Coping with Egypt’s blossoming digital technology scene

Coping with Egypt’s blossoming digital technology scene

CAIRO - 7 June 2021: Hearing the words digitalization, digital transformation and smart cities has been very frequent in the recent years in Egypt. That requires both qualified calibers and entrepreneurs who are willing to invest in the digital technology sector expanding consumers' access to its services. Hence, Egypt Today sat with Country Launcher of 'GOMYCODE Egypt' Nada Beshir to learn about the skills needed after attending an event it held on how to found a start-up in the tech field. Starting with specializations, Beshir tells Egypt Today, "There are so many specializations for developers. It's really hard to summarize them. But we can say that there are three or four main fields of specialization. Web, Game, Data, and Design." She elaborates that web developers are specialized in back-end, front-end, and FullStack Js. As for video game developers, those are the ones who create video games from scratch. The third area is data science, which revolves around data visualization, Machine Learning, and Big Data. There is finally UX/UI Design, which also requires coding skills. "But there are also many specializations related to development such as business intelligence, cybersecurity, system administration, and embedded systems," Beshir explains. Regarding the necessary skills a