Yasser El-Kady, minister of communications and information technology, said that the ICT sector achieved growth rates of 14%, year-over-year, at the end of the first quarter of this year. He added that the achieved growth was 9.5% for the communications sector and 4.5% for the information technology sector. We have international companies that continue to support the government to manufacture electronics.”“The support the sector receives from the state’s leadership is great. The sector is promising and is one of the most important sectors and the main engines of the national economy. The sector achieved exports worth $3.26bn, with an over $1.7bn increase,” the minister added.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 29, 2018 15:00 UTC