Egyptian tech firms expand African footprint

As a part of the country’s efforts to increase IT exports and achieve ambitious economic goals, Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) helped setting out a number of partnership protocols and concluding business agreements between Egyptian...

Eaton Towers raises $350m, signs Egypt deal

Eaton Towers, the leading independent telecommunications tower company in Africa, announced that it has raised $350-million in new equity resources from existing and new shareholders, to fund expansion and acquisitions across Africa. On the back of the equity raise,...

Alcatel-Lucent, Injaz partner on education

Alcatel-Lucent accompanies Injaz Egypt and Injaz Al Maghrib in Morocco to support together educational development programmes in Egypt and in Morocco. Injaz organisations aim is to prepare middle schools, high schools and university students to enter the workforce as...

Egyptian payment portal targets 94m users

MasterCard, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Etisalat have launched a mobile payment wallet in Egypt, which will bring Etisalat Egypt’s subscriber base safe and convenient payment services through their mobile phones. The new programme is an early implementation of...