Egypt aims to enhance contribution of IT sector to GDP: Talaat
Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, affirmed that Egypt’s digital strategy aims to enhance the contribution of the...
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World’s longest subsea cable 2Africa reaches Saudi Arabia in connectivity boost
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is now connected to the world’s longest subsea cable after the 45,000-km fiber-optic 2Africa network landed in...
ICT spending in Oman to reach $3.4 billion by 2026
Muscat: ICT spending in the Sultanate of Oman is set to reach $3.23 billion in 2023 and $3.49 billion by 2026,...
ICT spending in Qatar to reach $6bn in 2026
Doha: ICT spending in Qatar is set to reach $5.60bn in 2023 and $6.20bn by 2026, according to the latest...
New electronic services in education, municipal sectors launched through Invest Easy portal
Muscat: The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion has launched new electronic services through Invest Easy portal in the...
World Health Organization readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing
The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch an app this month to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess...
Private sector contributes by 26% of total investments in ICT sector in FY2020/2021
Private investments worth LE6.9 billion compose 26 percent of total investments worth LE27.5 billion in the communications and information technology...
Digital solutions supporting Qatar’s Covid-19 strategy
Qatar recorded its first case of the virus on February 29, which involved a citizen who had been evacuated from...
Opportunities for ICT as Oman fights Covid-19
Oman has responded incisively to the pandemic. On February 24, two citizens returning from Iran became the first recorded cases...
New $50mn Bahrain, China fund to target technology investments
Al Salam Bank-Bahrain (ASBB) has partnered with China-based MSA Capital to launch Al Salam-MSA Bahrain Fund I, a $50 million...
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