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Huawei fights dirty to raise ‘Nova 3i’ sales
Company said it prefers if customers provide video saying they decided to switch to Nova 3i instead of F9
TE secures EGP 22bn worth revenues from long-term contracts with mobile operators
Capacity sales’ revenues grew in H1 2018
The Rise of Artificial Intelligence part 1:The New Power Within Reach
Each daily minute, 3.9m Google searches, 4.3m YouTube videos,13m text messages, 2.1m snaps, 1 million passengers on aeroplanes, $ 330,000 Amazon sales, 73,249 online retail transactions, 750,000 songs streamed, 49,380 Instagram photos, 159m emails sent
MENA’s 1st e-commerce summit focuses on latest industry trends, innovations, future technologies
Summit invited 2,500 industrial, commercial, financial, service sector leaders, as well as IT experts
How digital learning can improve education
Investment in digital learning has grown to over $22bn between 2015-2017, as per Metaari report
Oppo plans to enter Saudi market next November
Company is now operating in 33 countries, plans to increase scope of operation, obtain more market share
Mobile market lost 800,000 subscribers in June
Internet attracts 1.6 million new clients
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Jumia contracts with Aman to provide instalment payment services
Payment facilities become very common recently, hence Jumia aims to allow its customer to purchase online unique and diverse products through instalment payment service
KMG launches regional expansion strategy, sets smart service centres for maintenance
On the KMG strategy to enhance the presence of new players in the mobile market, Ghoneim pointed out that the strategy depends on several axes; the first and most important of which is the provision of after-sales and maintenance services nationwide so as to be closer to the company’s customers
Honeywell UOP’s Oleflex technology has been selected for 52 out of 64 propane projects
Egypt considered as top consumer of polypropylene in Africa, consuming about 4.4 kg per capita, growing by more than 5% annually through 2022
China dominates feature phone shipments globally
Chinese companies’ dominance of mobile phone industry was not limited to smartphones, but extended to feature phones.
Chinese companies account for largest mid-range smartphone market share
Oppo led Chinese top selling smartphone companies, with a market share of 22% of mid-range smartphone sales, whose prices range from $400 to $600.
Map of Chinese companies’ smartphone sales globally
Chinese companies take over the largest share of the sales of smartphones in Africa, where the total share of Chinese companies’ smartphone sales is estimated to be 59%.
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Chinese companies dominate smartphone market sales in Egypt
Chinese smartphone companies control over a third of the sales of the Egyptian market, according to StatCounter’s index in August.
Raya Contact Center Announces Incorporating new mega facility in West Cairo’s Smart Village Business Park
Raya Contact Center, the Egyptian provider of comprehensive business process outsourcing (BPO) services, announced signing a long-term lease agreement to rent a 8,400 sqm semi-finished facility in West-Cairo’s Smart Village business park. This new mega facility is expected to host 1,500 workstation/seat capacity, which would be utilised in serving the growing demand for offshore BPO …
Vezeeta collects $12m in funding from STV Capital
We plan to boost services in Saudi Arabia, launch new products, says Barsoum
CIT chooses two digital game developers to join Ibdaa incubator
This year, the number of participants reached 560, with a total of 40 independent games. Only 14 games were selected to participate in the exhibition
Teradix launches at sixth annual ‘Cloud Weekend’ Egypt
500 IT decision makers, top executives attended
Decline in lines’ sales affects revenues of state telecommunications sector: Hegazy
Sector witnessed positive changes in last period, notably launch of 4G
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Robusta plans to expand its expansion in Europe by opening offices in Sweden, Australia
Company organises annual e-commerce summit to discuss future of industry, highlight challenges
Communications Ministry negotiates with World Bank on developing transition strategy to digital economy
Talat stressed the importance of benefiting of the WB’s expertise in supporting strategies for the transition to a digital economy
New Google search feature launches for job-seekers in Arab world
Feature available to users in 15 countries across Middle East
Apple takes back first place in tablet market in Egypt in August
Notably, Apple’s share grew by almost 5% compared to July, when Apple’s market share was 37.2%.
Chinese companies dominate list of top smartphone vendors
Apple ranked third on list with market share of 11% followed by Xiaomi with 9%
‘Nafham’ launches new service allowing online communication between teachers, students
Platform has curricula of Ministry of Education throughout all grades
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MCIT addresses international electronic design companies to localise industry in Egypt
Ministerial committee formed from three ministries: MCIT, Military Production, Education
Dryve offers vehicle rental for Uber drivers
The Dryve car rental platform agreed with Uber, a peer-to-peer ridesharing, to offer vehicles for its licensed drivers, in partnership with French AXA multinational insurance. According to dryve, car owners can earn EGP 5,000-12,000 per month. Last month, Uber Egypt and Nacita AutoCare announced the launch of the first Rent to Own vehicle solutions programme …
State tackles change shortage with coin ATMs at metro stations
Machines to be standardised at metro stations in future
Egypt our choice, its economy among top in Africa, with large population: Soda Mobile brand director
Company has two smartphones models, plans to launch two more, targets 5% market share by end-2019
Huge growth potential awaits Egypt, MENA by adopting blockchain, easing burden of deep-rooted legacy systems: executive director MENA, Consensys
Blockchain enables safe, secure, non-repudiable exchange of value, allowing all aspects of life to be easily interchanged