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EGYPT
Egypt Ministry of Planning, Follow-Up and Administrative
Reform has signed a co-operation agreement with Visa for
electronic payments to help spread the culture of digital
payments and its positive impact on the country’s economic
growth. The agreement aims to encourage entrepreneurship,
supports the implementation of Egypt’s Vision 2030 and
comes in light of the ministry’s efforts to proceed with
mechanising services, including its e-payment system.
KSA
STC’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Eng.
Abdullah Al Kanhal, has confirmed that STC’s on-going
contribution to local content and technology localisation has
reached SR 4 billion. Al Kanhal pointed out that the company
has worked for nearly a decade to support localisation
opportunities in sectors, such as fibre-optic networks and
promoting opportunities for citizens in a number of new
industries with international and local partners.
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