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Title: ICT Sector in Egypt:


1
ICT Sector in Egypt
A Model For Reform
Amr HASHEM Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology Arab Republic of
Egypt AHashem_at_mcit.gov.eg
2
Agenda
  • Outlook of Egypt
  • ICT Reform Process
  • Timeline
  • Major Policies
  • Success Stories
  • Way Forward

3
Egypt Potential
  • Geography
  • Cross Connection between Europe, Africa and the
    Middle East.
  • Resources
  • 80 billion invested in modernization of
    infrastructure in 21 years
  • 72 Million inhabitants with 50 under the age of
    20
  • Ranking 17th worldwide in no. of yearly graduates

4
Reform Process
  • Empowerment of the Democratic Process
  • Multi-Candidate Presidential Elections
  • Parliamentary Elections under full supervision of
    the judiciary
  • Transition into a Market Economy
  • Building the institutional and regulatory
    framework
  • Multitude of opportunities for private investment

5
ICT Reform Process
6
Policy Principles
  • Involvement of partnerships throughout the
    process
  • Empowerment of the role of the civil society
  • Free flow of information to all stakeholders
  • Good Governance
  • Decentralization of decision making
  • Critical Role of Regulatory Institutions

Commitment of Political Leadership to support ICT
development
7
Information Society Initiative
  • Inclusion of the stakeholders in the analysis and
    policy development process
  • Government
  • Technology Providers
  • Service Providers
  • Formulation of a master plan for ICT sector
    development in a deregulated environment
  • E-Readiness
  • E-Learning
  • E-Government
  • Execution of the plan in a Public-Private
    Partnership approach
  • Network operators
  • Academia
  • Financial institution
  • E-Health
  • E-Culture
  • ICT-Exports

8
Integration in Regional and Global Economy
  • Bi-lateral Trade Agreements
  • Multilateral Trade Agreements
  • Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
  • Greater Arab Free Trade Agreement
  • Common Market for East and South Africa
  • World Trade Organization

9
World Trade Organization
  • Undertook commitments for Basic Telecom
    Liberalization under the BTA in June 2002
  • Full commitment to Reference Paper
  • Technology-neutral approach to licensing of
    services
  • Full Market Liberalization by the end of 2005
  • No limitations on Foreign Capital participation

10
World Trade Organization
  • Egypt joined the Information Technology Agreement
    in April 2003
  • Progressive Approach to Tariff reductions over 4
    years
  • Drop of tariffs by 2005
  • Extension for nascent industries till 2007
  • Accelerated the execution as part of the customs
    reform package in September 2004
  • Dropped the cost of deploying new ICT
    infrastructure by more than 33
  • Instrumental in various initiatives for
    PC-ownership and broadband deployment

Weighted Tariffs on ICT products
11
Further Liberalization under WTO
  • An offer for commitments on Computer Related
    Services for improving Egypts positioning as an
    IT hub for MENA
  • No limitation on foreign staffing for the first 4
    years of operations
  • No restrictions on foreign ownership or national
    treatment
  • Permitting cross-border supply of services
    whenever required
  • Restructuring of the postal sector in Egypt
    inline with international best practices
  • Licensing several companies for provision of
    Courier services in Egypt
  • No limitations on National Treatment or foreign
    participation in courier companies

12
Professional Training
  • Developing highly qualified experts through
    Internationally certified programs
  • Decision Support E-Commerce
  • System Analysis Design
  • Software Development
  • Communication Networks Management Security
  • Call Centers Operations and Management
  • Executed in cooperation with Multinationals in a
    win-win approach

Graduates in Thousands
13
ICT Skills Development
  • Aiming towards improving ICT literacy
  • Office Applications
  • Internet
  • Web Development
  • Executed in cooperation with universities and
    NGOs
  • Qualifying trainees for International Computer
    Driving License

Graduates in Thousands
14
ICT Growth
  • Private sector is leading the growth in ICT
    sector
  • Investments of private-owned ICT Companies
    exceeded EGP 10 billions
  • Number of private owned ICT companies exceeded
    1500 companies employing 35,000 employees
  • Supporting the ICT Associations formation
  • Egyptian Information Telecommunication
    Electronics Software Alliance (EITESAL)

15
Smart Village
  • A business park over 300 Acres of land
  • Multinationals (Microsoft, Alcatel, Vodafone, HP
    and Ericsson)
  • Call Centers
  • Technological incubators
  • MCIT and NTRA
  • A financial district in Phase III (2005-2006)

16
Regional Leadership in Converged Services
  • Emergence of Egyptian Companies as regional
    operators
  • Egypt is becoming a regional center for mobile
    network deployment and services
  • ISC Alcatel
  • RNSC- Ericsson
  • An E-Content initiative for the digitization of
    Arabic Content

Privatization of Mobile Telephony has resulted in
a wealth generation of almost EGP 35 billion
17
A service-oriented Growth
  • Encouragement of further Public-Private
    Partnerships for infrastructure, services and
    industry development
  • Provision of Converged Services
  • Postal Sector restructuring
  • Launch of MVNOs
  • Further regional role in coordination and
    harmonization of policies and regulations as part
    of the global Information Society
  • Promotion of ventures serving regional markets
  • Call centers
  • Internet exchange
  • regional service centers

18
Useful websites
  • www.mcit.gov.eg
  • www.citegypt.com
  • www.ntra.gov.eg
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