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PayMe targets collecting EGP 20m by end-2018
We are negotiating with four investors to sell 10% of company’s shares for EGP 5m says El-Ashry
Etisalat adds 1.1m customers at expense of Orange, Vodafone
Mobile market adds 56,000 new subscribers in January 2018
Oppo reveals F7 specs ahead of launch
Oppo Electronics Corporation is set to launch its F7 smartphone in the Egyptian market within a few months. The F7 will feature a 25 MP camera on the front and a 16 MP camera on the back. The company said that the new phone will be able to snap better selfies via AI Beauty 2.0—a …
Egyptians’ smartphone screen preferences
Specifications of smartphones vary based on their price segment. Each price segment has specifications different from the other, such as the screen size and accuracy, in addition to the processor, the RAM size, the camera, and even colours. The resolution of smartphone screens vary between 360×640 and 1366×768 pixels. A report issued by StatCounter shows …
B2C e-commerce trade volume to reach $3bn by 2019/2020: AT Kearney
An AT Kearney report showed that by 2019/2020, predicted business process outsourcing (BPO), business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce activities, along with business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce trade, can add up to almost $3bn, realising a return at 2.35% of GDP. B2C e-commerce activities in Egypt were estimated to have reached $544m in 2015/2016. This forms approximately 0.4% of total …
Raya expands call centre activity, looks to hire 1,000 persons
Investment environment has improved, but some ministries were dedicated only for publicity, advertising, Khalil says
12.5% ICT sector contribution to GDP
The growth rate of the Information and Communications Technology sector in FY 2016/2017 is among the highest rates among macroeconomic sectors. The contribution of the ICT sector to GDP was high, at 12.5%, in FY 2016/2017, increasing from 8.3% in FY 2015/2016. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the ICT sector increased from EGP 57bn …
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Brantu to officially launch e-commerce website elprices end-October
Our investments in Egypt are about $1.2m, says CEO
Mobile service subscribers grew 1.8% in Q4 2017
ADSL clients up by 5%
Egypt’s smartphone brand market shares for March
Samsung’s dominance of the smartphone market continued in March, taking the largest share of. The company also increased its market share of sales by 4% month-over-month. According to StatCounter, Samsung’s market share of total mobile market sales in Egypt increased from 39% in February to 43% in March. Samsung continued to be at the forefront …
Africa is our top priority: Transsion Holdings vice chairperson
Andy Yan, vice chairperson of Transsion Holdings, the owner company of Tecno Mobile, said that the African market is his company’s top priority and is expected to be a launchpad for the rest of the world. “Nearly 10 years ago, we started injecting investments [in Africa], and we always look at the markets of middle …
VoxEra offers new solution to high roaming charges
After a seven-day business trip, Amr Elgbaly, VoxEra founder and CEO, incurred over $500 of roaming charges. As necessity is the mother of invention, Elgbaly did not stop at paying his bill. Instead, he decided to exploit his seven years of experience in VoIP technologies to come up with a new technology. After some tests …
Nigeria awaits initiating agreements with Egypt
We are open to investors from all over the world, says Nigerian communication technology minister
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Tecno Mobile acquires 7% of mobile sales in Egypt
Tecno Mobile acquired a market share of about 7% in Egypt at the end of 2017, the company’s marketing department director, Mahmoud Taha, said. He expected that Tecno’s sales will witness growth in the next period, supported by the company’s new partnerships with Telecom Egypt and Orange Egypt. Tecno Mobile is a subsidiary of Transsion …
Raya begins light transport vehicles assembly in partnership with Italian Piaggio with EGP 100m investments
We aim to increase percentage of local components to 40% within two years, export to Africa
Belarusian communications minister requests collaboration on Sico’s programme
El-Kady received invitation to attend conference in May
How much do retailers make selling Oppo F5?
Oppo is one of the newest mobile phone companies in the Egyptian market. However, it seems that it has studied the market well and was able to understand its nature and ways of achieving sales and acquiring a market share of smartphone sales in Egypt. Over 80% of the sales in the Egyptian market are …
Communications minister appoints Maha Rashad acting CEO of ITIDA
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser El-Kady issued a decree to appoint Maha Khalil Mohammad Rashad as the acting CEO of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), succeeding Asmaa Hosni, whose term expired. Before this appointment, Rashad held the position of associate minister of CIT for marketing strategies, as well as the strategic …
How much time do Egyptians spend consuming mass media?
Egypt ranked second among Arab countries in terms of the time spent by citizens consuming mass media, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, as Egyptians spend an average of 70 hours per week watching media. According to the report, Egyptians spend about 23 hours a week using the …
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Mobile apps acquisition costs
Smartphone users cannot dispense their phones, especially with the increase of smart applications that help us organise a lot of our daily activities, such as communication, social networking, home finance, and even home monitoring applications. But what is the cost of such applications? Not all apps are free, and in this report, we show you …
Cardo plans to expand into Saudi market in early 2019
Company will double its investments in Egypt during 2H 2018
Communications minister kicks off The Future of Data Centres conference
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser El-Kady opened Tuesday the first session of the second round of The Future of Data Centres conference in Egypt, in the attendance of several experts in the sector. During the opening session, MCS Managing Director Amr Farouk said that data centres are a base for digital transformation and …
TE aims to increase contribution of marine cables, data centres to revenues by 25%
Mohamed Sameh, corporate sector manager at Telecom Egypt (TE), said that the company plans to boost the contribution of data centre services and other value-added services like hosting, cloud computing, and other services to the business sector’s total revenues by up to 25% in the coming five years. TE revealed several days ago that there …
Countries with fastest growing e-commerce sales
eMarketer published a list of the countries projected to achieve the fastest growing sales via e-commerce this year and the coming two years. The list is comprised of 15 countries. According to the report, India topped the list of countries expected to achieve strong growth in the e-commerce market. The report predicted India will mark …
E-commerce accounts for 0.4% of retail sales in Egypt
Online purchases account for 1.8% of total trade in MEA
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Smartphones with highest radiation in the world
List of most radiation-emitting smartphones includes 6 Huawei models, 3 iPhone models
Desktops dominate Egypt’s personal computing device market in February
Desktops’ share of the personal computing devices market in Egypt increased to 55% in February from 54.5% in January. The statistics come from web analytics company StatCounter, which pointed out that desktops surpassed mobile phones and tablets’ market share. According to StatCounter, mobile phones accounted for 42.2% of personal computing device sales in February, compared …
Market share of Android OS versions in Egypt
Android-powered devices have the largest market share of smartphones globally, and there are about seven versions of the operating system (OS), of which the latest is Oreo, the eight major version of Android. We will review the market shares of Android OS versions in Egypt during February, according to StatCounter. Marshmallow (6.0) had the largest …
Samsung leads global smartphone sales, Chinese manufacturers fuel competition
Samsung continued to lead the world smartphone market in February, supported by a slight growth in its market share, while Chinese smartphone manufacturers engaged in a fierce competition over the following ranks. According to statistics from web analytics company StatCounter, Samsung’s global market share grew by 0.1%. According to those statistics, Samsung had a market …
Changes in the smartphone market in February 2018
The market for personal computing devices is constantly changing, especially the smartphone sector, due to competition between various manufacturers, especially in China. At the global level, Chinese companies dominate the list of the largest smartphone makers, coming in third after Samsung and Apple. Huawei leads the growth in sales and market share of Chinese companies. …