Egypt’s Ministry of Education announces it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Egypt to provide a digital educational environment for students and teachers.
This is part of its efforts to ensure the safety of all educational system members. Whilst ensuring learning continues across the country as the world grapples with the coronavirus crisis.
Twenty million students and one million teachers are set to benefit from the unified platform.
The partnership will see the activation of an E-service for the entire Ministry of Education and Technical Education. It will also equip educators and students with solutions such as Microsoft Office 365.
Microsoft will implement the digital educational environment through its local partners Cairo Codes and BlueCloud.
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Microsoft announces the appointment of Mirna Arif as the Country Manager to spearhead its operations in Egypt.
In her new role, Mirna will oversee Microsoft’s efforts in the country to empower public and private organizations. To accelerate their digital transformation agendas and better engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform business models.
Mirna Arif brings over 18 years of experience. Spanning multinational organizations and public sector entities across Middle East and Africa (MEA). She joined Microsoft in 2019 as MEA Business Group Director. Tasked with leading the strategy and execution of the company’s Surface portfolio in the region.
“Our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. I’m thrilled to further this mission as we continue to expand Microsoft’s footprint in Egypt. And unlock its growth potential,” she said.
“The Egypt Vision 2030: Sustainable Development Strategy represents a foothold on the way towards achieving inclusive development– and technology sits at the heart of this. I look forward to working closely with our customers and partners to accelerate the country’s digital transformation journey and contribute to its competitiveness.”
Prior to joining Microsoft, Mirna spent several years in important roles for organizations. Including, Schlumberger, the Ministry of Petroleum in Egypt, Emerson, and Baker Hughes GE.
She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in marketing and operations. And a Bachelor’s in computer science, from the American University in Cairo.
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Microsoft and Telecom Egypt announce Egypt’s first Cloud Network to enhance delivery of services to customers.
Telecom Egypt and Microsoft have reached an agreement to collaborate in extending Microsoft’s cloud network to Egypt. This agreement was reached on the sideline of ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.
The collaboration will see Telecom Egypt provide low-latency connectivity into and across Egypt. To help enhance performace and increase reliability for customers of Microsoft services. Microsoft will also increase its reach to the Egyptian market and improve connectivity across North Africa and the middle East.
The new point of presence in Egypt according to Microsoft will benefit from a direct connection to Microsoft’s global infrastructure. To enhance the delivery of numerous services for customers. Its network investment will increase capacity and use the latest in network optimization for the delivery of Microsoft services in Egypt.
Telecom Egypt Collaboration
“We are pleased to partner with Microsoft. As it represents one of the first steps toward our strategic digital transformation plan. Telecom Egypt’s geographical position and its digital infrastructure will enable major cloud providers such as Microsoft to enhance their reach to consumers and enterprises in Egypt as well as reach other markets.” – Adel Hamed, Telecom Egypt Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Amr Talaat says its Ministry appreciates partnerships that empower local institutions. He also shared that “Egypt is moving towards achieving a promising digital transformation strategy to build a strong economy“. A move Dr. Amr Talaat says is in line with the 2030 Egypt Sustainable Development strategy.
Microsoft Egypt General Manager, Khaled Abdel Kader about the collaboration said: “Microsoft is committed to providing world-class cloud services to enable and accelerate the digital transformation of organizations, businesses and people in Egypt. Our collaboration with Telecom Egypt and Microsoft’s investment in the country will further empower Egypt to achieve more through Microsoft services. The new enhanced network presence in Egypt will connect via Microsoft’s global network to transatlantic and trans-Arabian paths, which will improve connectivity across North Africa and the Middle East, including enhancing connectivity to the new Microsoft cloud regions in development in South Africa and the United Arab Emirates“.
