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State tackles change shortage with coin ATMs at metro stations
Machines to be standardised at metro stations in future
Egypt our choice, its economy among top in Africa, with large population: Soda Mobile brand director
Company has two smartphones models, plans to launch two more, targets 5% market share by end-2019
Huge growth potential awaits Egypt, MENA by adopting blockchain, easing burden of deep-rooted legacy systems: executive director MENA, Consensys
Blockchain enables safe, secure, non-repudiable exchange of value, allowing all aspects of life to be easily interchanged
E-wallet, EGN Banking services have room for growth if rules get established: Aman CEO
Aman agrees with Telecom Egypt to provide instalment services at its POS, says Moghazy
Samsung tops August smartphone market share
Huawei continues to push forward with 16.4% of market
Etisalat Misr investments this year up to EGP 3.5bn
Data Services main engine of telecommunications sector, accounting for 30% of revenues, says Hegazy
New technological zones to be launched in Egypt soon: CIT minister
Egypt’s digital exports estimated to be worth over $3bn, plans in pipeline for further increases
MCIT targets 10% growth, increasing ICT sector GDP share to 3.1%: minister
We will do number of investment incentives, mainly tax exemption of 50% for investors in technological parks, says Talaat
The Elderly & The World Wide Web (Infographic)
While seniors don’t have the same level of Internet adoption as millennials, recent studies have shown that elderly people are now more connected than ever.
Three tips to make payments easier for your customers
The payment process is the last step made by customers when they shop online. This process results in customers becoming your regular clients, and if they did not have a good experience, this would certainly affect the possibility of them coming back to purchase something from you again. Regardless of the type of products or …
Forasna signs cooperation protocol with Social Solidarity Ministry to provide job opportunities for youth
Egypt-based BasharSoft, the owner of the recruitment platform Forasna, signed a cooperation protocol with the Ministry of Social Solidarity to participate in the “Opportunity Initiative” launched by the ministry to provide decent job opportunities for young individuals looking for job opportunities. Amir Sharif, chief executive officer of BasharSoft, said that the new protocol aims to …
MINT platform graduates 12 new start-ups
We help develop start-ups to continue growing, says Samir
Fawry targets EGP 40bn worth of financial transactions by end-2018
Egypt’s electronic payment network Fawry aims to increase the value of its financial transactions to EGP 40bn by the end of this year, compared to EGP 25bn last year, said Mohamed Okasha, managing director of Fawry. He added that the company plans to increase its outlets to 100,000 by the end of 2018 compared to …
Orange lost 677,000 clients in May, Vodafone lost least amount
The three mobile operators—Vodafone, Orange, and Etisalat—lost many clients in May, as mobile users fell to 96.4 million from 97.6 million, a loss of over 1.1 million users. Vodafone was the company to lose the least amount of its clients in May, with only 104,300 users lost. The company’s clients dropped from 42.1 million in …
Mobile market loses 1.45% users, internet gains 800,000 new users
The number of mobile subscribers decreased during May by 1.45% month-over-month. According to a report from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the number of mobile users fell from 107 million in April to 105.6 million in May. The report noted that the internet market saw 800,000 more clients join in May, rising from …
Around 23,000 devices go missing every month: Kaspersky Lab
Only 25% of people surveyed enabled anti-theft features
MCIT conducts survey on Egyptians’ usage of PCs, Internet in Q1 of 2018
About 43.7% of Egyptians using PCs could move or copy files on their devices
Otlob launch its own delivery service, contracts with McDonalds
We aim to attract 5,000 captains by end of next year, says El Saadany
‘Etgawez’ application offers solutions for couples about to get married
Application helps in choosing design of wedding dais, lighting, procession, says Faheem
Egypt has always been a strategic choice for foreign investors: president, CEO of Lava Technology
Company aims at occupying leading place in Egyptian market mobile industry by 2020
TE attains EGP 10bn as revenues in H1
45% increase in internet service revenues, add 1 million new mobile customers in 2018
MIIC, MCIT sign protocol to promote Egypt’s regional position in entrepreneurship, investment
Agreement includes promotion of investment in field of entrepreneurship, establishment of investment zones for emerging companies
Internet market adds 500,000 new customers through April 2018
Strong growth in numbers of USB modem users, mobile internet users decline
Why you need an email verifier API?
Technology has changed our lives tremendously, and everything we do seems to have an online component to it.
Competition Authority studying complaint filed from Careem, Ousta against Uber
The Egyptian Competition Authority announced on Wednesday that it is currently studying a complaint filed by Careem and Ousta against Uber regarding the latter’s practices aimed at excluding competitors in the market. The authority mentioned in the press statement that the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore has prevented a merger between Uber and Grab, …
Huawei develops camera system of mid-range phones
Over the past years, Huawei has been developing the camera system in all categories of smartphones it designs, with the medium phone segment taking a big part of this development. The development is seen in the latest Huawei phones, the Nova 3 series, which is the first mid-range phone with front facing camera that is …
Huawei shipped 9m P20 phones
Smartphone manufacturer has over 53,000 distribution stores, 3,500 Huawei stores worldwide
Huawei plans to be best manufacturer of smartphones in 2019
Huawei is strong this year with a record market share in China in the second quarter of 2018, according to various analysts. All of this comes amid the decline of the Chinese market, which is impressive. Huawei adjusts its target. Initially, the company was aiming to ship about 180m units this year, but with 95m …
Huawei most shipped company for smartphones with notch
A number of recent statistical reports have revealed that Huawei overtook Apple to become the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, despite its poor presence in the United States. However, the Chinese company has another achievement that it can be proud of—it seems that the company sells smartphones more than anyone else. This has appeared through data …
24% growth in Huawei’s market share of smartphone sales in Egypt
Huawei surpassed Apple in the smartphone market in the second quarter of 2018, making it the world’s second largest smartphone maker for the first time. Huawei accounted for 15.8% of the global market, compared with Apple’s 12.1%. Huawei’s global position in smartphone sales is a turning point, with 54.2m units of its smartphones being shipped …