Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
AmrTalaat affirmed Egypt’s interest in cooperating with Huawei in the field of
Artificial intelligence and transferring technology as well as the fifth
generation technology (5G).
Talaat added that Huawei will apply the first experiments of this technology in
Cairo Stadium during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations set to be held in Egypt.
This came during the meeting held between Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa
Madbouli and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Huawei Investment &
Holding Co. Li Jie, and Regional President of the company in North African
Robinson Tsai, in the presence of CEO of Huawei Egypt Vincent Sun.
The prime minister pointed out the importance of Huawei’s investment in this
positive climate to boost its investment in Egypt, especially in the field of
smart city technology and other fields that Egypt is paying increasing
attention to.
For his part, Jie affirmed his company’s increasing interest in the Egyptian
market, stressing the company’s keenness to contribute to enhancing development
sectors in the country.
He said that Huawei is particularly interested in the field of training to hone
skills of cadres around the world, adding that the company is willing to boost
cooperation with Cairo to help the government and private sector achieve
technological development.
Egypt to experiment 5G during 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
