Executive Summary
The Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology is working to support an Egyptian ICT
sector that plays an active role in facilitating the
achievement of political, social and economic
goals during the current stage of democratic
transition in Egypt. MCIT, therefore, aims to
build on Egyptians’ positive view of ICT tools
and systems, adapting and developing them to
serve the requirements of a democratic society.
This will include the development of applications
that support digital citizenship, opening avenues
for community participation in social issues, and
protecting freedoms and social justice
Vision:
Towards digital citizenship, and an advanced
knowledge-based economy and a smooth
transition to democracy
Mission:
To develop a democratic knowledge-based
society that supports a strong Egyptian
economy and is based on equitable access
to information and communications services,
guaranteeing the digital rights of citizens and
the development of a national industry based
on human talent and creativity
To achieve this mission, four strategic objectives
have been identified:
Supporting the democratic transition
Promoting digital citizenship and information
society
Promoting sustainable development
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Strengthening the national economy
The National ICT Strategy for 2012-2017 focuses
on a number of quantitative targets related to
important indicators. With regard to supporting
the democratic transition and promoting the
information community and digital citizenship,
the aims are to raise the number of high-speed
internet subscribers in Egypt to 13 million by
2015, to have personal computers in at least
40% of Egyptian households within five years,
and to establish a national network of 1,000
Technology Homes.
On the development front, targets include
providing all schools and educational institutions
with high-speed internet access; promoting the
use of electronic signature applications in three
government agencies; raising the volume of
e-commerce by 20%; increasing the proportion
of e- banking customers using online or mobile
banking to 30%; and improving Egypt’s ranking
in the field of Arabic digital content by increasing
the number of trusted websites by 8-10 %.
With regard to strengthening the economy,
the targets are: to maintain ICT sector growth
rates of 7-10% over the next five years, while
increasing the sector’s contribution to national
income to 5%; to raise revenues generated
from outsourcing services to $2.5 billion and
from intellectual property to $1 billion; to
expand the volume of investment in the ICT
sector by 20% to LE 55 billion; and to boost
exports of software and embedded software
within two years to $500 million. Another
important factor is employment, with plans to
increase the number of professionals working
in outsourcing to 75,000, in IT to 30,000, and
in innovation and entrepreneurship to 10,000.
The strategy also includes the expansion of the
national network of technology parks to 20, and
the growth of Egypt Post as a primary savings
facility by a yearly average of about 15%.