Google announces University Ambassador Prorgam in Egypt

In line with Google’s commitment to empower Egypt’s academic community with knowledge, infrastructure and tools to help the country’s future leaders make the most of access to information, the company will launch their Google Student Ambassador Program for MENA. The event will take place in Egypt from July 24 – 28.

During this week, 73 ambassadors from across the region will be trained on Google products, developer’s tools and be provided with an overview of Google’s university programs.

Googlers from around the world will provide training to the ambassadors. Providing insight into the world of Google and its strategy will be Mohammad Gawdat, Google Managing Director Emerging Markets, and Ari Kesisoglu, Google Managing Director MENA.

Travelling from Zurich, Ahmed Hamzawi, Head of Engineering – Google MENA, and Abdel Karim Mardini, Head of Product – Google MENA, will provide student ambassadors with in-depth knowledge about a variety of Google services, specifically those related to academia. The Ambassadors will represent Google on their respective campuses and serve tenure of one academic year.

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