Transcript Egypt’s ICT Strategy 2010 Invitation for Partnership

EGYPT 2007
Walid Gad
Chairman
EITESAL
WITSA Board Meeting
Cairo 2007
EITESAL Egyptian Information Telecommunication Electronics & Software Alliance
Egypt Demographic/Economic Figures
 Population more than 76 M inhabitants
with 58% in workforce age
 Population growth 1.94%
 GDP growth in 3rd quarter 2006/07
reaching 7.4% targeting 9-10% in 2009/10
 Inflation <10% targeting 7-8% in 2009/10
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Egypt Demographic/Economic Figures
 FDI > $ 10B in 2006/07
 Unemployment down from 11.8% in 2006 to
9% in 2007
 Export growth 46% in 2006/07
 IT expenditures as a % of GDP (IDC – Oct
2005) 0.9%
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EGYPT ICT MARKET GROWTH
2002
2007
6m
11m
3m
25m
Fixed Lines:
Penetration is now 15%
Number of subscribers
Mobile:
Penetration is now 28%
Number of operators 3
Number of subscribers
(over one million subscribers are added
each month)
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EGYPT ICT MARKET GROWTH
Internet : Users
Broad Band : Users
Band Width
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2002
2007
1.5m
6.5m
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250000
50 mb
16000 mb
Government Vision & Strategy
Vision:
“ The IT sector will be the main driver behind
the development and growth of the Egyptian
economy. It will be one of the main
generators of foreign currency and will create
a large number of job opportunities ”
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Government Vision & Strategy
Strategy:
• Enhancing the local ICT market size
• Increase the penetration of internet usage
• Enhance and develop the local ICT
professionals
• Develop & strengthen local companies
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Government Vision & Strategy
Strategy:
• Stimulate ICT researches
• Encourage new young entrepreneurs
• Encourage export of products and services
• Attract foreign companies to establish their
development and support centers in Egypt
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EITESAL
• Formed of the top 250 companies in Egypt
working in the areas of electronics (H/W),
telecommunication, software development
and system integration.
• The combined revenues of the EITESAL
member companies are more than 80% of
the total ICT market in Egypt.
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EITESAL MISSION
TO HELP GROW THE LOCAL ICT
MARKET AND INCREASE EXPORTS OF
ICT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR
THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEMBERS AND
THE COMMUNITY
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EITESAL STRATEGY
• Increase membership
• Develop and grow our member companies
• Continue to improve trading environment
• Build strong relations with associations outside Egypt
• Strengthen IJMA3 (Union of Arab ICT Association)
• Organize conferences and exhibitions to promote Egypt
ICT sector (GPPC 2007 – WCIT 212)
• Close relations and cooperation with MCIT
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Objectives
“ Promote Egypt as the preferred
outsourcing service provider ”
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WHY EGYPT
• 250 000 graduates every year
• Multilingual graduates (English / French /
German)
• Low labor cost (lower than India)
• Excellent communication infra structure
• Stable politically and socially
• Close to Europe
• Incentives
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