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MCIT, Misr El-Kheir and Future Generation Foundation sign cooperation protocol
The initiative aims to support human values and democratic dialogue, says MCIT
Banque Misr to fund new educational initiative worth EGP 100m
The initiative is to give computers to be used by teachers, parents of students, and staff
Flat6Labs records highest number of start-up deals in Egypt
Start-up accelerator programme has invested in 46 ventures
Egypt has 18th slowest broadband in the world: Ookla
In February, thousands of Egyptian attempted to start an “internet revolution”, protesting against poor services and high prices
Tablets remain ‘untapped market’ in Egypt: Nielsen
Ages of tablet users vary between 20 and 55 years old, consumer behaviour firm noted
Unified licence to be launched in September: Communications ministry
The three mobile service operators have agreed to the licence’s terms for offering landline services
Supply service call centre to be inaugurated Thursday: MCIT
Hotline to be established to receive complains from citizens and keep them informed of their ration supplies, said MCIT
Experts – a Threatened Species?
An expert is not defined by his ability to predict or answer a question but actually ask the right questions
Communication ministry discusses ‘Electronic Engineers Syndicate’
Atef Helmy says ministry will provide technological services to the syndicate and its premises under its Technology Homes Programme
Electronic payments benefit people excluded from formal financial services: MasterCard Country Manager
In an exclusive interview with the Daily News Egypt, Magdy Hassan, Country Manager of MasterCard Egypt, highlighted the programmes and services the credit card provider offers. He also highlighted the “Road to Inclusion Report” adopted by MasterCard.
UAE to establish space agency and send the first Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021
The probe will take nine months to make the more than 60m kilometre journey to Mars and will mark UAE out as one of only nine countries with space programmes to explore the Red Planet.
Use of electronic payments to pay taxes increases GNP by 0.75% per annum: eFinance study
Electronic payments for taxes increase GNP by 0.75% per annum due to more liquidity available in the country, the study says
YallaKora.com sees 135% more daily visits than market average
Around 47% of Arab online football viewers visited YallaKora.com, according to the sports’ website
Environment ministry and Microsoft discuss developing monitoring systems
Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy seeks development of monitoring system for process of transferring coal and vehicle exhaust emissions
2.5m smartcards for petroleum products distributed so far: EGPC chairman
About 11,000 smartcard machines have been placed at gas stations in order for customers to use their cards to access fuel at the subsidised price.
ITIDA signs EGP 35m agreements with governmental institutions
The board of directors at the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) signed on 29 June EGP 35m three-year cooperation agreements with several government institutions. The authorities involved include the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Eitesal association, affiliated to the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI). Also involved in the agreement is the …
Jumia signed six international fashion brands, introduced own brand: CEO
Growing e-commerce website has 2 million visits per month, ships 2,000 items per day
IBM and ITIDA technology cooperation launched: MCIT
IBM assists software vendors in developing technical and business expertise
Amazon expected to unveil 3D smartphone to court mobile shoppers
Analysts said Amazon has more opportunities outside the United States.
YouTube to launch paid music service
YouTube has partnered with “hundreds of major and independent” music labels for the new service
Egypt aims to attract 2% of visitors through e-marketing: International Tourism Sector Chairman
The marketing campaigns launched by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Google include the Arab countries, which represent 20% of the incoming tourism traffic, and the nations of Europe, which represent 72%.
Hatem Dowidar to lead Vodafone Egypt as chairman of the board and Ahmed Essam as CEO
Hatem Dowidar has led Vodafone Egypt for a five-year period which has been the most difficult in the history of the telecommunications sector in the Egyptian market, facing major challenges and unprecedented changes.
Mobile firm Viva Kuwait full-year profit jumps six-fold
Reuters – Viva Kuwait reported a more than six-fold rise in annual profit on Monday as the mobile telecommunications operator increased its customer base by a third. The Saudi Telecom Co (STC) affiliate made a net profit of KWD 24.25m ($86m) in 2013, up from KWD 3.87m a year earlier, according to its website. Viva, which competes with Zain and …
Amazon.com plans local services marketplace this year: Sources
Amazon aims to gauge demand and test logistics before rolling out nationwide, mirroring its approach to its grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh.
Government agencies pursuing high speed, cost-effective internet: Communication Minister
Egypt working towards increasing internet penetration especially in rural and marginalised areas and among persons with disabilities
China state media calls for ‘severe punishment’ for Google, Apple, US tech firms
US companies such as Yahoo Inc, Cisco Systems Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc threaten the cyber-security of China and its Internet users, said the People’s Daily on its microblog, in comments echoed on the front page of the English-language China Daily.
Online transactions popular among youth: PayFort
75% of online purchasers are in their 30s or younger
Tourism organisations sign protocol to raise the capabilities of e-marketing
Arab Tourism Organisation and Tourism Promotion Authority signs protocol of cooperation to establish training programme to raise e-marketing capabilities
Online employment platform Nabbesh targets Egyptian youth: Company official
The online hiring platform sees “massive” opportunity in Egypt and hopes to match entrepreneurs with freelancing youth seeking jobs
Arab internet users to reach 197 million in 2017: Report
Two Dubai-based research firms state in their report that internet penetration will increase in Arab countries by 51% over next three years