• Tuesday, 22 January 2019

    Books, garlic and WhatsApp kept talking heads busy last night

    The Cairo International Book Fair, WhatsApp, and garlic were among the topics keeping the talking heads busy last night. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will inaugurate today the Cairo International Book Fair, which will run for 13 days, General Authority...
  • Monday, 21 January 2019

    10k CIB corporate clients using online platforms to access GTS services

    10,000 corporate clients of CIB’s global transaction services (GTS) department are using online platforms to access its services, Chief Digital Officer Mohamed Farag tells Al Mal. The companies use the platforms for supply chain finance, electronic government payments, ecommerce, and...
  • Sunday, 20 January 2019

    Egypt’s IT industry 7th most attractive in region – report

    Egypt came in 7th in a Fitch Solutions report ranking regional IT market attractiveness amid government efforts to push for digitization,according to the National. The report noted the increasing importance of IT for the Egyptian government, which is investing in...
  • Wednesday, 16 January 2019

    Genome editing: A scientific miracle?

    Genome editing: A scientific miracle? After the highly controversial revelation in November last year from Chinese scientist He Jiankui that he had created the world’s first genetically edited twin babies, the ethics of genome editing have moved from classroom theory...
  • Tuesday, 15 January 2019

    Can Bitcoin ever become a practical currency?

    Can Bitcoin ever become a practical currency? It may not seem quite as shiny as it did a year ago, but not everyone believes Bitcoin has entirely lost its luster. In this Bloomberg podcast (listen, runtime: 30:52), Bitcoin Advisory Founder...
  • Monday, 14 January 2019

    High-tech Egyptian movie to screen in Pakistani cinemas

    High-tech Egyptian movie ‘122’ to screen in Pakistani cinemas: ‘122’, the first Egyptian film to use the 4DX motion picture technology (IMDb), is also set to become the first Egyptian film to screen in Pakistani cinemas, according to Al Bawaba....
  • Wednesday, 9 January 2019

    Vodafone Egypt appoints two of its directors heads of sales

    MOVES- Vodafone Egypt has appointed Karim Shehata (LinkedIn) as head of the corporate division and Mohamed Abdullah (bio) as head of the commercial division, according to an emailed statement. The two will assume their new positions this April. Abdullah joined...
  • Sunday, 6 January 2019

    Indian Lava to begin manufacturing phones in Egypt before year-end

    Indian smartphone manufacturer Lava will begin producing phones in Egypt, in partnership with the Military Production Ministry, before year-end, CEO Vikram Singh Parmar said, according to Al Masry Al Youm. No further details were provided. The company signed an MoU...
  • Thursday, 3 January 2019

    A year without a smartphone

    Ever thought about getting rid of your smartphone and regressing to the age of Nokia bricks and Motorola flip phones? Jason Kehe of Wired did, much to his mother’s chagrin. His starting point? The smartphone is “so integrated into our...

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