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· Egypt has managed to accommodate the doubling in demand for internet services during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic thanks to its infrastructure investments, says Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology
· Prudent decisions taken last year enabled Egypt to accommodate the inevitable rise in demand for internet access when the pandemic arrived
Egypt has managed to accommodate the doubling in demand for internet services during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic thanks to its infrastructure investments, says Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology. Egypt’s digital transformation program was explained by the minister in an in-depth video interview with Oxford Business Group (OBG).
Talaat said that prudent decisions taken last year enabled Egypt to accommodate the inevitable rise in demand for internet access when the pandemic arrived. The eruption of the pandemic was coupled with an immediate surge in internet usage patterns in terms of the number of people online. The country executed a major fortification project during 2019 that enabled the infrastructure in Egypt to absorb the unprecedented and unplanned multiplication of loads and pressure on the infrastructure.
