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valU deploys Infobip’s solutions to provide customer support over WhatsApp
Customers can now get an immediate response to a variety of FAQs through valU’s various touchpoints
Vodafone Egypt is contributing to Egypt’s 2030 Vision for Sustainable Development: External affairs director
Vodafone is also supporting the agricultural sector to save 18 billion cubic meters of water using technology: Essam
Egypt ranks first in terms of most financing deals for start-ups in MENA: Communications Minister
MoneyFellows closes $31m funding round
Recession still dominates mobile market, prices likely to increase by 20%
Cancelling the opening of documentary credits by the end of the year will support manufacturing locally
ValU cooperates with Telecom Egypt to provide instalment services at WE branches
Under the agreement, TE will provide instalment services for the products it offers in its sales outlets throughout the republic for a period of up to 60 months without a down payment, which confirms TE’s keenness to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction, meet their advanced needs, and facilitate their access to available products and goods.
Etisalat by e& injects EGP 4-5bn investment to expand capacity of cell towers in Egypt
This came during the company’s annual press conference on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the 42nd edition of the GITEX Global exhibition and conference, which was held from 10 to 14 October.
Communications Minister, Lenovo officials discuss investment opportunities in Egypt
The meeting dealt with a review of the most prominent investment interests of Lenovo in the coming period, the competitive advantages of the Egyptian ICT sector, and ways to expand the company’s investments in Egypt.
NASA conducts first planetary defence test mission
A NASA spacecraft intentionally slammed into an asteroid on Monday in a test to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat. The agency’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) probe carried out the first-of-its-kind manoeuvre on a small space rock known as Dimorphos, about 11 million km from Earth. The impact took place at …
Egypt-based fintech investment platform Exits.me raises $1m in pre-seed round
Exits.me aims to provide investment banking services in the MENA region through an automated online marketplace
Mark Zuckerberg introduces Community Chats for Messenger and Facebook
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that “Community Chats” are coming to Messenger and Facebook Groups. The new features aims to help people build social connections in real time over shared interests. It allows Messenger groups to organize chats into categories, including audio and video channels for real-time discussion, admin-only chats for announcements and event chats. This aims …
PyTorch Foundation to accelerate progress in AI Research
PyTorch Foundation will democratize access to state-of-the-art AI tools, libraries and other components to accelerate progress in AI.
Blue Origin rocket experiences booster failure during uncrewed launch
An uncrewed New Shepard rocket launched by Blue Origin experienced a booster failure on Monday, which caused the rocket booster to crash. The launch was scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Monday Central Daylight Time from the company’s Launch Site One location in West Texas, according to Blue Origin. It was a payload mission with no astronauts …
Artemis 1: maiden flight of spacecraft set to take humans back to the Moon – here’s what needs to go right
The Artemis project will be on track to meet its goal of putting humans back on the Moon in 2025.
Meta reveals winners of first-ever Global Spark AR Challenge in Middle East
Meta revealed the winners of the Middle East and North Africa’s first Spark AR challenge in collaboration with the UAE National Program for Coders, the Museum of the Future, and Lenslist. During the three week competition, creators worldwide submitted over 400 effects, to showcase their creativity using the latest Spark AR features and competing for …
Damen to launch its mobile wallet app in partnership with BKN301
Tamer El-Hussainy, CEO of Damen Company for Electronic Payments, expressed his gratitude for this partnership that offers innovative banking services and empowers customers.
Egypt has been a hub for the global outsourcing industry: ITIDA
These unusual circumstances began with the spread of the coronavirus and still continue today with the war in Eastern Europe, which has supported Egypt’s position as an attractive and targeted market for the outsourcing industry thanks to the accumulated experiences of its employees, its distinguished geographical location, and its infrastructure, which can meet the needs of customers.
Best Payment Gateways Solutions in Egypt
Egypt plans on integrating Payment Gateway Solutions with E-commerce Merchants, to help them connect with Global Suppliers, helping with cross-border transactions, with ease.
Meta commissions Analysis Group to conduct study on potential global economic impact of the metaverse
The study includes regional estimates for Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, India, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the US.
Egypt’s Communications Ministry launches ‘Ashbal Misr Digital Initiative’
The initiative will target students from Grade Seven all the way till Grade 11 in all schools across the country in order to prepare a distinguished generation of young people capable of exploring new horizons in the fields of communications and IT and achieving Egypt’s digital vision.
ITIDA launches new round of Export-IT Programme covering 2021 proceeds
Eligible micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) receive a direct export incentive on the collected proceeds of their value-added exports. Micro companies will receive a 35% incentive, small-sized companies a 15% incentive, and medium-sized companies a 10% incentive.
WhatsApp managers reveal update highlights of application for 2022
One of the most important new features in WhatsApp is the Global Voice Note Player, which allows users to listen to voice notes while switching between chats, when previously voice notes only played when the chat that they were sent on was open.
5 tips to SMBs during Ramadan: Meta
Make sure your next customers find you this Ramadan
Zbooni establishes head office in Egypt because of its growing entrepreneurship community: Regional Director
Zbooni raised $9.5m in funding, intends to invest amount in expansions, says Malika
89% of users in Egypt increase their use of digital payments in 2021: Kaspersky study
The Coronavirus pandemic was one of the most important factors that contributed to this transformation, as 67% of the study participants said that they had started using digital payment services during the pandemic.
Bashar Soft, Misr Informatics University cooperate to provide new job opportunities in communications
Bashar Soft specialises in providing a wide range of human resources services that include recruitment, contracting, and salary transfer.
Brmaja acquires 70% of Wellness Plus mental health platform
Brmaja Innovation owns 70% of the new entity, where the platform will be characterised by its design and programming by Brmaja Innovation, including the mobile application and the website, in addition to the full support of Brmaja Innovation for marketing and promoting the platform’s services inside and outside Egypt with the provision of hosting services and video conferencing services.
ESCWA honours ITI for the excellence of its ‘Maharah Tech’ training platform.
The Maharah Tech platform was chosen as one of the best projects that have an impact on qualifying technological cadres and providing distinguished electronic content in Arabic in high-demand technical disciplines and linking them to self-employment skills.
Raya among top 100 outsourcing companies around world
Raya Call Center is also known for being one of the major players in providing outsourcing services globally in more than 25 languages, while operating from ten locations spanning three continents, and providing its services to various parts of the world.
MWC Barcelona: Telecom Egypt signs agreement with AFR-IX for Medusa’s landing station
The agreement was signed by Adel Hamed — Managing Director and CEO of TE — and Norman Albee — the CEO of AFR-IX Telecom and Medusa — on the side-lines of the International Mobile Exhibition and Conference being held in Barcelona, Spain.
MWC Barcelona: Realme considers manufacturing its products in Egypt
In response to a question by Daily News Egypt during a session held by the company on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Sheth said that the company is considering the possibility of manufacturing its products in Egypt, especially with the Egyptian state encouraging local manufacturing.