Cairo, Egypt, 8^th of December, 2021

Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development announced the renewal of its partnership with Balanced Education Company. The partnership aims to provide digital training for teachers and teach them the English language provided by major international universities, namely Florida Atlantic and Indiana Universities, as well as Franklin Covey Company, as part of their strategy to cooperate with the best educational institutions inside and outside Egypt to develop digital skills and reach the largest number of teachers. In addition to reinforcing its effective role in developing digital education in Egypt and supporting the government's efforts to reach digital transformation and achiever Egypt’s Vision 2030.
This came during a press conference held on Wednesday, December 8th to announce the memorandum of understanding between Vodafone and Balanced Education Company to provide training courses for teachers, in addition to human resources and training, and accrediting its programs from the University of Florida Atlantic, Indiana University, and Franklin Covey.

Balanced Education Company will offer the teacher preparation certificate through the educational portal ‘Ta3limy’. The certificate includes seven active learning programs; classroom management, considering individual differences, assessment methods, the use of modern technology in the learning process, distance learning, and the seven habits of an effective teacher, approved by Florida Atlantic University and Franklin Covey Foundation in the United States of America.
Ayman Essam, External Affairs and Legal Director at Vodafone Egypt, and Member of the Board of Trustees of Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development, said, “Our strategy is based on developing all elements of the digital learning system, including teachers, as they are leaders of change. In order to achieve this goal, Ta3limy has provided educational skills training programs, the completion of which guarantees accredited certificates from major international educational institutions specialized in qualifying teachers, and expanding their knowledge of the latest systems and programs in teaching to prepare a teacher with a progressive mentality that contributes to bringing up new generations of students who lead the process of development.”

“We are pleased to renew the cooperation with Vodafone Egypt in providing training programs from reputable international universities to provide the latest programs for Egyptian teachers, as well as providing English language programs with accredited certificates, which aligns with the Foundation’s strategy to support educational development efforts in Egypt.” Dr. Salma El-Bakry, Chairman and Managing Director of Balanced Education Company, said.
Vodafone seeks to implement its integrated system in the places most in need, whether in some schools or care homes. Vodafone provides Internet, devices, and electronic content for free, as well as training calibers on the latest digital learning curricula, which helps prepare generations of students with a great deal of knowledge of the latest technology and according to the latest systems in the world.
Vodafone is also always keen on collaborating with all stakeholders from the public and private sectors in order to enhance the technical skills of students, expand digital educational services to keep up with the distance learning policy, and provide educational resources to what the Ministry of Education offers on its platforms for all levels of education.

Cairo, Egypt, 1^st of November, 2021

‘Hayah Karima’ Foundation announced that it has signed a cooperation protocol with ‘Vodafone Egypt’ to make digital education available in 100 schools in certain villages of the ‘Hayah Karima’ initiative by integrating technology and digital infrastructure with education.
Based on this protocol, Vodafone will equip these schools with the latest technological devices, connect them to the internet, and provide digital content through an educational platform that includes various educational courses for all academic levels.
This partnership comes as a result of the two parties supporting the government’s efforts in digital transformation and the development of education and implementing the initiatives of ‘Hayah Karima’ to improve the villages most in need.   
Vodafone Egypt is also keen, through this partnership, to enhance its cellular network infrastructure in the villages participating in the initiative, improve the quality of communications, and provide better internet services, in line with the government's strategy in supporting digital transformation, which has become one of the most important aspects of society’s future.
“Hayah Karima” is a non-profitable organization, registered at the Ministry of Social Solidarity under No. 902 for the year 2019. This protocol comes as one of the most important objectives of the national project for the development of the Egyptian countryside. ‘Hayah Karima’ aims to unify all efforts from the government, the public and private sectors, and civil society institutions until an integrated vision is formulated in order to help the communities most in need as Egypt is witnessing great progress in the poverty portfolio as President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has made it a top priority since he became president.” Said Aya Omar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of ‘Hayah Karima.’
“I am happy with this cooperation with Vodafone to develop the Education sector and I hope that it extends to all other aspects of the ‘Hayah Karima’ initiatives.” She added.
Eng. Mohamed Henna, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development, said, “We are proud of our partnership with ‘Hayah Karima’ Foundation and the unified efforts to provide better services to citizens in the participating villages.”
"Our contribution to providing a digital educational experience aligns with the foundation strategy and objectives to endorse digital education and the importance of its presence in schools and to provide students, parents, and teachers with the tools, knowledge, and experience necessary to reach an integrated digital educational system in line with Egypt's 2030 vision for sustainable development. The educational platform has already achieved great success, as the number of users of the platform has reached more than one million users, which reflects the organization’s success in achieving an integrated digital educational system.” Henna concluded.
It is worth noting that Vodafone Egypt for community development established the educational platform in 2019 as the first educational platform for parents, teachers, and students in Egypt. It aims to support students in the digital education process while allowing parents to monitor the progress their children are making and reduce the need for private lessons. In addition to providing them with the latest parenting tips approved by the best educational experts and providing educational content for parents to guide them on how to use technology and understand how students use smartphones and tablets.
The signing of the protocol was attended by Eng. Mohamed Henna, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Vodafone Egypt, Eng. Ayman Essam, External Affairs and Legal Director at Vodafone Egypt, Mai Yassin, Secretary General at Vodafone Egypt, Noha Saad, Head of External Communications and Media Department, and Ayman El Saadany, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Public Policy & Government Relations at Vodafone Egypt. As for ‘Hayah Karima,’ Aya Omar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hayah Karima, Nada Mohamed, Director of the Initiatives and Integrated Development Sector, Ahmed Amjad, Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Sector, Shana Masoud, Director of the External Relations Sector, Heba Al-Sharqawi and Mohamed Sherif, members of the ‘Hayah Karima’ Foundation all attended the signing.

 

 

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 6^th of November, 2021

Vodafone Egypt participated in the 25th edition of Cairo International Technology Exhibition (Cairo ICT 2021), taking place from November 7 to 10, as part of its continuous end eavours to support the government’s national projects and its efforts towards digital transformation, in line with Egypt Vision 2030. Through its participation, Vodafone Egypt showcased its latest digital and technological solutions at its pavilion this year, underlining the company’s leadership in integrating technology into the lives of Egyptians.

Several sectors fronted the company’s agenda in this year’s edition, namely: digital health, financial inclusion, digital/smart agriculture, water consumption rationalisation, as well as digital education, one of the most important fields that Vodafone focuses on.

Starting with the Universal Health Insurance (UHI) project, Vodafone serves as the Egyptian government’s strategic partner in partnership with Ministry of Health. The company has managed to lead the Internet of Things (IoT) by providing smart agriculture solutions and rationalising water consumption, in addition to its ongoing efforts to expand “Vodafone Cash”, the leading e-wallet services, to achieve financial inclusion. Through these digital technology solutions, Vodafone reaffirms its leadership in providing the latest technological solutions for a sustainable digital future.

“We are pleased to participate in this year’s edition of Cairo ICT which has become the leading platform for key players in the information and communication technology sector. Vodafone is exhibiting its latest innovations in line with our digital transformation strategy. The most advanced digital solutions and services will continue to be our top priority for a sustainable digital future to ease Egyptians’ lives,” stated Mr Mohamed Abdullah, CEO of Vodafone Egypt.

All the services provided in this edition of Cairo ICT are introduced to complement the government’s digital transformation and financial inclusion direction, in line with Egypt Vision 2030, as well as providing new services to our customers to maintain our leadership in the Egyptian telecom market,” Mr Abdullah added.

Vodafone Egypt showed a video from Luxor revealing the most significant developments in its technological applications and solutions in partnership with the government and its relevant entities, revealing its impact on Egyptians’ lives and supporting digital transformation.

On top of these national projects is the strategic partnership with Ministry of Health and Population to automate the comprehensive health insurance system, which includes the complete digitisation of hospitals, commencing with information management systems and radiology systems and progressing to enterprise resource planning and financial management. Vodafone is also working with the government to coordinate the deployment of advanced technological services and the most significant parts of digital transformation in the entire automation process for hospitals, healthcare units, and the health insurance system.

This national project began in Port Said and was then implemented in Ismailia and Luxor. Vodafone will continue to reach out to more governorates through collaboration with all suppliers to create a digital healthcare services platform and apply digitisation in Egypt’s comprehensive health insurance system that offers health care services remotely.

Vodafone also exhibited the recent advancements of this project in Luxor, where 1,055,000 people were covered in Luxor’s comprehensive health insurance system, in addition to performing a full medical examination for about 355,000 citizens in the governorate. Since its launch, Vodafone, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Luxor Governorate, was able to provide more than 1.6 million medical and treatment services, including 36,000 high-precision surgeries to beneficiaries of the new comprehensive health insurance. The company also provided medical services through 5 hospitals and 47 family medical centres and units that are working up until now among the institutions linked with the General Authority For Health Insurance – Luxor providing services under the new comprehensive health insurance system.

Believing in the need of integrating technology across different sectors, Vodafone introduced solutions to improve smart agriculture and optimise water consumption. During the exhibition, Vodafone affirmed its leadership by displaying the most recent technologies of (IoT), to provide smart agriculture solutions, such as developing irrigation innovations to improve the efficiency of water management in order to rationalise agricultural water use, boost agricultural productivity, and increase the value of the water unit.

Through its solutions, Vodafone aims to enable the agriculture and irrigation sectors to save more than 18 billion cubic metres of water, in addition to technological irrigation systems, whether drip or sprinkler, which can save 30 per cent of irrigation water, 10 per cent of fertilisers, and about 20 per cent of energy while increasing output by up to 30 per cent.

Vodafone also displayed the latest updates of the educational platform “Ta3limy”. The company offered devices in its pavilion so that visitors can register on the digital platform, as part of its efforts in digital education. The educational platform, which was launched in 2019, aims to stimulate the use of digital education by offering an integrated digital learning environment. The platform achieved remarkable results in recent months, with over one million users. Vodafone has forged a number of international collaborations to provide digital content for all aspects of the educational process.

The platform offers numerous educational curricula for school years as well as programmes to enhance students’ talents. The platform provides a series of high-level courses for teachers and parents from the world’s leading educational institutes, allowing Egypt’s educational sector to accomplish holistic educational boom that focuses on all elements of the educational system, including students, parents and educators.

Vodafone’s role in education extends to more than 30 free digital literacy courses, as well as courses to train the youth on digital work-related skills including digital marketing, content creation, web development, 3D design, robotics, programming, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship, with the goal of building capacities in the young to keep up with recent developments in communications and Information Technology.

Furthermore, Vodafone Foundation has collaborated with the presidential initiative “Decent Life” to deliver digital education for 100 schools by equipping these schools with cutting-edge technology and providing internet connection. Vodafone Egypt is also supporting these communities by developing the network and building 8 towers in 7 villages among the initiative in order to improve the services provided.

In terms of financial inclusion, Vodafone is leading the e-wallets sector in the Egyptian market with 65 per cent market share. The company demonstrated the impact of e-payment solutions on easing people’s lives and saving time and efforts and announced expanding Vodafone Cash services, as part of supporting Egypt Vision 2030.

These expansions include offering pension payments transfer services to beneficiaries, as well as the possibility to sign the pension declaration form via Vodafone Cash, and digitising the process of transferring money to anyone, anywhere in the simplest way possible, instead of traditional forms such as the post office and express mail. In addition to other Vodafone Cash services including transferring money to someone in another city or town, paying tuition fees, receiving money from customers, and paying supplier costs. For the first time, Vodafone revealed a service that allows customers to borrow up to LE1,000 in Vodafone Cash wallet for a set period based on their i-Score credit rating and communications behaviour, allowing its customers to finance and invest in their businesses as well as meeting basic household expenditure needs.

Vodafone’s solutions include entertainment services targeting the youth, who make up a substantial portion of the population. Vodafone Egypt launches the VF Play platform, a complete gaming platform that allows young people to enjoy popular games free, without ads or in-app purchases. The games section contains a catalogue of 1,000 games that players may download on their Android or IOS smartphones, engage in tournaments, and play their favourite games (e.g., PUBG) to win enormous and minor prizes promptly. Players may also go through the available competitions in this section to view their prize pools and participation

 

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 9^th of October, 2021

 

Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Tahya Misr Fund to improve the standard of living in Sidi Abdel Rahman. The foundation believes in the importance of unifying all the efforts of the government, civil society, and the private sector in achieving sustainable development throughout Egypt. This partnership aims to develop an educational and digital ecosystem at the highest level for all students.
The agreement was signed by Mohamed Henna, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development, and, Tamer Abdel Fattah, Executive Director of Tahya Masr Fund.
Through this partnership, Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development will provide all schools in Sidi Abdel Rahman with fully equipped classrooms, and laboratories, while providing them with computers and internet. This is to achieve the government’s strategy to switch to digital education and advance the educational process by developing the student’s digital skills and refining the teachers’ experiences as well.
The role of the Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development will not be limited to logistical equipment only, but it will also include training students and teachers through an educational platform that contains syllabuses and digital courses that grant accredited certificates from inside and outside Egypt. The Foundation pledges to continue supporting these schools to ensure that they are up to date with the latest digital education systems and syllabuses.
“Since its establishment in 2003, the Foundation has pumped investments of more than half a billion Egyptian pounds to implement development projects in various fields that benefited more than 10 million citizens. Education was at the top of these investments and this partnership comes as a step through which we seek to provide a digital learning environment at an optimum level for the students of Sidi Abdel Rahman, in order to create a generation able to keep up with technological developments and innovation.” Said Mohamed Henna, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development.
Mohamed Abdullah, CEO of Vodafone Egypt, said: “We are proud of this partnership that brings together Vodafone and Tahya Misr to implement projects and initiatives aimed at improving the Egyptian Citizen’s quality of life. This is a goal Vodafone has been working to achieve through a group of partnerships with major institutions in the public and private sectors to achieve the sustainable development goals and Egypt’s Vision 2030, and we hope that this step will push the private sector to improve education throughout Egypt.”
“Signing cooperation protocols with the three ministries shows the role of partnership between the government, civil society, and the private sector to improve the quality of life in the areas most in need. In addition to providing a better life for the most vulnerable families, through projects and initiatives implemented by the Fund in line with the national project to improve the Egyptian countryside.” Said Tamer Abdel-Fattah, Executive Director of Tahya Masr Foundation.
Through projects and initiatives implemented by the fund in accordance with the national project for the development of the Egyptian countryside.
He added that the partnership with the ministries and Vodafone will ensure the optimal operation of the infrastructure and service facilities implemented by the Fund aligning with sustainable development projects in Sidi Abdel Rahman.

 

Cairo, Egypt, 11^th of October, 2021

Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development announced the renewal of its partnership with Balanced Education Company. The partnership aims to provide digital training for teachers and teach them the English language provided by major international universities, namely Florida Atlantic and Indiana Universities, as well as Franklin Covey Company, as part of their strategy to cooperate with the best educational institutions inside and outside Egypt to develop digital skills and reach the largest number of teachers. In addition to reinforcing its effective role in developing digital education in Egypt and supporting the government's efforts to reach digital transformation and achiever Egypt’s Vision 2030.
This came during a press conference held on Wednesday, December 8th to announce the memorandum of understanding between Vodafone and Balanced Education Company to provide training courses for teachers, in addition to human resources and training, and accrediting its programs from the University of Florida Atlantic, Indiana University, and Franklin Covey.
Balanced Education Company will offer the teacher preparation certificate through the educational portal ‘Ta3limy’. The certificate includes seven active learning programs; classroom management, considering individual differences, assessment methods, the use of modern technology in the learning process, distance learning, and the seven habits of an effective teacher, approved by Florida Atlantic University and Franklin Covey Foundation in the United States of America.
Ayman Essam, External Affairs and Legal Director at Vodafone Egypt, and Member of the Board of Trustees of Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development, said, “Our strategy is based on developing all elements of the digital learning system, including teachers, as they are leaders of change. In order to achieve this goal, Ta3limy has provided educational skills training programs, the completion of which guarantees accredited certificates from major international educational institutions specialized in qualifying teachers, and expanding their knowledge of the latest systems and programs in teaching to prepare a teacher with a progressive mentality that contributes to bringing up new generations of students who lead the process of development.”
“We are pleased to renew the cooperation with Vodafone Egypt in providing training programs from reputable international universities to provide the latest programs for Egyptian teachers, as well as providing English language programs with accredited certificates, which aligns with the Foundation’s strategy to support educational development efforts in Egypt.” Dr. Salma El-Bakry, Chairman and Managing Director of Balanced Education Company, said.
Vodafone seeks to implement its integrated system in the places most in need, whether in some schools or care homes. Vodafone provides Internet, devices, and electronic content for free, as well as training calibers on the latest digital learning curricula, which helps prepare generations of students with a great deal of knowledge of the latest technology and according to the latest systems in the world.
Vodafone is also always keen on collaborating with all stakeholders from the public and private sectors in order to enhance the technical skills of students, expand digital educational services to keep up with the distance learning policy, and provide educational resources to what the Ministry of Education offers on its platforms for all levels of education.

 

Cairo, Egypt, 19^th of Septemper, 2021

 

Since Vodafone is the first telecom company to hold this certificate, its position will change in the market.

This certification will help to position Vodafone as the place to work for; in fact, it will grab people’s attention and it will attract more candidates. Therefore, this will enable Vodafone to be the ideal workplace as it provides its employees with a unique work culture that gives each individual the room to be creative and turn their creativity and ideas into business.

 

How The Vodafone Work Environment Was Chosen For Greatness?
The telecom company has earned this certification based on its employees’ feedback.

Choosing Vodafone to be a Great Place to Work was based on an anonymous survey that was taken by its employees. The survey asked them about the environment and the workplace experience and it was answered anonymously.

Some of the employees’ answers stated that the company is a physically safe place to work and that they are proud to tell others they work at Vodafone, while others expressed that they were made to feel welcome when they joined the company and that they were treated fairly regardless of their race or gender.

Since Vodafone always helps its employees improve and achieve success, these employees stated that they feel a sense of pride when they look at what they have accomplished, contribute to the community, and how they can make a difference.

Employees at Vodafone are given a lot of responsibilities and empowered to achieve and they also quickly adapt to changes needed for the organization’s success.

 

Vodafone has become a place for those who seek work in a place that treats them like family and allows them to grow.

Cairo, Egypt, 26^th of Septemper, 2021

 

Vodafone Egypt the top network in Egypt, has announced a new partnership with STARZPLAY, the most prominent video-on-demand (VOD) service platform in the Middle East and North Africa, as part of its strategy to offer its customers premium entertainment content.

Through this partnership, Vodafone will be able to provide the STARZPLAY entertainment service to RED customers, by subscribing through the “Ana Vodafone” application and SMS, so that RED Elite customers can enjoy the latest Hollywood releases of original movies and series, as well as children’s programs, at anytime, anywhere and from any device.

Karim Eid, Head of Consumer Marketing at Vodafone Egypt, said: “Vodafone aims to provide diverse and distinctive entertainment content to its customers, and therefore we are pleased to conclude this partnership with STARZPLAY. We hope that Vodafone will also contribute to strengthening the presence of STARZPLAY in expanding its reach to more users, as we are the company with the largest customer base in Egypt”.

Karim added: “we always seek to provide customers with unparalleled offers and services, and therefore we always look forward to concluding such partnerships and keeping abreast of everything that is new and exclusive in the world of entertainment in order to implement digital transformation mechanisms in all areas of work”.

Raghda Abu Fadel, Head of Sales and Business Development at STARZPLAY said “as a leading platform in the MENA region, we are constantly working with telecom operators to offer value-added benefits to their customers,” Egypt is considered a key market for us, so our partnership with Vodafone Egypt also enables us to drive the growth of online entertainment content in the region and provide value-added services to more people.”

STARZPLAY offers premium entertainment content for the whole family, including Hollywood and Arabic films, TV shows, documentaries, children's entertainment, and original works. The platform includes thousands of famous works such as Baghdad Central; and Power; The Vikings, Walker, The Flash, Our Honor, and My Academia along with classic favorites such as The Big Bang Theory; The Office, Grey's Anatomy, as well as the biggest Hollywood films and the latest Arabic works.

With thousands of hours of premium content including movies, exclusive TV shows, children's content, and Arabic series, STARZPLAY is now number one in the MENA region. The service is also available for subscribers to enjoy high-quality content anytime, anywhere, from any device in 20 countries across the MENA region and Pakistan.

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Cairo, Egypt, 3^th of August, 2021

Vodafone Egypt has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to help entrepreneurs, startups, and freelancers find work opportunities and source talents online through Begin platform and Microsoft initiative Tawar w Ghayar, according to a press release.

Begin platform will act as a link between entrepreneurs and SMEs owners to find work and source talent in the Egyptian labor market.

This platform will offer job opportunities for youth and establish collaboration between business owners, freelancers, and independent professionals.

The MoU aims at providing freelance opportunities for recent graduates, university students, unemployed citizens, women, and people with Disabilities, as well as allowing youth to develop their skills and talents using the necessary digital skills, the release added.

Meanwhile, Microsoft’s Tawar w Ghayar initiative, launched in 2013, targets building strategic partnerships in Egypt to empower youth with digital skills to boost their employability.

furthermore, Vodafone Egypt is partnering up with Microsoft to market Begin platform as a main element of the Microsoft initiative for freelance work, which includes marketing materials, media coverage, promotional activities, and granting Microsoft Community certificates after completing the freelance work contract with Vodafone.

Cairo, Egypt, 5^th of July, 2021

Vodafone Egypt, the provider of integrated telecommunications services, announced the signing of a sponsorship contract for the player Hana Gouda, the Egyptian champion in Table Tennis and ranked first in the world under the age of 15.
This comes within the framework of Vodafone's keenness to support positive models in Egyptian society and in light of its keenness to provide support to young sports talents to develop their level and prepare them to participate in international tournaments and forums to win titles and raise Egypt's name globally.
Believing in the unique talent of the player, who achieved many titles at an early age, the latest of which was the gold medal in the Slovenia International Junior Championships, Vodafone Egypt will provide all the ingredients to develop a quality talent here and raise its level to participate in international championships and win more medals.

Hana Gouda, one of Egypt's most notable athletes, is expected to have a bright future in the sport of Table Tennis. The champion, who was born on December 12, 2007, managed to win numerous local and international events after beginning her playing career at a young age when she was only four years old. She also succeeded in winning the Women's Republic Championship, won gold at the Portugal International Championship in the under-12 and under-15 competitions, won bronze at the World Continental Championship, and repeatedly topped the world rankings—a record never before accomplished by an Egyptian player of table tennis.
From his side, Karim Eid, Head of Business Sector at Vodafone Egypt, said: "We are pleased to sign a contract to sponsor the Egyptian Table Tennis champion Hana Gouda, as she is one of the most promising sports talents who are expected to achieve more international championships for Egypt.  Therefore, we aim to equip her with the necessary tools and skills to develop her level in the game to complete winning titles and championships”.

Vodafone's sponsorship here reflects the quality of the effective role that information and communication technology plays in supporting human skills, and with this sponsorship, Vodafone celebrates what the human spirit can achieve when combined with technology and also comes as an enhancement to the company's position and what it offers under its new slogan "Together we can", and to show Vodafone's belief that the combination between technology and human talent builds a better future.

 

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 10^th of June, 2021

Vodafone Egypt - the largest telecom operator in Egypt - is participating in the global celebration of women in technology, which will be held virtually from 7th to 11th June, to showcase Vodafone's successful experience in providing an ideal work environment for women reflecting their belief in empowering women, especially in Technology. This is based on Vodafone’s belief in the pivotal and positive role of women in the development of society and the importance of providing equal opportunities at work.
Vodafone is participating in the global celebration of women in technology after the success it achieved in earning the best work environment for women at the local and global levels. Zainab Sono, Director of Digital Channels, Samah Khamis, Director of the Technology Sector at Vodafone will present the company's digital and technical experience as an opportunity for global communication. A number of international companies will participate in the celebration alongside Vodafone, most notably Ernst & Young, Facebook, JPMorgan, Citibank, AT&T, and Amazon.
Vodafone Egypt was the Golden sponsor for the global celebration of women in technology, which discusses a number of topics, including post-pandemic strategies using technology, new ways of working, digital strategies and the role of women through them, and tips and tricks on equity versus gender equality and how women can become better tech professionals. The event also highlights the success stories of more than 10,000 women in tech from different countries.
“Vodafone’s participation in the global celebration of women in technology is something I’m very proud of, especially after Vodafone earned the Egyptian Seal for Gender Equality and days after Vodafone won the award for the best work environment from "Great Place to Work." We provide many privileges for women such as paid maternity leave for 4 months, and an hour dedicated to child care, in addition to establishing a nursery in the company's building to facilitate the return of women to work after childbirth so they can take care of their children.” Naglaa Kenawy, Human Resources Director at Vodafone Egypt, said.
“Vodafone has launched many initiatives to encourage women's empowerment in society, the latest of which is "Fekretek" platform competition, which is the largest platform for women's empowerment in Egypt by offering cash prizes of 450 thousand pounds for the best 3 ideas submitted by the participants in the competition. Furthermore, providing training and support for women to expand their projects, and launching the “Connected Women” initiative to empower women using mobile technology.

 

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 23^th of May, 2021

Living Yards Developments signs a MoU with Vodafone to become its digital transformation advisor and advanced telecommunications service provider across its projects at the New Administrative Capital; this comes as part of Vodafone’s plan to supply major real estate projects with the latest digital services and to contribute to advanced

Under the memorandum, Vodafone offers a bouquet of digital services for Living Yards projects like SMART CITIES, which includes digitally integrated control services such as electricity management, security services, irrigation system, and Smart Parking Smart Positions.

Vodafone Telecommunications Services contributes to the latest technologies for some 2,500 varied units between residential, administrative, commercial and medical, in raising competitive projects and providing the highest quality of customer services, as well as state strategy to use the latest technology within the new capital.

In this context, Head of Business in Vodafone Egypt Karim Shehata ensures best services for Living Yards projects, providing the latest developed telecommunications services in Egypt and achieving optimum customer satisfaction. Shehata adds that with Vodafone’s partnership a number of major real estate developers confirms the market’s great confidence in Vodafone.

For his part, Living Yards Developments Chairman Ahmed Abu El Seoud says that the company is seeking to provide the best and latest digital services in its projects in line with the government’s Egypt 2030 vision in building smart cities. “Therefore, Vodafone has been selected for the latest digital transformation technology with its enormous technical expertise, which qualifies it to carry out what is targeted by the company,” he comments.

The various Living Yards projects are characterized by location, quality and international services, including the Loft, The Loft Capital Center, Loft Downtown, and the Loft Plaza in the heart of NAC.

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 1^st of April, 2021

Awards were also bestowed on Orientals for Urban Development (OUD), ORA Developments, Sky Ad. Developments, Cairo Festival City Mall, ACG-ITF and Benya Group.

Mobile operators Etisalat Misr, Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt and Telecom Egypt received awards.

SISCO Egypt, Cashcall, Souq.com, MRSOOL, Mansour Automotive Group, Philip Morris Misr, Nestle Egypt, GLC Paints, Eastern Company, El-Sallab Group, PepsiCo Egypt, Siemens Energy Egypt, Shell Egypt, Egyptian Refining Company, DHL Express Egypt, Pharco Pharmaceuticals, Mojoe Food Industries all received awards.

Delivering a speech at the Bt100 Awards ceremony, Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said the Egyptian economy has shown better performance than international expectations during the coronavirus pandemic.

Maait said the economic reform program contributed to enabling the state to adopt a flexible policy in facing the severe economic implications of the pandemic, supporting the most harmed classes and advancing national economy.

Bt100
BT100 is a tribute to the leaders of the governmental and private sectors, and corporate for their important and effective role in improving the Egyptian economy. The ceremony aims at encouraging other companies to improve their performance, and develop their marketing methods and their selling skills.

Candidates for the prizes are chosen according to certain criteria by the jury and evaluation to select a number of companies in different sectors, including the financial, industrial and investment sectors, the real estate sector, and the communications and information technology sector.

All candidates are chosen based on certain criteria and standards that rely on market studies and research to evaluate the activities of all companies operating in the Egyptian market, including companies with innovative creative ideas and practical and effective solutions.

This comes in addition to prizes for the best corporate social responsibility initiatives, the best market share and investment performance, and the best sustainable agreements and partnerships between the private sector and the public sector that would serve the country's goals in the comprehensive economic development plan for Egypt 2030.

Major companies and institutions are sponsoring the event, including CIB, Marseilia Group, PepsiCo, Etisalat Egypt, Talaat Moustafa Group, Al Ahli Real Estate Development, Banque du Caire, GLC, Vodafone Egypt and a number of other institutions.

 

 

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 4^th of April, 2021

​​​​​​Together We Can! Sounds motivating and encouraging in such hard times, right? Vodafone is launching its new tagline for the company under the title Together We Can, which reflects how the technological power in harmony with the human spirit stemmed from various ambitions, which enables the achievement of amazing things in different sectors and fields. Vodafone’s global initiative include curing disease, fighting climate change, addressing digital inclusion, and the list goes on. Now think about it, Vodafone’s newest tagline Together We Can fits today’s digital society, especially during such hard pandemic days that all of us are going through! The action of such a new tagline is basically stressing on how technology is an indispensable aspect in our lives for its critical and sustainable role in maintaining the society, businesses and governments, connected through developing myriads of digital solutions tailored to different fields.
Now, we’re all honestly too attached and connected to technology, that we certainly can’t live without it anymore. Technology has so many pros and advantages for us as humans and certainly to our lives, don’t you think? From the smallest advantages to the biggest ones, such as startups and businesses, and that’s Vodafone’s belief too. Vodafone’s main belief is that the combination of technology and society can certainly build us a better future! Wait a minute, technology wouldn’t actually exist without us, right? Well Together We Can serves as Vodafone’s celebration and acknowledgement of what the human spirit can achieve, in relation with technology in a multi-market update to its brand position.

All about the new tagline
Together We Can places the emphasis on the we, and how collaboration between the human spirit, innovation and technology can achieve incredible and mind blowing things. The experience of these last 12 months during the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the critical role of connectivity and technology to keeping society, businesses and governments connected. Technology is actually inspiring, right? Well, humans too! Vodafone’s new brand position is inspired by consumer research carried out by the company, which revealed that the role of technology transforming people’s lives, and how technology has evolved from something that simply excites people on a personal level, to playing a more meaningful part in the world on a bigger scale. In particular, in making a difference on issues such as sustainability and societal development.

 

Cairo, Egypt, 6^th of March, 2021

Vodafone Intelligent Solutions launched a “Digital Society Hackathon”, sponsored by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the Information Technology Institute (ITI), and the National Telecommunication Institute (NTI), to support youth in the digital transformation field. The "Hackathon" activities will continue over 3 days, starting on the 25th of March until the 27th of March, with the participation of many innovative young people to work on implementing many activities and distinctive ideas.

“We are proud of these young people sharing their dreams and innovative projects. We seek to be a platform in which innovators meet and gain from each other’s experiences and from the experiences of the Vodafone Intelligent Solutions team that supports them and believes in their capabilities.” Said Ramy Kato, Head of Vodafone Intelligent Solutions Egypt
“The company is employing different initiatives to support the Egyptian Government’s efforts in addressing the different challenges,” Kato added.
The “Hackathon” gives the participants a chance to display their talents and their future ideas and share their experiences in employing and applying technologies to offer new solutions to the challenges facing Egyptian society. Which contributes to improving the quality of life for individuals in the short and long run. A jury will be formed to choose the winning projects.

It is worth noting that Vodafone International acquired “Vodafone Intelligent Solutions” in 2019 at a value of one billion pounds, it is considered one of the largest deals in the Egyptian market during the recent period, and this step reflects Vodafone's global confidence in the skills of the Egyptian youth in the field of outsourcing services.

 

 

Cairo, Egypt, 23^th of Feburary, 2021

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Vodafone signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Ebtikar Holding Company for Financial Investments, the owner of the two electronic payments (e-payments) companies.

The MoU paves the way for Vodafone Egypt to participate in the two e-payment platforms’ capital subscription with a 20% stake each.

It forms part of Vodafone Egypt’s plan to increase its investments in the Egyptian market, and provide various digital payment services to its individual and corporate clients.

This is in addition to investments in the network to improve service, enhance the support of digital transformation, and apply the concept of financial inclusion in Egyptian society.

During his visit to Egypt and his meeting with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in December, Vodafone Group CEO Nick Reed said that Egypt has seen an increase in investments. This has particularly been seen in digital transformation and providing more services to achieve financial inclusion.

Reed noted the possibility of Egypt being an important centre for these services in Africa. He also highlighted expanding regionally and exchanging experiences in this field, in order to support the achievement of Egypt’s Vision 2030.

The MoU was signed in the presence of: Mohamed Abdallah, CEO of Vodafone Egypt; Karim Eid, Head of the Commercial Sector of Vodafone Egypt; Rasha Al-Azhari, Head of the Financial Sector; Ayman Essam, Head of the External and Legal Relations Sector; Khaled Mohamed Mahmoud, Member of the Board of Directors of Ebtikar and Chairperson of the MM Group Group; and Ayman El-Desouky, CEO of Ebtikar and Chairperson of Bee.

 

Cairo, Egypt, 24^th of January, 2021

 

Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development has signed a partnership agreement with the “Balanced Education Company” to provide free training courses for teachers on ‘Ta3limy’ platform (www.ta3limy.com) to enhance digital skills and grant them accredited certificates from major educational institutions inside and outside Egypt.

The Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development launched ‘Ta3limy’ platform in 2019, which is the first interactive educational platform for parents, teachers and students in Egypt to support students in the digital education process. While allowing parents to track the progress of students during their educational journey to reduce the need for private tutoring. In addition to providing them with the latest parenting tips approved by the world's best educational experts and psychologists.
The platform also provides educational content for parents on how to use technology properly to understand how students use smartphones and tablets. The total number of users since its launch has reached more than 500,000 users. The increased reliance on digital education comes after the government’s decision to postpone mid-year exams to protect students from the second wave of the new Coronavirus. Vodafone worked on developing an educational platform and used the major international education companies such as the “Balanced Education Company” to provide training courses for teachers for free.  

These courses include seven programs that focus on enhancing the skills of teachers in distance learning and educating them on how to use modern devices to provide effective electronic content to students, and how to achieve the necessary educational goals for students in distance learning. The teacher then obtains accredited certificates from Florida Atlantic University in the United States of America and Balanced Education Company after passing the training programs.
Eng. Mohamed Hena, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development, said: “The Foundation places the development of education at the top of its priorities, as it is the cornerstone for thriving countries, and keeping pace with the digital education trends. The Foundation was quick to launch an educational platform to provide the first free digital platform targeting students, parents, and teachers, and we are constantly working on developing the platform to provide the best e-learning experience.”
“We are pleased to partner with ‘Balanced Education Company’ and hope that it will be a successful extension of our partnership that has been going on for more than seven years.” Hanna added.
“It is important to partner with various companies and educational institutions to maximize the benefit and progress of digital education and the partnership with ‘Balanced Education Company’ helps provide training content for teachers on an educational platform that contributes to raising their digital capabilities to keep up with the distance learning trends. Thus, the platform has succeeded in providing integrated educational services that meet the needs of students by providing curricula in an interactive manner and allowing the parents to follow up on the performance of their children, in addition to providing teachers with the skills necessary to understand their role in e-learning.” May Yassin, Secretary-General of Vodafone Egypt Foundation for Community Development said.

Dr. Salma Al-Bakry, Chairman of the Balanced Education Company added: “The partnership with Vodafone Egypt to develop the community through an educational platform is a significant step as it reflects the company’s belief that sustainable professional development is the best way towards better education, and that the teachers are the keys to the success of any educational process. There is no way to enhance education without enhancing the professional and educational efficiency of the teacher, and the use of digital training is the best solution now given the large numbers of teachers in Egypt and in light of the major developments after the Coronavirus.”
“The academic partnership between the Balanced Education Company and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in the United States of America/Department of Educational Leadership and Scientific Research Methods, represents an international dimension of scientific training based on the latest educational systems which will be presented in an easy and developed way on a platform that meets the requirements of the teacher in the twenty-first century.” Salma concluded.
Vodafone has chosen Balanced Education Company to provide training courses for teachers as it is one of the largest educational companies that provide a variety of educational services, human resources and training, along with accrediting its programs from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in the United States.
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