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Technology News As part of Sky Telecom’s MENA expansion, the company signed a deal with e-finance, the first and largest electronic payment and collection gateway in Egypt, at 11am on February 22, 2016 in Barcelona’s Euro Star Grand Marina Hotel, as part of the 2016 Mobile World Congress. The partnership will see the creation of Egypt’s largest digital platform for e-commerce, services and e-government services. The new project is line with the Egyptian government’s ICT 2020 strategy, which aims to transform Egypt into a digital Society, develop the ICT industry and establish Egypt as a global digital hub. The aim is to provide Egypt’s population with convenient and secure access to egovernment services, telecoms, utilities, and a range of complementary services from partner organisations on the platform. “As the largest provider of eservices for the government and private sector in Egypt, we are enabling consumers to embrace the digital age, in terms of convenience, proximity and the range of services that they can access throug