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About Us

  • The Regional Information Technology and Software Engineering Center (RITSEC) was established in January 1992.
  • It was founded as a joint project between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD).
  • RITSEC is a regional institution, which has developed innovative projects that have helped in the transformastion to the digital age.
  • Located in Cairo, RITSEC is non-profit organization which provides technical, professional, and developmental services to agencies, institutions, and government organizations across the Arab region.
  • RITSEC has continued to work successfully to fulfill its original mission of continuously buidling model institutions , innovative projects and human capacities for the region.
  • To this end, RITSEC has always been very active in incubating young projects by giving them the opportunity to experiment with and apply new ideas and technologies. Once these projects are sufficiently grown and established, they are commercialized to become independent entities capable of competing in the local and international private arena.

  • Vision

    Creating societal innovation and building regional and global information economies

  • Mission

    Help accelerate social-eceonmic development and support regional transition to the knowledge and information based sociaties.

  • Objectives

    Throughout its history, RITSEC has remained committed to leading the Arab region in information technology and software engineering. By designing innovative applications of ICT, RITSEC has consistently promoted the region’s socio-economic development. Acting as a catalyst for progress, RITSEC strives to:

    • ■  Accelerate socio-economic development through innovation and leading ICT projects.
    • ■  Help build newer generations of human capacities and institutinal capabilities.
    • ■  Provide regional leadership in internet , DSS, software engineeting, Ai, CultureWare and digital transformastion.
    • ■  Support the growth of knowledge, Information and communication infrastructure.
    • ■  Build a regional hub for Innovation and innovators: People, Organization and Nations.