At the AmCham Investment Conference, Egypt’s ITIDA CEO Ahmed El-Zaher highlighted Egypt’s growing role in digital business services and innovation. The country’s strategic location, skilled workforce, and government initiatives make it an attractive hub for global investments, offering significant opportunities in IT offshoring and digital skills development.
The UAE and Egypt signed an MoU to enhance collaboration in peaceful space activities, focusing on satellite technology, Earth observation, and space research. This partnership aims to advance sustainable development and knowledge exchange between the two nations. The agreement coincided with the opening of the African Space Agency’s headquarters in Cairo.
Telecom Egypt is strengthening its global connectivity and digital infrastructure through subsea cable projects, strategic partnerships, and fiber-optic network expansions. With an emphasis on resilience, high-speed connectivity, and digital transformation, the company is positioning Egypt as a key digital hub, enhancing both domestic and international services for businesses and consumers.
The 2025 Bangladesh Technical Seminar, hosted by Ohyoung Inc. and TeXco Tech, focused on sustainable dyeing innovations for Bangladesh’s textile industry. The event highlighted key collaborations between South Korea and Bangladesh, emphasizing sustainability, process optimization, and global competitiveness. It marked a significant step toward eco-friendly textile production in the country.
A team from BUET won first place at the 2025 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition for NeoScreenix, an AI-based early breast cancer screening system. Their innovation, aimed at empowering women in low-resource settings, earned them a $5,000 prize, which they will invest in expanding the technology in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh has granted Starlink a 10-year operating license, allowing the satellite internet provider to offer high-speed services across the country. This makes Bangladesh the second South Asian nation to approve Starlink’s operations. The move is expected to boost competition in the broadband and mobile internet markets.
The BTRC has proposed significant reforms to Bangladesh’s telecom licensing structure through the “Telecommunication Network and Licensing Regime Reform Policy 2025.” The new policy aims to simplify the system by reducing licensing layers and merging several services, with a focus on enhancing regulatory autonomy and modernizing the sector.
Beyon has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2025, reporting a net profit of BHD 18.1 million…
Kalaam Telecom, Mida Solutions, and FVC have signed a strategic agreement to provide advanced communication solutions in the MEA region. This collaboration offers businesses a one-stop-shop for CCaaS, UCaaS, compliance call recording, and analytics, with local hosting in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain to ensure data sovereignty and regulatory compliance.
stc Bahrain is the Official Telecom Partner for Bahrain Comic Con 2025, providing advanced connectivity and interactive experiences for over 40,000 attendees. The event, held on May 2-3, will showcase creativity and innovation, with giveaways through stc pay, enriching the vibrant atmosphere of this major pop culture gathering.
