Egypt does not have E-government yet, Director Shinnawy says
The government is committed to create an innovative and knowledge-based society to support human welfare under the 2030 Development plan, director of government solutions at Microsoft Egypt Azza El Shinnawy said during the E-government session at the Innovation in Government Conference.
The session tackled government efforts to convert all the services offered into an electronic system.
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Reducing Internet prices could ensure an increase in the number of customers served to over 50 percent of the population by the end of 2016, a human rights advocacy group has said in a recent study.
“If Internet prices are cut, infrastructure and coverage are expanded and Internet laws and regulations are modernized ... Businesses, especially SMEs and entrepreneurs, (will) conduct more online commercial activities (e.g. online export), resulting in increased economic activity,“ said a study by the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR).
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Read more: Public sector bodies in Egypt need framework for e-government services
It’s a relic that certain ambitious entrepreneurs want to change. Supported by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (CIT), they are pushing through small, though influential, reforms to how government is done in Egypt.
Read more: Egyptian entrepreneurs push forward long-awaited e-government measures