• Wednesday, 3 July 2019

    Telecom Egypt to launch IPTV services in “days”

    Fixed land-line monopoly Telecom Egypt (TE) is planning to launch Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services in a “few days,” CEO Adel Hamed said, according to Al Shorouk. The company is planning to transform into a “gateway for internet services” connecting...
  • Tuesday, 2 July 2019

    Egypt aims to pay employees electronically through new state-backed debit card

    Around 4.5 mn civil servants could receive their salaries through the state-backed “Meeza” debit cards starting August, Finance Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim said, according to Al Shorouk. Around 270k citizens have already been issued Meeza cards while the ministry has...
  • Thursday, 27 June 2019

    Egypt to launch its first IT school with IBM

    The Education Ministry has signed an MoU with IBM Egypt to launch the country’s first specialized IT school, following the universally recognized P-Tech model, the cabinet said in a statement. Sixty high school graduates will be able to enroll in...
  • Sunday, 23 June 2019

    Mastercard expects Egypt’s e-banking market to double before 2022

    Mastercard expects Egypt’s e-banking market to double in size before 2022 as the Madbouly government and CBE push ahead with financial inclusion drives, MENA reported. Electronic transactions currently make up for only 2-3% of all transactions, but this is set...
  • Tuesday, 18 June 2019

    What we’re tracking on 18 June 2019

    Former president Mohamed Morsi died yesterday, collapsing in court after speaking for some five minutes during his latest trial. He was subsequently declared dead in hospital. We have full coverage in this morning’s Speed Round, below. There’s lots of banking...
  • Monday, 17 June 2019

    What we’re tracking on 17 June 2019.

    We’re particularly happy to kick off this morning’s Speed Round with a run of investment and M&A news. Domestic and cross border, big ticket and small — there’s no better way to start your day. It’s shaping up to be...
  • Monday, 10 June 2019

    Sending emails 1984-style

    Electronically yours: This may have seemed a perfectly acceptable ending to an email back in 1984. It was the pre-world wide web era; only early adopters owned computers and they had to enlist the help of cumbersome hardware, a box-shaped...
  • Sunday, 2 June 2019

    Abdel Ghaffar discusses smart tech in Egypt’s universities with Huawei Egypt CEO

    Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar discussed developing smart, integrated facilities in Egyptian universities with Huawei Egypt CEO Vincent Sun, according to a ministry statement. The ministry is close to finalizing a plan to establish a university specialized in communications,...
  • Sunday, 2 June 2019

    What we’re tracking on 02 June 2019

    It’s shaping up to be a five-day holiday weekend after cabinet announced over the weekend that Tuesday through Thursday will be off for the civil service in observance of Eid El Fitr. There have been no announcements yet from the...

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