Latest in Tag: digital Highlight
Latest in Tag: digital

Opinion| Digital experiences will accelerate growth in resurgent MENA telecom sector
Today, communications lies at the heart of how we engage with one another – as a remote operating environment becomes the near-term normal, telecom services will drive continuity across borders for communities, small and large businesses.

Communications Minister meets with entrepreneurs from Digital Egypt centres
Participants come from Daqahleya, Menoufiya, Minya, Sohag, Qena, and Aswan governorates

Paynas, Visa, and Banque Misr partner to launch digital platform for MSMEs, contractors
The company announced that it partnered with Visa to issue a first of its kind card enabling MSMEs to end cash wages and empower their employees with financial tools. The Visa Paynas card is issued in partnership with Banque Misr, one of the biggest banks in Africa.

Egypt’s telecoms regulator launches digital portal providing licensing services
This comes as part of the NTRA’s keenness to raise the efficiency of the services it provides to users and facilitate ways to obtain them, in line with the Egyptian government’s shift towards digital transformation.

Egypt launches trial run of digital government services platform
New platform offers 70 services covering vehicle and driving licensing, public notary, and electronic filing of lawsuits

Egypt Post forms cyber-security committee to protect against digital threats
The committee is to be headed by Amr Moussa, Adviser to Minister of Communications and Information Technology for the Digital Economy and Information Security.

COVID-19 accelerates HSBC existing transformation plans to digital services: Group General Manager
Bank has made strong contribution to all CBE initiatives to support economy in these difficult times

Communications Minister launches digital initiative helping SMEs cope with pandemic
At least 10% of digital projects to be awarded to SMEs under initiative, to achieve partnerships with small and emerging companies

Communication ministry provides 20 electronic services via digital means
During the past year, the MCIT cooperated with the Administrative Control Authority. The Ministry of Planning, follow-up the administrative reform, in building an integrated database, with 60 , so far, finalised in different sectors.

Will traditional journalism survive the heavy competition in the digital age?
While the sky is digital media’s limit when it comes to creativity, but this is not the status quo when it comes to fact checking, says Mossallam

IBM inaugurates 2 new centres to accelerate digital transformation
New IBM centres aim to fuel innovation of AI, hybrid cloud, blockchain, digital security

Digital era of Egypt in years to come
We are on right path towards digital society: Al-Sisi

Thumbs to the rescue: Digital volunteers put vulnerable people on the map
Imagine you can help relieve disasters as they happen – by using your smartphone. NGOs have used crowdsourced information to locate vulnerable people for years. But can a mapping app really save lives in times of crisis?

Don’t get killed playing Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go players have stumbled into places they really shouldn’t be on the hunt for digital monsters. It seems that for some fans of the popular app, catching them all is more important than personal safety.

Getting ‘bang for the buck’ in digital innovation
In a fresh report, World Economic Forum researchers have identified a group of seven nations, which are the most efficient globally in unleashing the power of digital innovation. Germany is not among them.

Christo’s floating piers closed
Artist Christo’s orange floating walkway on a northern Italian lake closed after attracting over 1.2 million visitors, twice as many as expected.

The cyborgs are here: how to merge digital and biological identities
Bio implants will soon be able to house our keys, wallets, and our whole lives – all within our own flesh. Maya Shwayder tried one out at the Cebit fair in Hanover.

BMW outlines new digital strategy
German luxury carmaker BMW has presented a new long-term strategy aimed at strengthening the company’s market position in the digital age. Autonomous driving and e-mobility are high on the firm’s agenda.

Gamescom: Gaming industry surging ahead
The German city of Cologne is all set to host Gamescom, the biggest computer and video game event in the world. DW takes a look at the worldwide digital games market and new developments in this fast-growing sector. Cologne’s international exhibition center, Koelnmesse, is being transformed into the most important venue worldwide for presenting newly-developed …

Egypt’s PayPal merchants can now sell internationally
The new service comes as part of PayPal’s commitment to developing e-commerce in Middle-East and North Africa, and specifically in Egypt

Hashtag launched by digital journalists demanding entity to protect them
Online journalists in Egypt represent a major segment of informal employees

Courthouses and prosecution offices enter digital age
Spokesperson for public prosecution admits previous way of hiring was not transparent