Egypt’s digital exports reach $7.4bn in 2025
Egypt’s digital exports rose to $7.4 billion in 2025 from $6.9 billion in 2024, while outsourcing services exports…
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Digital Egypt named Digital@UNGA finalist
Egypt’s Digital Egypt platform has been selected as a finalist for the Digital@UNGA Awards, out of more than 1,500…
Egypt launches $1bn data centre project, first sovereign AI facility
Egypt launched a strategic partnership between Vodafone Business, Elsewedy Electric, and Cassava Technologies to…
Egypt eyes hyperscale data centre, AI zone
Egypt is exploring the establishment of an integrated hyperscale data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) zone…
Egypt, Cisco sign AI cooperation agreement
Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (CIT) and Cisco Systems signed a letter of intent to…
Egypt, Cisco launch new initiative to train 1 million youths in digital skills
Egypt launched a programme with Cisco on Thursday to provide one million internationally recognised digital…
Egypt signs record $3.5bn mobile spectrum deal
Egypt signed on Saturday the largest spectrum deal in the history of its mobile telecommunications sector,…
Egypt adopts Open Data Policy to boost transparency, digital economy
Egypt’s National Artificial Intelligence Council has officially adopted the country’s first comprehensive Open Data…
Egypt to launch ‘Startup Charter’ to boost entrepreneurial ecosystem –…
Egypt will soon unveil the Egypt Startup Charter, a new framework designed to provide a clear roadmap for state…
Egypt’s FRA accelerates digital shift in NBFS
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) is pushing ahead with a comprehensive digitalisation agenda to…
Egypt’s FinMin calls for stronger African finance ties
Egypt's Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk emphasised the importance of enhancing African and international…
Egypt boosts digital ties with S. Korea in high-level tech visit
A high-level delegation from Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) concluded a…
Jumia opens Egypt’s largest e-commerce warehouse
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inaugurated Jumia’s largest e-commerce logistics warehouse in the country,…
Egypt’s CIT Min. in Rome to bolster AI cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat began a two-day visit to Rome on Wednesday…
IFC invested $1.1b in Egypt’s energy sector in 2024 alone – Diop
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested $1.1 billion in Egypt’s energy sector in 2024, as the World…
Egypt scales up tech training for youth in N. Sinai
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat witnessed the signing of a renewed…
Egypt signs digital push deals for NGOs, freelancers, financial inclusion
Egypt has signed a set of agreements aimed at advancing digital transformation and financial inclusion, including…
El-Khatib: Egypt backs Etisalat Misr’s growth plans
Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib held an extensive meeting with a delegation from…
Egypt plans new measures to boost digital economy, entrepreneurship
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with the Advisory Committee on Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship…
Egypt calls for global tax justice at UNINC
Egypt’s Deputy Minister of Finance Ramy Youssef outlined four tax policy priorities to promote transparency,…
Egypt in Davos ’25: Mashat explores digital economy opportunities with DCO
Egypt's Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat, held a meeting…
Egypt drives digital innovation with expanded creativity centres
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, outlined the country’s strategy to…
Russia allocates $21.4b for national projects
Expenditures from the federal budget for national projects in Russia reached approximately 1.845 trillion roubles…
Beijing’s digital economy thrives with 7.8% growth in H1-24
Beijing's digital economy continued its rapid expansion in the first half of 2024, with added value surging 7.8 per…
Saudi’s PIF signs $50b deals with Chinese financial institutions
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed six MoUs worth $50 billion with top Chinese financial…
Egypt’s e-payment services reach EGP2.5tn in 11 months
Egypt's digital payment and collection services surged to unprecedented levels over the first 11 months of the…
Egypt’s central bank extends no fees for InstaPay services – sources
Egypt’s central bank (CBE) has postponed plans to impose fees for interbank money transfer services through…
BEBA organises briefing on private sector’s role for Egypt digital enablement to…
The British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA) organised on Sunday a breakfast briefing on Digital Enablement to…
Egypt, UAE sign agreement to support digital economy growth
Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the UAE Ministry of Investment signed a MoU with…
Egypt’s central bank to set up financial digital identification company
Egypt’s central bank plans to set up a new firm for financial digital identification, according to its financial…
One of Egypt’s oldest lenders prepares to launch its first digital bank in Q1-2022
Banque Misr, Egypt's second biggest state lender, is expected to launch a digital bank in the homeland within the…
Bank of England keeping an ‘open mind’ on Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra
Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney announced on Thursday new initiatives to help modernise and steer the…
Unified digital economy strategy to raise Arab world GDP to $5 trillion – adviser
The Arab digital economy strategy, launched in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, aims to double the Arab world’s GDP from $2.6…
Egypt digital industry seen doubling to 8% of GDP
Digital economy industry in Egypt accounts for around 4 percent of its GDP, yet it is expected that the digital…
Abu Dhabi’s Arab Digital Economy Conference day two kicks off
The second day of the First Arab Digital Economy Conference has kicked off in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
Digital economy plays important role in creating investments: Aboul Gheit
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that the digital economy is playing an important role in…
Egypt’s digital economy sector growing to 4% of GDP – minister
Digital economy industry in Egypt accounts for around 4 percent of its GDP, former Communications Minister Atef…
Common Arab digital economy strategy launched in Abu Dhabi
The First Arab Digital Economy Conference has launched a common Arab digital economy strategy under the theme of "A…
Digital economy has vast economic opportunities for Arab countries – adviser
Arab countries have vast opportunity for cooperation in the fields of digital economy and transformation, said Ali…
First Arab Digital economy conference kicks off in Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched on Sunday the Arab Digital Economy Conference in Abu Dhabi, under the…