13 February 2026
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Recognition

Vodafone Egypt Wins Umlaut’s Best Mobile and Fixed Network Awards for 2025

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Vodafone Egypt has won both the Best Mobile Network and Best Fixed Broadband Network awards in umlaut’s 2025 benchmarking report, based on extensive national performance testing. The company was also named Best in Network Reliability for the third straight year in mobile and second year in fixed services. Backed by over 100 billion EGP in long-term investments, Vodafone continues to strengthen Egypt’s digital backbone through fiber expansion, nationwide 5G rollout, and advanced resilience systems.

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Zain Great Idea Named ‘Corporate Rising Star’ at Global Innovation Awards in Paris

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Zain Group’s startup accelerator, Zain Great Idea (ZGI), was named a 2025 Corporate Rising Star at the Corporate Startup Stars Awards in Paris. The recognition highlights 15 years of sustained open innovation, regional accelerator programs, Silicon Valley partnerships, and strong outcomes across funding, mentorship, and ecosystem development throughout the Middle East and Africa.

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Zain Jordan Wins “Best Digital Transformation Initiative in the Telecommunications Sector” for Agentic AI

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Zain Jordan has won the 2025 Global Economics Award for Best Digital Transformation Initiative for its Agentic AI program. The initiative improved efficiency, cut processing time by 80%, boosted satisfaction to 95%, and saved over 1,000 work hours. The award reinforces Zain’s leadership in AI-driven telecom innovation and Jordan’s growing digital ecosystem.

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ONE App Wins ‘Best Project for Digital Transformation’ at 2025 eGovernment Excellence Awards

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ONE App, powered by Al Salam Bank, has won the Best Project for Digital Transformation at the 2025 eGovernment Excellence Awards. The honour recognises the platform’s role in reshaping Bahrain’s financial sector through smart, integrated digital services that enhance user experience, strengthen sector-wide innovation, and contribute to national digital transformation goals.

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Oman Leads Region in Digital Transformation, AI and ICT Development

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Oman is emerging as a regional digital and AI leader, achieving major gains across global rankings, government digitisation, AI development, and national talent building. With new AI models, regulatory advances, a unified digital services portal and strong startup support, the Sultanate is accelerating its transformation into a modern, competitive digital economy under Oman Vision 2040.

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Ed-tech company Kami named EY Entrepreneur of the Year

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Kami co-founders Hengjie Wang and Alliv Samson have been named EY Entrepreneur of the Year, after building one of the world’s largest ed-tech platforms used by 70 million students and teachers across 180 countries. While globally successful, the founders hope the win will spark improvements in New Zealand’s digital classroom infrastructure. Kami will compete at EY’s global finals in 2026.

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