Report says Egypt among top 8 vendors of IT services

CAIRO, Aug 20 2017: Egypt is ranked among the top eight vendors of IT services and products in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

A recent report by Gartner said Egypt, Russia Alba, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russia and South Africa are the best venues that offer outsourcing services.

The report touched upon advantages of Egypt in providing cross-border services, given its high-skilled workers and competitive prices, not to mention its strategic geographical location.

Egypt has a strong communications infrastructure, the report said, adding that it has 17 maritime cables connecting it with the rest of the world.

The report also said that 4G services started in the Arab country as of 2016.