COUNTRY FOCUS: EGYPT
digital platform for the country’s cultural
heritage using the latest information
technologies and activating IT in the
Digital Transformation of cultural palaces
nationwide to serve culturally and artistically
gifted people throughout Egypt.
Part of this is to provide high-speed Internet
services to cultural palaces to facilitate
access to all cultural services.
He also mentioned MCIT’s efforts to
improve communication networks
and develop the telecommunications
infrastructure, pointing out Egypt’s valuable
location, where several significant submarine
cables pass through linking African
countries to Europe through a technical and
information corridor and allowing for the
establishment of major data centres.
Talaat added that Digital Transformation
will result in IT pervading every aspect
of Egyptian life and that MCIT works to
enable different sectors across the country
to implement Digital Transformation
projects and build integrated databases
that would improve the level of services
provided to citizens, raise operational
efficiency, and combat financial and
administrative corruption.
where enterprise owners can attend to find
solutions to business problems.
In addition, discussions have taken
place with the Minister of Education and
Technical Education to introduce computer
science into the school curriculum and
to increase the number of faculties
specialised in computer technology and
communication sciences.
Talaat explained that although technological
development and a reliance on Artificial
Intelligence will lead to some jobs being
eliminated, other new jobs would be created.
He also discussed co-operation with the
Ministry of Culture to establish a unified
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A RELIANCE
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SOME JOBS BEING
ELIMINATED,
OTHER NEW
JOBS WOULD BE
CREATED.
He stated that MCIT seeks to provide more
than 20 government digital services that will
be launched in succession during the next
18 months in all government sectors, to be
provided to citizens through mobile phone
applications, digital platforms, government
service centres, call centres and Egyptian
post offices – the development of which
would be outlets for providing integrated
government services to citizens.
As for the transition to the digital economy,
Talaat said that it is the responsibility of all
sectors of the state, hailing the decision of
the Minister of Finance to remove computers
from the list of non-essential goods.
This is a message from the government
that computers are one of the essential
requirements for production and progress.
Software development
Egypt’s attractiveness as a hub for Digital
Transformation has been underlined by the
news that the software company Andela is
to open a HQ in the country.
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