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GoodsMart, online grocery app, secures additional funding from Algebra Ventures
Start-up managed to grow its business three-fold in last 6 months, plans to use investment to further scale its business
Siemens completes establishment of Toshka electrical substation’s extension
This paves way for Egypt-Sudan electric interconnection project
Ericsson, Intel develop next-generation software defined infrastructure for 5G era
Ericsson and Intel Corporation have begun a multi-year collaboration to align ongoing development efforts in software-defined infrastructure (SDI) and Intel Rack Scale Design. The resulting next-generation infrastructure management platform will deliver a new level of cloudlike agility, transparency, and efficiency required for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), distributed cloud, and 5G. Many communications service providers have …
Google, Apple criticised for Saudi app allowing men to track female relatives
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in an interview with NPR that he was unaware of the Absher app, the Saudi-based government app which allows men to track the movement of female family members, but he will investigate. The app was first highlighted at the beginning of February in a report of Insider news. It is …
NTRA licences Etisalat Misr to provide triple-play services in compounds
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has granted the mobile network operator, Etisalat Misr, a triple-play telecom licence that allows the firm to provide mobile and landline services, high-speed broadband, and fiber-optic TV services. NTRA’s Acting Executive President, Mostafa Abdel Wahed, and CEO of Etisalat Misr, Hazem Metwally, has singed the license agreement. “We are …
ITU announces details of WSIS Forum
Event will cover cybersecurity, e-agriculture, e-health, e-education, gender equality, environment, infrastructure, enabling environments for tech, innovation
OECD estimates over 130 million new jobs emerge between humans, machines by 2022
It is vital countries use digital technologies as great equaliser: Secretary-General of OECD
Indian doctors use technology to detect blindness in early stage
Machines can be trained to identify even earliest stages of diabetic retinopathy, grade it with as much accuracy as human doctor
Palm oil users test new satellite technology to track deforestation
Monitoring system allow for targeting people felling trees in producing countries more efficiently than policing supply chains on ground
Trump signs executive order to prioritise, promote AI
One big motivator of new AI drive, China
School of the big city: electronic learning system, diagnostics in VR
“School is an absolutely open system, open to parents, teachers, organisations from the outside. Schools initiate collaborations with businesses, scientific, and cultural institutions, urban projects. Moscow is a big city for education,” said Pavel Kuzmin, firector of the Moscow Center for Quality of Education and programme director of the “City for Education” forum. It is …
Google celebrates Monuib’s 114th birthday
Actress one of few female comedians who managed to capture people’s hearts
Talaat witnesses signing of partnerships in ICT sector during WGS 2019
Programme aims to equip 100 trainees per year, to meet requirements of labour market, provide them with job opportunities in companies specialised in this field
Accept for Technology, Payments partners with valU for online instalments
The Accept for Technology and Payments announced a partnership agreement with valU, specialised in payment-on-instalment programmes, to avail the latter as an alternative payment method for online stores. The agreement offers online access to valU’s client base and selling proposition that allows consumers to pay on instalments over tenures between 3 and 24 months. “We …
AFCON gives Egypt good opportunity to use digital payment: GSMA
Mobile money could help government reach people who were previously financially excluded, says Swanepoel
World marks SID under ‘Together for better internet’ slogan
Google provides tips for enhanced safety during online surfing
VR technology revolutionises house design
Virtual Reality (VR) started to change gaming, music, and even the medical field, and it can now change architecture and the way architects create their designs. The VR was slowly adopted in many architectural fields, revolutionising the sector that used to be stable in the 21st century culture. For the uninitiated, the VR is a …
GSMA members to discuss European ban on Huawei’s 5G equipment
Meeting will be during Mobile World Congress
Biologists use GPS-GSM technology to track Egyptian endangered vulture
As with many other raptors, death was linked to human activity
Planned cybersecurity centre will monitor any digital fraud in banks
The Head of Payment Systems at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), Ehab Nasr, said the CBE works within a large team in the government regarding digital transformation under the umbrella of the National Council of Payments. “The bank works within a general framework to produce a national payment card ‘Meza card’. We aim to …
We must have national strategy for digital financial inclusion: Moussa
‘When financial transactions, governmental services are available on digital platforms, presence of a digital identity will be crucial,’ says minister advisor for digital economy
Future of cash: will it become obsolete?
Transforming Egypt into a digital society starts with online payments
Uber users face technical problems in Cairo
Many users of Uber, the US based ride-hailing application, said they experienced technical problems in using the service. The company has not yet revealed the reasons behind this issue. “It doesn’t work. Both Uber website and app are down. I don’t know what is going on,” an Uber user, who has faced some problems in …
Huawei launches new products, attempting to outperform competitors in 5G race
Company currently industry’s only vendor which can provide end-to-end 5G systems
Hackers attack targets in Middle East through Google Drive via Excel documents
Researchers at 360’s Threat Intelligence Centre (360 TIC) identified attacks carried out by a group called DarkHydrus advanced persistent threat (APT), against targets in the Middle East of political value, luring them with Excel documents laced with malicious VBA code (macro). Macro are disabled by default in the Microsoft Office suite for security reasons, and …
Ericsson encourages legislators, regulators to reduce investments obstacles, ensures 5G frequency allocated: CEO
Company’s investments in R&D positioned it to benefit from strong momentum in global 5G market, says Ekholm’s
5G here, to reach 17% of subscriptions by 2024: Fida Kibbi
In Egypt, 5G will become reality in 2020, says VP, Head of Marketing, Communication Ericsson MEA
Freshworks updates its messaging software for businesses
Tech firm expanded its footprint into Middle East market in June last year
Amazon introduces its e-readers to Egyptian market
Users can personalise reading settings on Kindle devices with selection of fonts, font sizes, text alignment options
Tech firm to produce portable Braille E-Reader
Learning to read new e-reader can significantly boost literacy rates among visually impaired people