Egypt’s digital transformation
and collaborative regulation
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Table of contents
List of tables and figures
1 Introduction
2 Institutional setup in the ICT sector and across economic sectors
     2.1 State of ICT markets
          2.1.1 National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority
          2.1.2 Supreme Council for Media Regulation
          2.1.3 Other sectoral authorities involved in the digital economy
3 Key ICT sector policies and programmes
     3.1 Digital Egypt
     3.2 National AI Strategy
     3.3 National Cybersecurity Strategy 2017-2021
     3.4 E-Commerce Strategy
4 Key cross-sectoral policies and activities
     4.1 Electronic payments and expanding financial inclusion
     4.2 Enabling Digital Egypt
     4.3 Ensuring telecommunication competition
     4.4 Additional collaboration
5 Collaborative practices across institutions
     5.1 Public-sector activities
          5.1.1 Digitizing education
          5.1.2 Housing and smart cities
     5.2 The private-sector role
          5.2.1 Vodafone Egypt
          5.2.2 Etisalat
6 Regulatory approaches to promote the digital economy and transformation
     6.1 Holistic policy and regulation
     6.2 Consultation and collaboration
     6.3 Evidence-based policy and regulation
     6.4 Outcome-based policy and regulation
     6.5 Trust and engagement
     6.6 Incentive-based regulatory tools
     6.7 Regulatory sandbox and experimentation
7 Level of regulatory maturity and policy implementation
     7.1 Broader stakeholder consultation
     7.2 Agility and streamlined processes
     7.3 Enhanced regulatory independence
     7.4 Policy implementation progress reporting
8 Conclusion