To work together to launch the services of the Ministry of Finance on the “Egypt Digital Platform” to facilitate the procedures for citizens.

• Support of policies aiming at encouraging young people to engage in entrepreneurship and freelance work.
• Kouchouk: We adopt stimulating financial policies to localize the electronics industry and enhance digital exports.
• We aim to encourage mobile phone manufacturers to export abroad.
• Open to studying any proposals from independent professionals’ “freelancers” to simplify tax transactions.
• Amr Talaat: Implementing joint projects to support digital transformation at the Ministry of Finance.
• Cooperation in providing the necessary facilities to encourage young people to join free labour market and establish electronic virtual companies.
• We are working to deepen the electronics industry locally, reduce imports and increase exports.

 

 

Mr. Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, and Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, held a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in the New Administrative Capital, during which they confirmed that they will work to enhance joint cooperation; targeting the increase in the contributions of the communications and information technology sector to the Egyptian economy, and supporting policies aiming at encouraging young people to entrepreneurship and freelance work, in addition to launching the Ministry of Finance's services on the " Egypt Digital Platform " to facilitate the procedures for citizens.

 

Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, confirmed that we are adopting stimulating financial policies to localize the electronics industry and enhance digital exports, by encouraging mobile phone manufacturers to manufacture locally and increase their electronic exports abroad, in line with the goals of the government's work program to focus on local industry as a basic pillar in achieving sustainable economic development and encouraging innovation and artificial intelligence technology.

 

The Minister of Finance explained that we are open to studying any proposals from independent professionals “freelancers’ that would simplify tax transactions, within the framework of the Ministry of Finance's keenness to improve the relationship with the tax community as a genuine partner whose rights we are keen to protect and support until it grows, expands and exports.

 

Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, confirmed that we are working to deepen the electronics industry locally, reduce imports and increase exports in line with the presidential initiative "Egypt Makes Electronics", noting that we are continuing to implement joint projects to support the digital transformation efforts of the Ministry of Finance.

 

Dr. Amr Talaat added that we are keen to provide the necessary facilities to encourage entrepreneurs to establish virtual companies electronically, as well as motivate young people to join the free labour market and work as independent professionals due to the social and economic importance of this matter, explaining that the social dimension is represented in finding job opportunities for young graduates of training programs provided by the Ministry in the fields of communications and information technology in companies outside Egypt, while the economic dimension is represented in increasing Egypt's digital exports.

 

The meeting was attended by: Sherif El-Kilani, Deputy Minister of Finance for Tax Policies, Yasser Sobhi, Deputy Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies, Ahmed Abdel Razek, Permanent Undersecretary, Eng. Yasser Ehab, Assistant Minister for Information Technology, El-Shahat Ghatouri, Head of the Customs Authority, Rasha Abdel Aal, Head of the Tax Authority, Magdy Mahfouz, Head of the Finance Sector, Dr. Ashraf Fikry, Head of the Public Finance Management Information Systems Sector, and Ahmed Samir, Head of the Infrastructure Budgets and Economic Affairs Sector. From the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: Abdo Alwan, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, Eng. Ahmed El-Zaher, CEO of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), Eng. Mahmoud Badawy, Advisor to the Minister for Digital Transformation Affairs, and a number of leaders from the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.