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EGP 140bn in budget for sanitation, water, electricity services in New Administrative Capital
By end of 2020, New Capital will be ready to receive 34 ministries, 50,000 employees, presidency, parliament
4G service to launch on Thursday
A ceremony marking the launch will take place in the pyramids area
Bee launches donation services for Misr El Kheir
Sacrifice cheques activated through Bee Mobile: Abu Khadra
Private sector competes to provide new CSR services in Egypt
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has risen since the early 20th century due to the increasing separation between state ownership of production and private ownership, as well as the involvement of the private sector in the production process. The classical economic philosophy assumed that CSR is the provision of goods and services to consumers and the …
VAT revenues to register EGP 18bn, exempting 57 services and goods
Parliament voted on the value-added tax (VAT) draft law for the second day in a row on Monday. Yasser Omar, head of the parliament’s Planning and Budget Committee, noted that voting takes place on each of the 74 articles of the bill separately. A prominent member of parliament, who requested to remain anonymous, said that …
Vodafone, CIB agree to transfer money via mobile phones through MasterCard services
The service also includes connecting CIB cards with mobile phones, allowing customers to receive their domestic and international dues, such as transfers and salaries, as well as make deposits and withdrawals using ATM machines after obtaining regulatory approvals.
Banking sector witnesses major shift in methods of providing services
Greater reliance on technology alongside declining role of traditional branches
Vodafone tops indicators for mobile services quality in Cairo in November 2015
Mobinil best in terms of Internet connectivity via mobile, according to NTRA report
On World Toilet Day, 3,117 Egyptian villages deprived of sanitation services
50% of regions in Egypt covered in sewage, 90% in cities and 12% in villages, says Shawkat
Elsaeed Contracting’s H1 net profit jumps 122.9%
Company’s gross profits recorded EGP 125m in same period
Vodafone attracts 1 million clients using mobile money transfer services
Fixed Internet acquires 7% of company’s profits
Misr Italia launches Italian Square New Cairo in June
Italian Square New Cairo is built over 44,480 sqm, providing all basic needs and services
Mobinil, Ericsson launch modern packet core network
Modernising Mobinil’s mobile packet core caters to increasing demand for mobile-broadband services
Internet Revolution meets Minister of Communications
The activist group suggested amendments to Internet service prices and speed
Housing ministry’s services automated after 1 year: Minister
Ministries of Housing and Planning sign two-year agreement to develop citizen and investor services
CEO of Fawry in dialogue with Daily News Egypt:
Value of financial transactions made through Fawry’s service $571m; 40 thousand outlets across the country for e-payment; one million transactions made daily through the company’s services; plans to expand to Arab Gulf countries in the coming period.
Information tech to double growth rate by 2020: Ministry of Communications
Ministry announces three initiatives to improve Egypt’s digital economy
Telecom Egypt agrees to pay EGP 2.5bn for mobile licence
Reuters – Fixed line monopoly operator Telecom Egypt’s board of directors agreed to pay EGP 2.5bn ($356.76m) for a mobile licence, the firm said in a statement on Monday. The telecommunications minister announced last month that Telecom Egypt was offered a mobile licence for EGP 2.5bn but that it would not include new frequencies, such …
Visa collaborating with government on online payment services: Visa’s general manager
Daily News Egypt interviews the General Manager of Visa in the North and Francophone Africa region Tarek Elhousseiny
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Government striving to restructure energy subsidies: Assistant to Minister of Finance
The current interim government intends to reach a solution for the subsidies problem before it is replaced
Assiut aqueduct project to offer national benefits
The project will benefit 18 million Egyptians and improve the irrigation system for over 1.6 million acres of land
Technology IPOs pickup in Q3 2013
Back-to-school season helps push technology companies’ IPOs up.
Google launches new online video advice service
Those benefitting from these advice sessions, called Helpouts, will pay the experts providing them either by the minute or by the session, depending on the latter’s preference, and using Google Wallet.
Information Technology growth goal
Minister of Communications Atif Halmi says government seeks 10% growth in IT sector by end of fiscal year
Tourism in the news: $60,000 in daily losses for hot air balloon companies in Luxor
The recent hot air balloon accident forced the government to halt its services
Doctors’ strike begins
Doctors demand increased wages, security, budget and overall better services
British aid creating “poverty barons”
British aid making consultants millionaires
Qualcomm 2012 Innovation Conference features the “future of mobile technology”
The brightest minds in the ‘mobile ecosystem’ recently gathered in Berlin to promote innovation in the mobile phone industry. The annual Qualcomm 2012 Conference on Innovation (IQ2012) in the mobile industry concluded recently. Qualcomm sought to highlight hands-on access to the latest in mobile technology, products and services as well as insight to “the future …
Morsy’s ‘Clean Homeland’ plan met with skepticism
Morsy’s 100-day campaign relying on popular and reluctant participation