Business Today Egypt (BT) July - August 2021

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Infographic source: MCIT
fer similar solutions enabling the transition, the
OBG explained.
With the remote working trends, digital payments
and e-commerce are expected to continue,
and there is plenty of opportunity for public-private
collaboration to strengthen digital
infrastructure, OBG writes further into the report,
with further financial inclusion expected
to be a priority into the future.
“Egypt is working with global leaders in this
space. The Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector
announced in November 2019 that Microsoft
and software solutions provider SAP won a
tender to apply the digital transformation of 60
state-owned firms and holding companies. The
tender, at the time being the largest of its kind
in the Middle East, would facilitate the standardization
and automation of operations to
improve efficiency.
In May of that year, the MCIT and the General
Health Care Authority announced they would
create a framework to facilitate the digitalization
of the authority’s operations in order to
streamline health services and make care more
accessible,” the report also read.
Additionally, OBG mentions the government’s
work towards strengthening cybersecurity
at the national level to protect data, highlight-
Infographic source: ITIDA
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