activities. During her last academic year, she was concerned about her career opportunities. Hence, she decided to apply for ITI’s renowned Professional Training Program. By the year 2014, Esraa has been able not only to successfully complete her training in ITI but also to join a reputable company where she started as a Junior Software Developer and recently got promoted to Senior Software Developer. Her goal is to reach the technical and managerial maturity that enables her to open her own company in the near future. Esraa finds working in the ICT industry very rewarding both financially and personally, since it is one of the top paying industries in Egypt and she gets to meet new people, which develops her personal skills and increases her work network by time. Also, most IT companies have very attractive and encouraging work environments. “University students should focus on their English Language proficiency, and participate in students’ activities and specialized courses. This will help them understand more about the ICT industry and be able to choose a specific career to pursue”, says Esraa. “You do not need to be an IT graduate to pursue an IT career; all you need is passion, some online studying and a course to help you develop your technical skills. Many non-IT students graduated to become very successful employees and managers in the ICT industry”, she added.

Mohamed Hassan is a big fan of physics and mathematics, who studied hard enough to get himself enrolled in the faculty of Engineering in Ain Shams University. And since then, he focused on achieving academic excellence and proficiency. During his academic years, Mohamed used to attend multiple summer trainings to further develop his technical skills and bridge the gap between his current abilities and the market needs. Driven by his passion to View More Mohamed Hassan is a big fan of physics and mathematics, who studied hard enough to get himself enrolled in the faculty of Engineering in Ain Shams University. And since then, he focused on achieving academic excellence and proficiency. During his academic years, Mohamed used to attend multiple summer trainings to further develop his technical skills and bridge the gap between his current abilities and the market needs. Driven by his passion to innovate and find solutions, Mohamed followed his friend’s advice about joining ITI. He was finally glad to find a technology track that matches exactly the disciplines, he wanted to study and receive effective training on different applications. Mohamed was interviewed and accepted as a Software Developer in a very reputable company, which now, he considers as his second home for the friendly and open work environment. He describes his work as a very rewarding experience on both personal and financial levels, Mohamed enjoys flexible working hours and friendly environment where everyone gets to share ideas and help in the company’s decision making. “Everyone can join the ICT industry if passionate enough about it, many of my friends are graduates from non-IT faculties and are very successful at their IT jobs” Says Mohamed. “Everything is published online now, and you should be part of this, it is the most rapidly growing industry worldwide and you will always have a wide range of jobs to choose from, you could change your department wherever you feel like learning and working on something new. There are many various jobs once you are in”, he added.

“The harder way turned out to be the easiest”. This is how Kirolos Akram describes his journey in the ITC industry. After studying hard enough in his high school in Mansoura to follow his dream to join the Faculty of Engineering, Kirolos struggled with the English language at first, but this didn’t stop him from achieving academic excellence and receive a training opportunity in National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Smart Village. “This View More “The harder way turned out to be the easiest”. This is how Kirolos Akram describes his journey in the ITC industry. After studying hard enough in his high school in Mansoura to follow his dream to join the Faculty of Engineering, Kirolos struggled with the English language at first, but this didn’t stop him from achieving academic excellence and receive a training opportunity in National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Smart Village. “This Training helped me open up to a new world, my IT horizon started to broaden and I realized what I wanted to do with my life. I want to join the ICT industry”. Kirolos then followed his new target, which was finding which field he wants to join in the ICT industry, so he joined the ITI for its reputation and well-known life-changing results that many friends of his have experienced. He was a top performer and then joined Vodafone. “ITI changed my life and I would love to do anything to repay this”, says Kirolos. “In ITI I learned technical knowledge and enhanced my personal skills. Instead of paying a fortune to get this world-class training opportunity for 9 months, I received a monthly financial support”. “I am now the youngest Cloud Systems Engineer in my team”. Kirolos describes his work environment as very friendly and extremely supportive. Kirolos advices university students who are interested to join the ICT industry to start attending workshops and events whenever they get the chance to. This will help them know more about the entire industry and thus find a specific field that they are passionate about.