Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cisco announced the company’s role as IT Services Provider of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Cisco, among others, will provide professional and technical services to design, implement and support the wireless network infrastructure at COP27 to enable highly secure connectivity for all attendees and the host nation. 

Following an on-the-ground review of COP27 preparations in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP27 President-Designate, stated that Egypt is “ready” to host world leaders, delegates, and climate stakeholders under the banner of “Together for Implementation.”

Ahmed Samir, Egypt’s minister of trade and industry, met with several significant foreign firms engaged in e-marketing, communications, and information technology investments in the Egyptian market.

MCS, a value-added distributor of security solutions and services, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Egypt, in order to establish joint cooperation between the two parties in developing human skills to cope with the accelerated job requirements of the modern labor market and contribute constructively to raising skills and awareness about the country’s efforts to move forward to digitization.

Kenzz, the mass e-commerce solution bringing trustworthy online shopping to the masses in Egypt and the Middle East, has announced the completion of a US$3.5 million seed fundraiser.