Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 57 | Page 30

PROJECT UPDATE LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE EGYPT Egypt’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and the Egyptian Space Agency, have signed a co-operation protocol to equip a computer centre and integrated information system for the space agency. The signing was witnessed by Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat via videoconferencing. KSA Saudi Arabia has climbed 40 places in the Digital Infrastructure Index 2020 to rank 27, putting it in eighth spot in the G20. The Kingdom has moved up 15 places in the Human Capital Index to rank 35 globally and ranked tenth place in the G20. The country has also risen nine places in the E-Government Development Index to achieve the highest classification for the index, which includes 139 countries. 30 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com