Mehleb inaugurates Cairo ICT 2014 exhibition and conference

Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb inaugurated the Cairo ICT 2014 exhibition and conference Tuesday. It is the 18th session of the conference, and will be held until 7 November under the slogan “In the Heart of the Future”. The event will be attended by Communications Ministers Atef Helmy, Transportation Minister Hany Dahi, Civil Aviation Minister Hossam Kamel, International Cooperation Minister Naglaa Al Ahwany, Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali, and Military Production Minister Ibrahim Younes.

The opening ceremony was attended by many Arab and international delegations, including the UAE, Lebanon, Yemen, Qatar, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Benin.

Mehleb said the current phase is filled with challenges within various sectors, including the telecommunications and information technology sector. He added that the global telecommunications sector has grown at significant rates, which represented a burden on the state in attempting to catch up with the rest of the world’s nations.