The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), through its arm Software Engineering Competence Center (SECC), has launched DX4SW initiative to help the local software development companies follow the latest digital transformation global trends.

The (DX4SW) initiative aims to support digital transformation and enterprise agility in the local IT sector, by helping software development companies achieve their digital strategies and business objectives.

The Digital Transformation 4 Software Development Companies (DX4SW) initiative comes in cooperation with the Chamber of Information Technology & Communication (CIT) and the Egyptian Information, Telecommunications, Electronics, and Software Alliance (EITESAL).

The DX4SW reference architecture and DX guide focus on the development of five main aspects, including the company Performance and Outcome, Processes, People, Information Systems, and Technology, leveraging SECC’s expertise in applying the international quality standards in the software industry.

According to DX4SW Product Structure, SECC will present an innovative, technology-enabled, and capability-based reference architecture offering a service roadmap to help these companies optimize its resources and meet the DX global trends, following an initial capability assessment for the beneficiary companies.
Both CIT and EITESAL will subsidize their member companies to join the initiative according to their size offering 80% to the small enterprises, 70% to medium-sized, and 60% to large enterprises.

ITIDA has set out the eligibility criteria including the beneficiary company has at least three years of work experience, must be an Egyptian company working in the ICT field, must be registered in ITIDA’s companies’ online database, and is a member in the aforementioned NGOs.