Latest in Tag: ITIDA Highlight
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ITIDA discusses with NxtVn establishing outsourcing centre in Egypt
Strengthening of strategic relations through an agreement with ITIDA

How to benefit from ITIDA’s commercial trips programme?
The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) launched a commercial trips programme, which is a special funding programme with the aim of promoting Egyptian companies’ exports and increasing their presence in foreign markets. The programme allows Egyptian companies to participate in international events and foreign exhibitions individually as an exhibitor, a visitor in the event, …

CBE, ITIDA, EBI sign cooperation protocol to support companies working in IT sector
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) signed a cooperation protocol with the Information Technology Industry Development Authority (ITIDA) in partnership with the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) to facilitate the procedures for technology companies registered in ITIDA’s database on bank financing. The protocol also aims to qualify these companies to manage their own projects and how …

CIT Ministry provides 100% subsidised training programmes as part of presidential e-learning initiative
Android app development, website creation, digital marketing, and information security are the main concerns of trainees

ITIDA discusses with Saudi businesspeople investment opportunities in New Administrative Capital
Asmaa Hosni, CEO of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), has received a delegation of leading Saudi investors to discuss investment opportunities in the City of Knowledge in the New Administrative Capital. The meeting reviewed the competitive advantages and investment opportunities in new Egyptian technological parks, especially the City of Knowledge, which will be …

ITIDA launches programme for development of CIT sector SMEs
The programme provides new finance mechanisms in collaboration with the banking sector at interest rates of 5-7%

Schneider Electric, ITIDA to establish engineering lab
The lab aims at training Egyptian experts on applications and technological solutions in the field of energy management

ESCC completes signature encryption for financing checks of agencies at CBE
The centre implemented the e-signature project at NTRA and Damietta Port Authorities

ITIDA launches seventh “Export IT”
The agency applied electronic signatures for the first time to apply for the programme

ITIDA signs contract to operate iCluster initiative complex in Borg El Arab Technology Park
The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), represented by the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC), signed the contract for managing and operating the innovation cluster in Borg El Arab Technology Park with an alliance represented by Eitesal Association. The alliance includes the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Alexandria University, the Egypt-Japan University of …

ITIDA, Al Quiyadia Saudi Group discuss sponsoring ideas to support technological innovation
The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and Al Quiyadia Saudi Group are in talks to discuss cooperation in the field of innovation and technological creativity. ITIDA CEO Asmaa Hosni and Al Quiyadia Saudi Group CEO Mohammed bin Hamad Al Ajami held a meeting on Monday to discuss the issue. This includes cooperation between the …

Samsung discusses local manufacturing of smartphones with Ministry of Communications, ITIDA
We are studying the investment incentives the company needs; the manufacturing will be in one of the technological zones, says official

ITIDA offers local electronics manufacturing incentives to foreign and Egyptian investors
The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) organised workshops, attended by more than 80 representatives of foreign and local companies, to offer packages and incentive programmes designed by the authority in coordination with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The workshops are meant to cover the industry’s needs such as circuits designing and manufacturing …

FEDCOC, ITIDA launch initiative to link international and local companies
Size of IT market in Egypt to reach EGP 26bn by 2020, says Afifi

ITIDA upholds slogan ‘Time for Egypt’ during Cairo ICT 2016
We’ve completed the first phase of technological parks in Borg El-Arab and Assiut, says Hosni

ITIDA supports 97 companies in exporting technological services with EGP 39.5m
Call centres acquire 35% of exports

TIEC accepts 10 companies for START contest first stage
Contestants will develop creative solutions for six major challenges

ITIDA selects Borg El-Arab, Assiut to establish innovation centres outside Cairo
The establishment of the two innovation centres will cost EGP 100m

Egyptian ICT market will achieve growth rate estimated at $8.95bn in 2016, $10.32bn in 2019: IDC Group vice president
We think Egypt is a market with strong potential and full of talent that we cannot ignore

International Data Corporation to hold second annual CIO Summit
IDC will hold two workshops on the sidelines of the event

Exhibiting companies at ‘EgyptOn’ pavilion report €3.6m in projected sales
About eight Egyptian ICT companies expect deals worth more than €3.6m (approximately EGP 36m), after they participated at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2016 held last month in Barcelona, Spain, according to an ITIDA press statement on Thursday. The companies participated in the event under the representation of the ‘EgyptOn’ pavilion, which is supported by …

Minister of Communications to appoint new CEO of ITIDA by end of March
The post has been vacant for more than 4 months

ITIDA finances over 10 programmes to support SMEs
Agency assigns EGP 40m the EXPORT IT programme

ITIDA postpones bestowing its mark of confidence to e-commerce websites
We are studying opening technological representative offices to support export

IT Companies face regulatory intransigencies in registering at NILEX
Companies face difficulties during the evaluation process as EFSA does not have a metric to evaluate subsystems of integrated IT systems in determining the value of shares

ITIDA finances 78 Computer and Communications Engineering senior projects
ITIDA also announced that it has started receiving a new batch of graduation projects seeking funding of EGP 10,000 at most per project, in order to support innovation and entrepreneurship.

ITIDA launches electronic portal to support outsourcing industry in April
We aim to promote Egypt as a regional axis of call centres, says EITESAL head

ITIDA allocates EGP 40m for IT exports
Chargé D’affaires of the Executive Director of ITIDA Hossam Othman said the agency will receive applications from Egyptian companies that wish to benefit from the programme until 21 January.

ITIDA to establish 2 creativity centres outside Cairo with EGP 50m
Agency allocated EGP 10m to support SME participation in international exhibitions

ITIDA to launch $20m fund for startups
The agency plans to establish innovation centres near engineering schools in various governorates