Model of Armenian engineering city will be introduced in Ethiopia

ArmInfo. The Enterprise Incubator Foundation and the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Addis Ababa, under which the parties will cooperate in high technology, engineering, and  innovation.

As part of the cooperation, it is planned to introduce a model of an  engineering city at the Center for Talented and Gifted Children in  Ethiopia.

The memorandum was signed by the Minister of Innovation and  Technology of Ethiopia Getaun Mekuria and the head of the business  development program of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation Amalia  Yeghoyan.

In the framework of the new cooperation, technological skills  development projects will be carried out, R&D laboratories will be  created, experience exchange programs will be implemented to  encourage the development of an innovative ecosystem in both  countries. According to Amalia Yeghoyan, the signing of a direct  memorandum with the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology  was a pleasant surprise.

''Before the visit, it was planned that the memorandum would be  signed with the Ethiopian University of Addis Ababa, but upon arrival  we were informed that Minister Mekuria wants the memorandum to be  signed with the Ministry. This was due to the fact that the minister  really attaches importance to the initiative, within the framework of  which the city's engineering program will be implemented in this  center'', Amalia Yeghoyan noted.

As a special speaker at the invitation of AfriLabs and the African  Union, Amalia Yeghoyan made a presentation at the annual meeting of  AfriLabs, considered the largest event in the region's innovation  ecosystem.

To recall, in April 2019, the Enterprise Incubator Foundation signed  a memorandum with the computer science department of Addis Ababa  University. The memorandum provides for joint educational, research  and academic programs in both countries, cross-country cooperation in  the field of information technology, implementation of joint  projects, including the introduction of the Armenian's National  Engineering Laboratory Model (ANEL) at the University of Addis Ababa.