Egypt launches trial run of digital government services platform
New platform offers 70 services covering vehicle and driving licensing, public notary, and electronic filing of lawsuits
Mohamed Alaa El-Din
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We are conducting financing round for TCB to attract $7m in financing, says Mohamed Shaheen
Egypt government discusses technological preparations for hosting Handball World Cup
Championship to be held in Cairo, New Administrative Capital, 6th of October city, and Borg El-Arab city in Alexandria
Egypt’s NTRA receives 40,000 complaints on mobile internet, voice services
About EGP 250,000 in financial compensations was provided to clients
Egypt Post retires manual parcel collection, deposit fee in favour of digitisation
All paperwork systems have also been abolished
MENA sees 45% drop in start-up investment deals in July: MAGNiTT
UAE acquires lion’s share of investments for July
TE continues monitoring STC acquisition of Vodafone Egypt
In a recent report attached to its financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, TE added that it is working with its consultants to identify all available alternatives and evaluate them.
Internet services lead TE profits growth in H1 of 2020
TE achieved revenues of EGP 15bn during the first half (H1) of this year, reflecting a growth of 18% over the same period last year. The growth was supported by a 37% increase in data services revenues compared to the same period last year.
Egypt MCIT, Purdue University to launch dual degree programmes
EUI will be the first university in Middle East and Africa region to specialise in information and communications technology
Egypt makes great strides in implementing AI national strategy: CIT Minister
Talaat pointed out that an ambitious programme for capacity-building has been launched with the aim of providing knowledge of artificial intelligence to all segments of society. As part of this, a comprehensive programme will be launched to educate all government employees on the uses of AI, to make government operations more efficient and transparent.
FEDCOC invites Cairo Chamber to cooperate on “Digital Future” initiative
The initiative was set up and launched by the Digital Economy Division at the Cairo Chambers of Commerce, in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Enterprises Sectors.
Tagerly launched as first “drop shipping” platform in Egypt
Platform allows users to buy in bulk and resell products from the comfort of their home to make profits, says Toggar’s CEO
Egypt’s NTRA tests quality of mobile services in June
The quality tests were conducted at nearly 81 cities and neighbourhoods, covering nearly 27,000 km of populated areas.
Data Protection Law supports data centre localisation in Egypt: MCIT
This comes in light of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s ratification of Law No. 151 for 2020 on protection of personal data, after Parliament’s earlier approval.
Egypt Post forms cyber-security committee to protect against digital threats
The committee is to be headed by Amr Moussa, Adviser to Minister of Communications and Information Technology for the Digital Economy and Information Security.
Egypt Post, AOI cooperate on developing postal services
The two entities also agreed to manufacture 50 cars before the end of this year, which include armoured vehicles used in transferring money, as well as cars equipped with ATM machines.
Facebook suffers system glitch in several countries, including Egypt
According to the website, Downdetector, which provides real-time user-provided updates on service outages, most of the complaints were related to issues in Facebook’s desktop version.
Egypt’s ITI, Vodafone launch self-employment platform
The MoU signing was witnessed by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat.
Digital Future initiative aims to develop local companies’ competitiveness
This comes in light of the special circumstances Egypt is going through due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It also takes on board the urgent need to develop companies’ tools and prepare them for the digitalisation, mechanisation, and financial inclusion phase.
Egypt, China agree to develop Arabic-Mandarin NLP programme
Project aims to encourage Egyptian-Chinese cooperation in bilingual translation system using AI
Egypt to automate university examination process
Egypt to automate university examination process
Raya Holding approves NBE acquisition offer for Aman minority stake
NBE to acquire 24% in two months, says Khalil
Mobile companies inquire about collection of development fee increase in July
A mobile company source said the increase was applied from the start of July, but some customers renewed their July subscription before this date and paid the previous development fees without the increase.
Egypt increases stamp duty by EGP 0.16 on mobile users starting July
Unlike prepaid customers, the tax, valued at EGP 8 in total, will be paid by monthly billing customers once a year.
Egypt’s venture capital remains most active in MENA region
The total number of deals in MENA increased by 2% during H1 of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
STC acquisition deal of Vodafone Egypt extended 60 days
Acquisition is expected to be closed before November
Planning Minister to meet EBA, Eitesal over Egypt Vision 2030
Mohamed Shadid, CEO of Eitesal, has revealed the virtual meeting’s topics. The most notable of these will be the Egyptian business community’s role in supporting the state in its development goals as part of Vision 2030.
Government prepares to develop applied technology for communication school
The minister added that the protocol signed on Wednesday will see the launch of the first applied technology school in the academic year 2020/2021. It will also establish an extended partnership between the Ministry of Education and TE.