In Egypt today, TikTok is no longer just a dance app; it's starting to look a lot like a digital university. While older generations may still see it as mindless scrolling, Gen Z is turning TikTok into a crash course in real-life skills, soft skills, and everything school forgot to teach.
Gen Z in Egypt Levelling Up One Scroll at a Time
Everything from finance to emotional intelligence, Egyptian TikTok creators are stepping up as unofficial professors. You've got content creators breaking down how to build a CV, prep for job interviews, or even freelance from home, all in 60 seconds or less.
Unlike the stiff YouTube tutorials or boring textbook lessons, TikTok's style makes learning actually stick. The algorithm rewards creators who flawlessly blend the learning process with entertainment elements by utilising trends, storytelling, humour, and even memes to convey their points.
A Creator for Every Skill
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Want to learn how to negotiate your salary? There's a creator for that. Need help understanding boundaries in friendships? Someone's probably explained it with a skit and subtitles. From soft skills like communication and self-awareness to hard skills like using Canva, starting an online business, or even cooking budget meals, TikTok is the new go-to classroom.
For instance, the Motherbeing TikTok account features content related to gynaecological and sex education, focusing on women's health, a healthy lifestyle, and debunking societal myths, whereas Hady walks. Hady talks creates educational content about plastic surgery procedures and myths as a fun Egyptian doctor living in the UK. Moreover, LTS English is an English learning channel that humorously offers tips for language pronunciation, including rating celebrities' pronunciation and providing proper techniques to improve it.
More Insightful Creators from Around the Globe
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As TikTok's strong ability to reach every corner of the world stands out, Egyptian Gen Z is not only learning from local experts but also from international ones.
For instance, the Physicsdude shares interesting concepts from physics and math in a simplified and concise way, making it engaging for everyone, regardless of their proficiency in physics. The Maths with Miss Chang account, which is run by a maths teacher from London, offers very creative tips on solving maths problems. Med Kelvin shares medical facts about rare diseases and comments on the representation of the medical industry in movies and TV shows with accurate instances.
