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Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said Egypt is currently preparing for the use of information technology for restructuring subsidy, controlling markets and providing services for citizens.

Inaugurating the proceedings of the preparatory Arab conference for information technology summit, Nazif said Egypt is currently accelerating pace for transferring to the e-government through restructuring the state machinery and facilitating electronic dealings in order to develop economic performance.

Read more: Egypt: PM Nazif:E-government to be accelerated to develop economic performance

With smart card applications ready to roll out in Egypt, various entities aspire for the development of a smarter society.

Smart cards will make people's lives easier as well as bridge the digital divide with the rest of the world by bringing modern technology to a broad spectrum of society, agreed guest speakers at the Third Middle East and Africa Card Technology (Card-Ex) Exhibition and Conference last week.

Read more: Egypt: Smartening up

A cooperation agreement for introducing new e-government projects was signed recently between the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Oracle Corporation.

Read more: Egypt: MCIT signs agreement with Oracle Corp for e-Government projects

The e-government project will pave the way for an informatics based Egyptian society, able to cope with the IT revolution and narrowing the digital divide between Egypt and the advanced countries, an IT expert told the Egyptian Mail.

Read more: E-government in Egypt is on its way

Egypt's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) is taking the lead at integrating egovernment into the country's government service delivery.

Read more: eGov in Egypt

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