The minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari was accompanied by the minister of knowledge economy, startups and micro enterprises Mr. Yacine El-Mahdi Oualid, on a working visit to the Wilaya of Annaba, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.
Mr. Baddari supervised the inauguration of a renovated artificial intelligence house in the University of Annaba, as he also looked at a number of innovative projects which had been developed in the renovated space, which was created to accompany and develop innovative projects, in addition to renovating and developing a scientific and digital database.
The ministers also inaugurated two complexes dedicated to startups and economic sub-institutions at the University pole in El-Bouni, Annaba. Moreover, the delegation visited the innovation centre named as (Annaba Innovation), which holds more than 40 innovative institutions in economic and social fields.
Furthermore, both ministers inspected models of a number of startups developed by the university students within the framework of graduation thesis, during an exhibition that had portrayed 400 startups. As they both stressed on the need to elaborate commercial models for students with innovative projects.
The delegation called the students of the University of Annaba to control the mechanism of artificial intelligence, and work on software development, in addition to seeking registration for their projects, in order to own a startup mark, as a first step towards transforming ideas into innovative institution producing materials and services.
On the same occasion, both ministers visited another exhibition portraying results of researches related to food security, digitalization and industrial technology, stressing the importance of renovating sub-institutions related to knowledge economy and digitalization.
In a press statement the minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari affirmed that Algerian universities are moving towards becoming an engine for social and economic development, through honing and valuating the skills and scientific talents of the university family, made up of instructors, researchers and students, for the sake of community service.
The minister of knowledge economy, for his part, valuated the cooperation between his ministry and the ministry of higher education and scientific research, which aims to accompany startups and innovative projects, and promote entrepreneurship among university students.