3 - Strategic Objectives and Quantitative Targets
3.1 Strategic Objectives
The National ICT Strategy for 2012-2017 aims
to enable the ICT sector with all its resources to
help achieve the objectives of the 25 January
Revolution – freedom, democracy and social
justice – supported by an open and competitive
market. It also aims at raising the attractiveness
of the Egyptian economy to investment,
increasing revenues for the government and
the private sector, and facilitating the necessary
restructuring of the sector in line with global
innovation in the field. The strategy targets not
only building a strong national industry capable
of raising exports and creating job opportunities
for youth, but also helping to improve the level
and quality of public services.
The realization of this vision requires a process
of cumulative building on achievements in
,
support of Egypt s continued development in
the realm of ICT, with work on various strategic
axes in line with the government objective of
positioning Egypt as one of the most prominent
knowledge-based economies.
In this context, Egypt’s strategic ICT objectives are
characterized by applicability and quantitative
measurability, allowing for easy monitoring of
progress.
The four main strategic objectives of the
strategy are:
Supporting the democratic transition
Promoting digital citizenship and information
society
Promoting sustainable development
Strengthening the national economy
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First: Supporting the democratic transition
1- Building a knowledge-based society with
universal access to information resources
This is served by the National Broadband
Strategy to expand the geographic coverage of
infrastructure providing high-speed internet and
to increase internet penetration, particularly in
marginalized and under privileged areas. The
strategy aims to raise the number of subscribers
to high-speed internet to 13 million by 2015,
through the expansion of the broadband
network, especially last mile links and fiberoptic cables for telephone exchanges. The
strategy also seeks to raise the proportion of
Egyptian households using personal computers
to 40%, to provide a national network of 1,000
Technology Homes and 2,000 IT Clubs, to
connect all schools and educational institutions
to high-speed internet, to expand e-commerce
by 20%, to increase the number of secured
Egyptian websites by 810% to increase the
proportion of banking customers using online
or mobile banking to 30%, and to increase
use of e-signature applications by government
bodies.
2- Digital identity management
A large number of digital identity management
solutions have been developed in recent years
as part of efforts to build public confidence in
online transactions and encourage the use of
electronic services. These ongoing efforts involve
developing suitable technological tools and
systems; promoting greater use of e-commerce,
e-health and e-government services; and
developing cyber security systems to prevent
identity theft and protect user privacy.