FILE: Egypt’s Minister of Communications Amr Talaat

CAIRO – 7 June 2022: Govt investments in the communications and data engineering sector will rise in the 2022-2023 fiscal calendar year by 22 per cent to about LE 22.8 billion, in accordance to Minister of Communications and Info Engineering, Amr Talaat.


Talaat included in a statement, Tuesday, that the communications and details technological innovation sector has been the highest rising in Egypt for three consecutive yrs, with a expansion rate of 16 %.


This arrived for the duration of the opening speech of the Tech Commit exhibition and convention, structured by the Common Division for Electronic Financial system and Technology of the Normal Federation of Chambers of Commerce, beneath the title “Guidance and Advancement of Investment in the Discipline of Info Technologies” as aspect of the pursuits of the fourth session of the situations.


He affirmed his whole self-assurance in the Egyptian youth’s capacity to adapt technological innovation to address the challenges struggling with Egyptian and regional society and reach economic growth.


The minister pointed out the keenness of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technological innovation to prepare a base of electronic human cadres in all ICT sciences via the complex teaching technique that is implemented according to a hierarchical method with investments of LE 1.1 billion to train 200,000 trainees all through the present-day fiscal 12 months, with an maximize in the price range by about 22 times and an enhance in the range of education by about 50 instances in contrast to what it was 3 yrs ago.


He also referred to the ministry’s attempts to inspire expense in emerging companies, as the volume of investments in startup firms in 2021 amounted to about $490 million, in contrast to $190 million in 2020.


The efforts will also consist of a analysis and progress heart that features laboratories on the newest worldwide systems to employ utilized projects in essential fields these kinds of as wise agriculture and overall health services, in addition to the Misr Informatics College, which is the initially college specialised in conversation sciences and information and facts technological know-how in the Center East and Africa.



Amr Talaat added that Egypt leads the African nations in regular fixed net speed He stated the initiatives manufactured to improve the data infrastructure and lay fiber-optic cables in the villages of the initial period of the Excellent Existence initiative, at an financial commitment cost of LE 5.8 billion.


He observed the introduction of frequency bands for mobile operators, in addition to operating to enhance the selection of towers and cellular stations emphasizing the vital position of Egypt Publish as an outlet for giving electronic govt solutions via branches during the Republic.


“A program is becoming applied to produce the write-up in phrases of variety, mechanization of all perform, and the provision of new deals of postal services this sort of as Waslha provider to promote electronic commerce and a cell software “yalla”,” he pointed out.


He observed the ministry’s keenness to strengthen the worldwide info infrastructure, primarily considering that more than 90 p.c of data coming from east to west pass by Egyptian territorial waters and lands as a result of the global cable network.