Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Data Expertise, Amr Talaat, formally inaugurated Huawei’s new workplace in New Cairo, Egypt on Monday, 21 October. The occasion was attended by Chinese language Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang, Ahmed El Zaher, CEO of the Data Expertise Trade Improvement Company (ITIDA), and Jim Liu, CEO of Huawei Egypt.
Huawei’s new workplace will act because the hub for the corporate’s enterprise operations, encompassing Provider, Enterprise, Cloud, Digital Energy, and Client divisions.
This transfer aligns with Huawei’s long-standing technique to increase its presence within the area and help Egypt’s digital transformation and ICT ecosystem, positioning the nation as an innovation hub for the MENA area and a key vacation spot for outsourcing.
Jim Liu, CEO of Huawei Egypt, emphasised the corporate’s longstanding presence in Egypt. He famous that Huawei at the moment helps over 2700 jobs, each instantly and not directly. This features a workforce of over 900 workers on the International Service Heart, with a various illustration of expertise from varied Egyptian governorates past Cairo.
Amr Talaat, the Minister of Communications and Data Expertise, highlighted that Egypt’s outsourcing exports surged by 54 % inside a single yr. He emphasised that the personal sector performs a significant function in reaching the objectives of the ICT sector, aiding within the provision of contemporary applied sciences, modern options, and the enhancement of digital abilities amongst Egyptian youth.
“We’re working with Huawei to ascertain the Huawei Improvement Heart in Egypt, which can contribute to creating modern options, and upskilling builders on newest applied sciences. This collaboration displays our shared imaginative and prescient to boost Egypt’s place as a number one hub for know-how innovation and world providers supply,” ITIDA CEO Ahmed El Zaher mentioned.
In Egypt, the digital sector skilled a progress charge of about 16.3 % within the fiscal yr 2022/2023, making it the fastest-growing sector within the nation for 5 consecutive years. Egypt additionally has the quickest common fastened web velocity in Africa, with a velocity of 64.5 Mbps as of November final yr, in response to a report by Ookla, an organization that measures web speeds.
