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Technology & Innovation follows the software, infrastructure and digital services being built in Egypt, from the ICT and outsourcing sector to the startups, operators and regulators shaping how the country works online.

Close-up of the numeric PIN keypad and card slot on a cash machine

Bank NXT moves ATM and debit card processing to Network International

Technology5 min read
The Cairo skyline

Egypt's GIZ-backed venture debt pilot moves to select its first 30 scaleups

Technology4 min read
A person making a payment with a smartphone

Egypt's youth ministry and financial regulator sign deal on fintech sandbox access

Technology5 min read
A skyline of modern high-rise towers in Egypt, including a tall spiral-patterned skyscraper with a construction crane, under a clear blue sky.

Egypt's FRA lets a blockchain platform test replacing fund administrators

Technology5 min read
Rows of server racks and cabling in the CERN computer centre, signposted as the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid.

PRO TECHnology brings Disk Archive's ALTO cold-storage platform to the Gulf

Technology5 min read
Grid-scale battery energy storage units

The Huawei-backed battery plan is real — and covers barely a third of what Egypt’s grid needs

Technology4 min read
A young woman holds a microphone in an audience at a technology event, with panelists seated on stage behind her.

TikTok and Entreprenelle relaunch their Egypt programme for women-led businesses

Technology4 min read
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Egypt sells software and services to the world. The next test is moving up the value chain

Technology4 min read
A dimly lit, mostly empty open-plan industrial office with exposed pillars, where a single person works alone at a desk near a large window.

Egypt has founders and customers. The missing piece is the middle of the funding ladder

Technology4 min read