iSharp Managing Director for the Middle East, Ashraf Hazin, announced on Tuesday the establishment of Egypt’s first ‘smart’ educational city in Giza governorate. According to Hazin, the investment cost is exceeding EGP 5 billion, as reported by Masrawy. iSharp Communications, which was founded in 2009 with offices in UAE, KSA and Egypt, is part of the iSharp World group. It aims at modernizing infrastructure networks. According to Hazin, the city will be built on an area of 25 feddans in Giza, and it is currently acquiring the government licenses for the project for which Head of Investment Council Mohsen Adel is attempting to speed up. The city’s plan includes four educational schools: British, French, American, German and an Olympian sports school as well as a world-class science museum to showcase the various sciences using virtual reality technology. Hazin stressed that the buildings will also be environmentally-friendly for the first time in Egypt with modern designs that are completely technologically controlled. There will also be the development of an educational development centre for digital innovation supporting technology developers, which was initially to be established in India prior to the company’s decision…
