Egyptian IFC success Article

Introduction

Do you want to be successful, explore the new digital fields and get the opportunity to compete and make money on the international freelancing platforms? All these purposes are the first and the innate purposes of the Egyptian initiative future work is digital (FWD)- which is powered by ITIDA and managed by Udacity- by offering free online courses on the most important three digital professions: web design, digital marketing, and data analysis. Along with all these courses there is also some videos, tips, and webinars on freelancing to make the Egyptian youth able to start practicing what they have learned, gain experience with international clients on these platforms, and make money online.

IFC initiation

With all the efforts of FWD initiative to reinforce and increase the knowledge of Egyptian youth about digital professions and freelancing. ITIDA, Udacity and Freelancer join their forces to launch the first international freelancing contest which is exclusive to the Egypt FWD community.

IFC purpose

So, what is the aim of this initiative and how could it help the graduates of FWD? Firstly, IFC is aiming to help FWD graduates to practice what they have learned, assist them in establishing their first step in freelancing and maximize the exposure of the initiative’s graduates to the global community of employers on freelancing platforms and to provide employers with sponsored opportunities to benefit from the talents of Egypt’s youth armed professional skills in hot tech domains. And all of that was done by offers 100 contests and project opportunities, each representing a freelancing gig challenge that is offered by an international employer and time-bound. Freelancers submit their work to compete over several winning awards at the end of each contest. And the winners are financially awarded.

The achievements of IFC

And if it comes to the achievements of IFC, there are a lot of stories of the graduates that have developed their potential in both their professions, freelancing and how to compete and win against many gigs. And here are some of the main achievements of the initiative:

1- Over 2000 FWD graduates registered to take part in the initiative

2- The IFC Initiative has provided opportunities to work for Enterprise clients including IBM, Airbus and Al Futtaim, alongside 14 SME clients from across the globe.

3- IBM ran contests with over 50 prizes awarded

4- Al Futtaim ran contests with over 120 prizes awarded

5- 57 project opportunities

6- 26 contests

7- 1 Talented developer bagged a $3000 Project with IBM to create a chatbot to help service their cloud customers.

8- 3 freelancers won projects helping combat online hate, analyzing tweets from social bots spreading disinformation on Twitter.

My story with IFC

And personally, after I have finished the digital marketing nano degree course, I was indeed in the need of this initiative to practice what I have learned and start freelancing, because of corona situation and also as I am a student and I only can work part-time jobs. So, I entered this initiative and learned how to compete in contests and gigs and some of the important things in digital marketing that helped me to find what I still need to work on to improve to increase my potentials and win gigs.

So, do you find it successful and are you inspired by IFC and FWD?