Dr. Talaat held a meeting with Fumihiko Okaniwa, President of Toshiba DME, and a number of the company's leaders, who specialize in software and electronic component development, including multimedia systems, embedded electronics, Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, and digital products based on artificial intelligence (AI). The meeting reviewed the company's technologies and current cooperation with the El Araby Group. He also met with Keiji Yamanaka, El Araby's business coordinator at Sharp Corporation, which specializes in electronics and smart devices, and Masanori Komori, Vice President of the company's AI and IoT Division.
During the meeting, Sharp's smart technologies in the fields of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (AIoT) were highlighted. The existing cooperation with the El Araby Group was also discussed, as was the study of joint research and development plans in the field of smart applications and devices to serve European and regional markets from Egypt.
Talaat also met with Hidehiro Yukoo, Chief Executive Officer and Head of Legal Affairs, Intellectual Property, and Government Relations at Denso, which is one of the world's largest automotive components and systems designers and manufacturers. The meeting discussed opportunities for cooperation in the field of research and development. He also met with Akihiko Tanaka, President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in the presence of Abu Bakr, to discuss enhancing joint cooperation in the fields of digital capacity building, entrepreneurship support, and AI.
It is worth noting that Dr. Amr Talaat had participated in a session within the SusHi Tech TOKYO 2025 conference, which is considered one of the most prominent international events concerned with emerging companies, during which he reviewed the efforts made to build digital Egypt. He also held a series of meetings with the Governor of Tokyo and the Japanese Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, in addition to officials from innovation centers, research and educational institutions, and leaders of a number of Japanese companies. The meetings aimed to explore new horizons for cooperation between Egypt and Japan in the field of communications and information technology, and to work to attract more Japanese investments to the Egyptian market.