Egypt accommodates doubled internet demand during COVID-19 through infrastructure investments
Published 24 Sep,2020 via Daily News Egypt - Egypt has managed to accommodate the doubling in demand for internet services during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to the country’s prudent infrastructure investments, according to Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
Egypt’s digital transformation programme and the government’s swift response to the pandemic were among the topical issues explored by Talaat in an in-depth video interview (vidcast) 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.
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