First Deputy to the Minister of CIT, Egypt

Hoda Baraka is the first deputy to the minister of communications and information technology, having previously served as senior adviser to the minister for the IT infrastructure sector.

Ms. Baraka has 25 years’ experience as a consultant in the field of information technology, active in the fields of information systems analysis, design, automation, project management, planning, scheduling, reporting and team organization in different governmental sectors since 1983. She has participated in various national projects in both the private and public sectors, and has a proven track record in formulating public-private partnerships; establishing protocols and business linkages among various stakeholders; and supervising national ICT projects in the fields of education, e-government, e-health, e-content, national databases and geographical information systems.

Ms. Baraka is the director of the Egyptian Education Initiative (EEI), launched at the World Economic Forum in May 2006 with the aim of improving the quality of education using ICT tools. She is also the project director of the Egypt ICT Trust Fund, a mechanism created by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the United Nations Development Program to promote the use of ICT in development. Additionally, Ms. Baraka is a professor at Cairo University’s Faculty of Engineering, in which capacity she has made many presentations at national and international conferences regarding information technology, networking, database design and software engineering.