For the first time, Egypt will host the 20th International Olympiad in Informatics (IoI) in August 2008 at Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, 6th of October City under the patronage of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the Arab Academy for Science and Technology.

With the participation of 300 contestants from 80 different countries, the Egyptian Olympiad Informatics (EOI) is currently grooming its qualified contestants to participate in the International Olympiad.