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The 5 Things That I Did Not Know About Egypt February 14, 2008

Posted by Kiruba Shankar in : Event Updates, NASSCOM 2008 Presentations , trackback

Last night’s glitzy Leadership Award ceremony was sponored by Egypt’s equivalent of NASSCOM, the ITIDA (Information Technology Industry Development Agency). I got to pick up one of their booklets where they had outlined the advantages that their country has to offer in the realm of IT. Here are 5 points that caught my fancy.

1) Egypt has one of the World’s lowest telecom costs

2) World Bank has named Egypt as the leading global economic reformer in 2007 driven by tax, customs adn financial sector reforms.

3) Egypt has a unique multilingual English, French, German Italian adn Spanish speaking talent pool, thanks to its geographic proximity to Europe.

4) Egypt is emerging as a key partner location for the Indian outsourcing sector. I was surprised to know that Satyam and Wipro have already set up their facilities there. Multinationals like Unilever, Vodafone, IBM, Microsoft, P&G are already there.

5) Egypt has one of the lowest attrition.

And here I am who kept thinking that all that Egypt has to offer is the Spinx and the pyramids!

2 Responses to “The 5 Things That I Did Not Know About Egypt”

Pratap Says:
February 15th, 2008 at 2:09 am
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Having had Egyptian colleagues for a few years, I can also add that the intellectual capital residing in Egypt is also commendable. And this is not just limited to the IT domain, Cairo has one of the most sought after advertising & film production personnel…apart from those delightful mummies and zamalek Nile side eateries!
Sujata Says:
February 18th, 2008 at 1:23 am
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I guess ancient civilisations do have something special even in the present times. Unity in diversity and a sense of collective self-confidence at the very least…..