Egypt: Atos opens a new Global Delivery Center in Cairo
December 7th 2022
The Egyptian Prime Minister and the Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology have signed an agreement between Atos and the Egyptian Information Technology Industry Development Agency ( ITIDA ) to to expand Atos activities in Egypt . The new GDC will provide state-of-the-art digital services to customers around the world.
Atos announces today the opening of its new Global Delivery Center (GDC) in Cairo, Egypt, marked by an official signing ceremony in the presence of the Egyptian Prime Minister, Mr. Moustafa Kemal Madbouli, and the Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Dr. Amr Talaat.
With its new GDC, Atos consolidates its presence in the Middle East and Africa as well as its commitment to its regional and global customers. This new center will strengthen its capacity to provide international services, in addition to allowing it to explore the commercial prospects of the entire region.
Egypt produces some 100,000 computer science graduates every year. More than 80% of its young working population is fluent in languages such as Arabic, English, French and German. Egypt also ranked as the fourth most pandemic resilient country, cementing its position as one of the best service delivery locations in the world.
Leveraging the diversity and skills of the Egyptian workforce as well as strong support from the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Atos aims to provide top-notch digital services to its clients around the world. worldwide from Egypt. The Group offers its customers a full range of services, including ‘digital workplace’ services, application development, automated testing, project management, database analysis and management, mainframe, server and infrastructure support, all at competitive prices.
- Dr. Amr Talaat, Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology , approved the agreement signed with Atos, which is part of a series of agreements concluded with 29 multinational companies. More than 34,000 jobs will thus be created for export via 35 global service centers, for an export value estimated at one billion dollars per year. “ These agreements reflect Egypt’s favorable business environment and the trust multinationals have in our local talent,”commented Dr. Amr Talaat. Dr. Amr Talaat also highlighted the strong potential of Egypt, which could well become the next big global platform for high-end digital services thanks to the constant efforts to increase the country’s competitiveness in the relocation sector. “ Through its unique location at the crossroads of three continents, Egypt offers a resilient, high-quality digital infrastructure and provides a favorable legislative framework to keep pace with the accelerating pace of global growth,” he added.“We have a wealth of technology talent, available at a competitive cost, who will bring proven experience in delivering business services to global enterprises in over 100 countries and 20 different languages,” said Dr. Amr Talaat .
- Amr Mahfouz, Director General of ITIDA, said: “ We are delighted to reach an agreement with Atos, which will help ITIDA achieve the objectives set out under Egypt’s ambitious digital strategy for the offshoring sector (2022-2026): multiplying export revenues from of this sector while creating more jobs at the national level for our pool of qualified talent”. “ITIDA is working to take advantage of the current geopolitical situation which has created major challenges in the largest delivery platforms, while closely monitoring the global talent shortage. We are investing heavily in the development of the digital and human skills of our many talents, prioritizing the development of the country’s capabilities in high value-added services, including engineering, research and development (IR&D),added Amr Mahfouz.
The diversity of IT and business services provided in Egypt, its cost competitiveness and government support, encourage global companies to launch and expand their operations in this country, confirming Egypt’s strong reputation as an offshoring hub. IT infrastructure and business service delivery.
- Sven Hesterman, Head of Global Delivery Centers at Atos , said: “We are proud and excited to open a new Global Delivery Center in Egypt, expanding our network of award-winning centers around the world. The talented and diverse workforce that Egypt offers will be an excellent complement to the thousands of dedicated people we employ in our centers around the world, serving our customers every day. »
- Ahmad Elharany, Atos Managing Director for Egypt, said: “Our goal is to make Egypt one of the leading managed service centers for the Atos group and its clients worldwide. Our goal is to attract a highly skilled workforce and provide the right mix of onsite, onshore and offshore capabilities to meet our customers’ needs. We will continue to invest in recruiting and developing the right skills and improving our talent pool through ongoing training and development programs. »
Today, with already 350 IT professionals in place, Atos Egypt plans to hire another 1,000 employees over the next 12 months, with a focus on local talent. Atos will continue to invest in its geographic expansion, the training and skills development of its employees as well as the recruitment of new resources locally.
About Atos _
Atos is an international leader in digital transformation with 112,000 employees and annual revenue of approximately €11 billion. European number one in the cloud, cybersecurity and supercomputers, the Group provides integrated solutions for all sectors, in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to providing secure and decarbonized digital solutions to its customers. Atos is an SE (European Company) listed on Euronext Paris.
Atos ‘ raison d’être is to help shape the information space. With its skills and services, the Group supports the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contributes to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the world, Atos enables its customers and employees, and more generally the greatest number of people, to live, work and progress sustainably and with complete confidence in the information space.
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