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EGYPT 2007 Walid Gad Chairman EITESAL WITSA Board Meeting Cairo 2007 EITESAL Egyptian Information Telecommunication Electronics & Software Alliance Egypt Demographic/Economic Figures Population more than 76 M inhabitants with 58% in workforce age Population growth 1.94% GDP growth in 3rd quarter 2006/07 reaching 7.4% targeting 9-10% in 2009/10 Inflation <10% targeting 7-8% in 2009/10 WITSA 2007 Board Meeting Egypt Demographic/Economic Figures FDI > $ 10B in 2006/07 Unemployment down from 11.8% in 2006 to 9% in 2007 Export growth 46% in 2006/07 IT expenditures as a % of GDP (IDC – Oct 2005) 0.9% WITSA 2007 Board Meeting EGYPT ICT MARKET GROWTH 2002 2007 6m 11m 3m 25m Fixed Lines: Penetration is now 15% Number of subscribers Mobile: Penetration is now 28% Number of operators 3 Number of subscribers (over one million subscribers are added each month) WITSA 2007 Board Meeting EGYPT ICT MARKET GROWTH Internet : Users Broad Band : Users Band Width WITSA 2007 Board Meeting 2002 2007 1.5m 6.5m --- 250000 50 mb 16000 mb Government Vision & Strategy Vision: “ The IT sector will be the main driver behind the development and growth of the Egyptian economy. It will be one of the main generators of foreign currency and will create a large number of job opportunities ” WITSA 2007 Board Meeting Government Vision & Strategy Strategy: • Enhancing the local ICT market size • Increase the penetration of internet usage • Enhance and develop the local ICT professionals • Develop & strengthen local companies WITSA 2007 Board Meeting Government Vision & Strategy Strategy: • Stimulate ICT researches • Encourage new young entrepreneurs • Encourage export of products and services • Attract foreign companies to establish their development and support centers in Egypt WITSA 2007 Board Meeting EITESAL • Formed of the top 250 companies in Egypt working in the areas of electronics (H/W), telecommunication, software development and system integration. • The combined revenues of the EITESAL member companies are more than 80% of the total ICT market in Egypt. WITSA 2007 Board Meeting EITESAL MISSION TO HELP GROW THE LOCAL ICT MARKET AND INCREASE EXPORTS OF ICT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY WITSA 2007 Board Meeting EITESAL STRATEGY • Increase membership • Develop and grow our member companies • Continue to improve trading environment • Build strong relations with associations outside Egypt • Strengthen IJMA3 (Union of Arab ICT Association) • Organize conferences and exhibitions to promote Egypt ICT sector (GPPC 2007 – WCIT 212) • Close relations and cooperation with MCIT WITSA 2007 Board Meeting Objectives “ Promote Egypt as the preferred outsourcing service provider ” WITSA 2007 Board Meeting WHY EGYPT • 250 000 graduates every year • Multilingual graduates (English / French / German) • Low labor cost (lower than India) • Excellent communication infra structure • Stable politically and socially • Close to Europe • Incentives WITSA 2007 Board Meeting