Government to provide new electronic services in March, says minister of planning
Minister of Planning, Follow-up, and Administrative Reform Hala El-Said said that achieving high economic growth will not happen without the inclusion of other segments of society in the financial system, which is a key objective of Egypt Vision 2030. Her words came during a speech on financial inclusion and digital payment technology at Cairo ICT 2017.
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MICT is currently in discussions with those responsible for the provision of 4G, to ensure the smooth deployment of the technology, according to Minister Yasser El-Kady.
The Egyptian government is counting on the information and communications technology (ICT) sector to drive national economy growth in the upcoming period.
The Ministry of Communication and Information (MICT) plans to increase the sector’s growth rate by 10% during the next fiscal year (2016/2017) in accordance with the directives received by the presidency.
Read more: EG: Government counting on ICT sector to drive growth
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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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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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.
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