Highlights on the New ICT Strategy

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Arab Republic of Egypt
Highlights on the New ICT Strategy After the 25th
January Revolution
Dr. Mohamed Salem Minister of Communications and
Information Technology October 2011
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Our Achievements
2011 79 million mobile 24 million users
(Internet)
2009 55 million Mobiles 20 million Internet
users
Subscribers Services Plans Strategies Informatio
n Society
2011 Egypt up to fourth place in outsourcing
services
2007 30 million mobiles 10 million Internet
users
2008 Egypt best outsourcing services from the
British National Assembly services outsourcing
2005 10 million fixed line
2011 draft record in-kind agricultural 720,000
ICDL 10K graduate EDU-EGYPT 40,000 ICT specialist
2009 6,000 graduate from EDU-Egypt Africa Prize
for women's health mobile units
2008 100,000 holds ICDL 33 K ICT specialist
2010 IT for sustainable development
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Strategic Pillars
ICT Infrastructure and Legal Framework
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1. ICT Infrastructure (2011-2015)
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Laws and Legislations Currently Considered by
MCIT/Committee

• Telecommunications Law.
• Freedom of Information Law.
• Privacy of Data Law
• Cyber Crime Act.
• E - Commerce and Electronic Signature Act.
• Intellectual Property Protection Act.
• Security of Information Act.

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2. Enhancing Egypts ICT Services Competitive
Edge in the Global Arena
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Outsourcing IT services Export Development
Programs
Maadi Tech. Park (40,000 jobs)
Smart Village (100,000 jobs)
Governorates - 20 Parks (Alex., Assuit, Mansoura
Damietta)

• Technology Parks

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Outsourcing IT services Export Development
Programs

• Egypts Competitiveness in the IT Services Export
  Industry
• Egypts location in the AT Kearny Location
  Index from rank 13 in 2007 to rank 6 in 2009 and
  rank 4 in 2011.
• Best Outsourcing Services from National Assembly
  of British Outsourcing Services in 2008
• European Outsourcing Country in 2009

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3. Developing the Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ecosystem
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Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship Center

• National Challenges need Innovative solutions
• Competitive Advantage for Egypt
• Mobile Applications
• Green ICT
• Cloud Computing
• Cyber Security
• Embedded Systems

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4. Developing Knowledge Society using Digital
Citizenship
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Knowledge Society

• Supporting the National Economy by Human capacity
  building in different sectors (Education, Health,
  etc)
• Job Creation
• Public Private Partnerships
• Enhance Egyptian Youth Competitiveness
• Arabic E - content Plus

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Knowledge Society Development
Support National Economy (Human Resources)
Information Society Development
ITTC
ELCC
EEDL
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5. Emphasizing the Importance of International
Cooperation and Partnership
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Objectives and Role
Enhance the political positioning of Egypts ICT
sector internationally
Increase the opportunities for knowledge sharing
exchange of technical expertise
Maintain channels for policy-level in the widest
sense possible
Showcase Egypts competence in the international
arena
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MCIT International Outreach
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Cooperation with international organizations
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Regional Cooperation
EU
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Egypt Africa
Rwanda
Sudan
Uganda
Ethiopia
South Sudan
Burundi
Kenya
Congo
Tanzania
Eritrea
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Nile Basin Initiative for Information
Society Aspects of Cooperation

• Capacity Building Programs covering an array of
  issues such as
• Postal Services
• Support in establishing CERTs
• Legislation regulatory

• Documenting natural cultural heritage
• Access, infrastructure connectivity
• Technology Parks knowledge transfer

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SMEs Development
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SMEs Development Plan
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