National ICT Strategy 2012-2017 Towards a Digital Society and Knowledge-based Economy

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National ICT Strategy 2012-2017, Egypt.

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Author: The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is the government body responsible for information and communications technology issues in the Arab Republic of Egypt. Established in 1999, MCIT is responsible for the planning, implementation and operation of government ICT plans and strategies.

Source URL (legacy): https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/16996-egyptian-government-national-ict-strategy-2012

Description: The Strategy sets out the country's strategic goals for Telecommunications and Postal Service Infrastructure, Government ICT Infrastructure and Digital Services, Human Capacity Building, and Digital Citizenship among others to turn Egypt into a knowledge-based economy.

Notes: The Strategy for 2012-2017 focuses on a number of quantitative targets related to important indicators. With regard to supporting the democratic transition and promoting the information community and digital citizenship, the aims are to raise the number of high-speed internet subscribers in Egypt to 13 million by 2015, to have personal computers in at least 40% of Egyptian households within five years, and to establish a national network of 1,000 Technology Homes.

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