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UKTI Lebanon are looking to meet UK companies including:
• Publishers
• Distributors
• Software companies

Lebanon is a regional centre for trade and business due to its strategic geographical location

Benefits for UK business exporting to Lebanon include: Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) signed by UK and Lebanon, no exchange regulations, English widely spoken, large financial sector, well-educated and highly skilled workforce.

Lebanon has the highest literacy rate in the Arab world which is 90%. The Ministry of Education and Higher Education’s (MEHE) main priorities are to support ICT in the education system

UKTI Nigeria are looking to meet UK companies including:
• Those that have an interest in new markets (emerging economies)
• Companies who have received enquiries from Nigerian companies and who are genuinely interested in the market
• Those that have already sold to Nigeria and are seeking advice on how they can expand their sales

Opportunities for UK companies in the following areas:
•  Demand for educational software/hardware in schools and learning institutions across all levels of education.
• Capacity building & training for teachers
• Curriculum development
• Upgrade of ICT infrastructure in schools

UKTI Pakistan are looking to meet UK companies including:

• Innovative technologies and educational material

• Information and Communications Technology and its tools

• Specialised education

• Primary & secondary school curriculum development

• Vocational and skills training

• English Language skills

• e-learning

• Special Needs Education

The UK’s education system as a recognised world leader often the preferred choice for Pakistani students. Pakistan is the largest overseas consumer of GSCE and A Levels, and the British Council’s largest overseas market for exams. Pakistan’s education sector consists of more than 150,000 public education institutions serving over 21 million students; the private sector caters to another 12 million. Pakistan is the largest schools market for Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) outside of the UK where they work with around 600 schools across the country. There is an enormous thirst for professional qualifications; Pakistan is the 2nd largest ACCA market and other popular vocational/ professional qualifications such as Edexcel, CIMA, BCS and City & Guilds are also present.

UKTI Portugal are looking to meet UK companies with product ranges including:

• Content for Interactive White Boards

• Online Content for Students, Teachers and Parents

• Online Professional Development for Teachers

UKTI Russia are looking to meet UK companies including:

• Innovative equipment for schools

• Consultancy for Curriculum Improvement in Russian universities to become more practical

• Innovations for universities libraries

• Innovations in technical education

Russia has opportunities in:

• Extra-Curricular Education for Children

• Inclusive Education

• Corporate Education Sector

• Science and Research

UKTI Serbia are looking to meet UK companies with:

• An interest in Serbia and the region (relatively small and challenging markets).

• Experience in cooperation with transitional economies (non EU countries) and usage of EU and international funding.

• Product/service that could fit market needs (software, assistive technologies, teaching staff training & development).

Opportunities in Serbia include:

• Majority of schools have internet connection. (However, still a lot to be done on a governmental level related to connecting schools to internet).

• Hardware in majority of schools very modest.

•  Strong need for ICT skills development for schools staff.

• Lack of software and hardware for education programmes for disabled children, lack of assistive technologies.

• Low level of use of mobile devices and apps in education

UKTI Singapore are looking to meet all Ed tech Exhibitors UK companies.

Singapore aspires to be a centre for innovation in the use of infocomm technologies for the education and learning sector.

 The value of training sufficient ICT mentors in the school system to share good practices (e.g. ICT-based lesson plans) with other teachers via The ICT Connection – an online platform. 

The Fourth Masterplan for ICT in Education will be launched in late 2015 / early 2016 – key objective is to bridge students’ digital interests to the way they learn in school to achieve meaningful learning outcomes. There is likely to be a focus on enhancing teachers’ ICT competencies. 

UKTI Southern Africa can provide information regarding Mauritius, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Angola, Mozambique, Botswan and the following opportunities in:

• ICT and mobile technology

• Vocational and Further Education (TVET)

• Oil and Gas Skills Development

• Transnational Education

UKTI Spain are looking to meet UK companies including:

• General suppliers with a USP

• Education and school investor groups

Spain is in full recovery and now the fastest growing economy in the Eurozone; Spain has the 2nd largest British Schools Overseas group in the world (over 100 accredited British schools) and strong private schools and bilingual state sectors.

UKTI Ukraine are looking to meet UK companies including:

• Innovative software for English language

• Integrators – to support integration of the Ukrainian educational system into the European one

Opportunities in the Ukraine include: Introduction of modern information and communication technologies: at user level - supplying all educational units with ICT equipment (software); at level of information and educational networks - fostering the development of distance education and network libraries; at curriculum level – modular educational programmes configured to various levels of complexity