An exceptional round of Cairo's ICT is taking shape, as preparations started earlier than in previous years, to create the best possible image for the only ICT event in Egypt and the largest in the ME Region. The next fair will be held on April (...)
CAIRO - Egypt is poised to emerge as a major player in the information economy, according to UNCTAD's first edition ever of Information Communications and Technology (ICT) policy review of the country.
At a special session in Geneva, the UNCTAD (...)
CAIRO - Cairo Microsoft Innovation Lab (CMIC) recently announced the launch of “Microsoft Afkar”, a portal which targets Arabic speaking Internet users.
Microsoft Afkar presents a number of free smart tools that seek to enhance the quality of Arabic (...)
DUBAI - Last week witnessed the wrapping up of one of the most successful editions of GITEX Dubai that took place over five full days. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, officially (...)
CAIRO - With its official kicking off tomorrow, GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK will be introducing brand new elements to reinforce its position as the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region's leading ‘finger on the pulse' technology event. As one (...)
CAIRO - Last week, Lenovo held a press conference to announce the introduction of the IdeaPad Tablet K1 to the Egyptian consumers.
During the event, The Gazette caught up with Jack Lee, Corporate Vice President for Lenovo Middle East and Africa, to (...)
CAIRO - The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) recently launched a programme to spread IT houses nationwide.
Bringing the MCIT priorities into life, set as a work cycle during the coming period, and in accordance with the (...)
CAIRO - Within the framework of plans and programmes set by the Egyptian Government for the coming period, the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT); Mohamed Salem recently announced the launch of an integrated (...)
CAIRO - Last week, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai emphasised that conserving the rich Islamic scientific heritage and propagating it around the world are vital in promoting cultural (...)
The Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT), Mohamed Salem, recently honoured the winners of the International Olympiad in Informatics (software and information technology) IOI 2011 that was hosted in Pattaya, (...)
CAIRO - Last week witnessed the introduction of two new payment processing services in Egypt from two competing companies ironically at the same day, same time.
On one hand, Bee announced the official launch of its services in the Egyptian market. (...)
CAIRO - IT Data for Internet solutions announced yesterday the official inauguration of five authorised training centres in four governorates: Cairo, Dakhalia, Sharqia and Gharbia.
Mohamed el-Sayed, the company's chairman said that the company – (...)
CAIRO - Minister of Communications and Information Technology Maged Osman, and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Amr Ezzat Salama have recently signed a co-operation protocol between Telecom Egypt's Leadership Development Centre (...)
CAIRO - During their participation in Cairo ICT 2011, and building on more than two years of collaboration and commitment to the local ICT community in Egypt, Nokia and the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (TIEC) announced a further (...)
CAIRO - The 15th edition of Cairo ICT, a key exhibition, opened Wednesday at Cairo International Conference Centre. This year, the event has a better display of technologies with a new hall that increases the exhibition's total space by 25 per (...)
CAIRO - With Egypt's IT spending expected to increase from $1.6b in 2011 to $3.0b by 2015 (according to TransWorldNews); Intel Corporation has recently said that its game-changing 2nd Generation Intel Core processor family is now available in (...)
CAIRO - Microsoft Egypt has recently organised the final round of the local finals of Microsoft's Imagine Cup competition at the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre "TIEC".
Out of 2,500 students representing 18 teams who participated (...)
CAIRO - Vodafone Egypt Community Development Foundation, in co-operation with the World Food Programme (WFP) and in co-ordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Education (MOE), has launched the school feeding programme ''Wagbety Fi Madrasty'' (...)
CAIRO - The Sheikh Salem Al Ali Informatics Award board of trustees has announced the winners of the tenth round of the largest annual informatics prize in the region, valued at over 100,000 Kuwaiti dinars, ($375,000).
The announcement was made at a (...)
Wasla Contact Centre last week signed a joint venture agreement with Atelka, a Canadian company in the field of telecommunications and contact centre management, to provide business process outsourcing services to their clients and consumers in (...)
CAIRO - The 15th edition of Cairo ICT exhibition, one of the leading events and ideal platforms to exchange expertise and proficiency in Communication and Information Technologies, is due to take place from February 20 to 23, 2011 at Cairo (...)
CAIRO - In a global consumer study recently released, Juniper Networks found that four out of five people cite “level of security” as a top or high priority when buying or using smartphones and tablet computers " and more than half are anxious about (...)
CAIRO - With the wrapping of 2010, The Egyptian Gazette caught up with Amr Farouk, the Managing Director of MCS to discuss the company's achievements over the past year and to highlight its strategy to enhance its position in the local market with (...)
ALEXANDRIA - Celebrating the brightest pre-college scientists of the Arab World, Intel and Science Age Society recently announced the top winners of the first Intel Science Competition – Arab World at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the coastal city of (...)
WILL Africa be the next global success story in innovation? This is the question that over 200 selected thought leaders from 25 countries across the world were gathered in Kenya's Rift Valley earlier this week to address.
The aim of the first- ever (...)