Industry minister: Digital transformation necessary for continuation of projects

CAIRO - 20 July 2020: Minister of Trade and Industry Niven Gamea said Monday the Coronavirus crisis affirmed the need for technology and its applications for achieving economic growth and going ahead with projects and online sales.

In statements while launching the "digital future initiative" organized by the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce in cooperation with Microsoft and Fiber Misr Systems companies, the minister called for depending on technological applications to get good government and private services, a matter that would help curb the impact of COVID-19 spread.

She said the digital transformation initiative aimed also at enabling small and medium companies in Egypt to cope with modern technology to spread services via internet and technological applications.