Arab FinanceLocal experts and manufacturers stressed the importance of using artificial intelligence and modern technology in… Digital transformation of the industrial sector In Egypt.
They confirmed in exclusive statements to Arab Finance on the sidelines of the annual international forum and exhibition for industry in its third edition during the period from 25 to 27 November this year that there is a major challenge facing the Egyptian industry, especially in the field of information technology, which is the migration of talent in the information technology sector to work outside Egypt as a result of demand. Global knowledge of these technological skills.
Creating technology with national minds
For his part, Engineer Omar Al-Arabi, Head of the Business Development and Strategic Direction Sector at the Al-Arabi Group, said in exclusive statements to Arab Finance on the sidelines of the International Forum for Industry that the Al-Arabi Group aims, during the coming period, to create technology with national minds instead of importing it from abroad, by training engineers and following up on the trend. Global in the field of technology, pointing out that the group has established a new office in Japan for this purpose, and it has engineers working from different nationalities to contribute to the creation of new technologies in accordance with the global trend.
Al-Arabi explained that the crisis of brain drain abroad is an existing crisis, and we are also facing this problem as we train workers, and after they obtain the necessary training, opportunities may come to them to work abroad and they migrate outside Egypt, and this is a problem related to loyalty to work that has become non-existent among some, explaining that education What is new in the technological field is based on motivating students to penetrate entrepreneurship, which ensures their movement in a climate that supports national thought and minds, and pushing the business machine leads to benefiting thousands of individuals to commit to staying in Egypt because there An established and stable life.
Al-Arabi reviewed his experience, which began ten years ago in Canada before returning to Egypt, and his attempt to apply technology to industry and the factories of Al-Arabi Company, in cooperation with the Chamber of Technology Industry, because industry and technology must come together hand in hand to achieve a productivity boom at the level of all departments of companies and productive institutions. Affiliate.
Al-Arabi pointed out the use of artificial intelligence in treating the Al-Arabi Group’s factory workers’ compliance with industrial security codes for uniforms, clothing and equipment. Therefore, cooperation was made with emerging companies to create applications that contribute to controlling this challenge using artificial intelligence techniques, by installing cameras that help determine compliance. Workers adhere to security and safety standards and make statistics based on them, which has effectively reduced accidents through good monitoring. The beginning may be in one factory and then expanded to other factories if the project experience is successful within a specific period, noting that this experience in the uses of artificial intelligence has turned into exhibitions. By collecting information about behaviors Customers inside the showrooms and their decision to purchase and the reasons for making this decision, which will help achieve successful targeting of the customer and then make the purchase decision.
Al-Arabi stressed that the Al-Arabi Group aims to be a technological leader and not a technological subsidiary, so it has pumped investments worth 500 million pounds into this field, in addition to the group tracking all technological breakthroughs in the world, as well as attracting technological expertise and building technical schools to graduate expert technicians who will help the group. Al-Arabi Group, and other companies, and to produce new innovative solutions, stressing that the Al-Arabi Group supports education based on creativity and thought and instilling the spirit of ambition among emerging youth to create emerging projects.
He added that Al-Arabi Company, which was founded by Hajj Mahmoud Al-Arabi, transformed from a commercial company to an industrial company when Hajj Mahmoud Al-Arabi bought land in the city of Banha in Qalyubia Governorate and began manufacturing, which contributed to the development of society as well as the creation of an industrial society.
For his part, Engineer Khaled Ibrahim, Chairman of the Information and Communications Technology Chamber of the Federation of Industries, said that the United States relies heavily on artificial intelligence and technology, and the more the world advances, the greater the added value of the technology sector. For example, Apple achieves huge returns compared to the cost of production due to the high added value of its products, pointing out that the problem of the Egyptian economy lies in reliance on the traditional industrial revolution, and insufficient focus on technological revolutions and the added value that technology creates.
Ibrahim added that the Chamber focuses on developing technology and innovation, and enhancing research and development in order to create real added value, noting that the Technology Chamber conducted an opinion poll on factories, and we found that 85% of those factories do not care about research and development as they should, stressing the need to reduce the cost. The product is achieved by investing in modern technology, while moving away from focusing on assembling electronic devices only, due to their low added value.
He pointed out that the Egyptian Factories Digitization Initiative was launched to encourage factories to adopt technology by offering low interest rates, and that the chamber’s function is to motivate factories to adopt technology at a low cost, with the aim of increasing the added value of their products, pointing out that technology and artificial intelligence help change the concept of industry. Radically, there are many companies that have outperformed their counterparts thanks to their adoption of artificial intelligence tools and their departure from traditional tools.
He pointed out that Egypt lags behind compared to other countries with regard to the use of artificial intelligence and technology in industry, and Egypt must seek to develop the industry, pump more investments into technological industries, and adopt technology in areas such as health, education, and others.
Engineer Ahmed Al-Nono, founder and president of Garment I.O., said that Egypt has a very important industry, which is the ready-made clothing industry, whose exports are small compared to other countries such as India, Morocco, China and Turkey, despite the opportunities available in this field to the Egyptian exporter, as the value of exports reaches… In the ready-made clothing sector, it reached only about $2.4 billion.
Al-Nono added that there should be a way to think about dealing with technology in order to serve the national economy and national industry.
He stressed that he succeeded in developing and developing technological solutions that study and measure workers’ productivity and working conditions, which explains the reasons for workers’ inaction, as well as measuring workers’ productive capabilities, which has achieved tangible administrative successes.
For his part, Engineer Saif Badawi, a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Information and Communications Technology Industry at the Federation of Egyptian Industries, called for the necessity of relying on ourselves because it is the motivation for moving forward. It is also necessary to focus on the status of the Chamber of Information and Communications Technology Industry, and identify the existing gaps, as the chamber includes about 11 thousand members, who come together on one goal, which is to develop manufacturing technology in software or using artificial intelligence, etc., provided that these technologies are applied in manufacturing technology. , drawing on the expertise of academics, startups, engineers, and major manufacturers such as the Elaraby Group.
Turning challenges into opportunities
Badawi pointed out that the Chamber carries out many activities, such as transforming challenges into opportunities to reach technological solutions, through the use of young people and qualified cadres, and this lies in forming a community with a common vision that works together to develop the industrial sector.
Badawi pointed out that the current challenges contribute to changing the balance of power, and these challenges represent a golden opportunity for society in light of the presence of major changes on the global scene, as we can exploit this opportunity for our general benefit through our youth and cadres, to achieve an important position on the global economic map, and this is what is called the economy. Knowledge, which we seek to implement and develop.
Employing human energy in technology
He stressed that investing in the technology sector has a significant impact, and to maintain our current position, it is necessary to invest in technology because technology is not a luxury. A country that does not rely on technology becomes a secondary country in the current race of countries, and Egypt possesses a large and diverse human force that can be employed in the field. Technology, as Egypt has more than 60% of the population under the age of thirty, and therefore the solution lies in using the available capabilities to solve problems. The current mentality must also be changed, which considers a crisis to be a curse. Rather, crises must be transformed into opportunities, and this is the future, and this must be done through technology. He pointed out at the conclusion of his speech that artificial intelligence is not an end, but rather a tool, and the emergence of new technology represents an opportunity, not Dangerous.
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