Cairo ICT 2021

CAIRO ICT 2021 Conclusion

Cairo ICT 2021 cannot be described by any means as yet another successful round of the region’s leading technology event, as the 25^th round was very special, from its inception to its conclusion on November 10, breaking all records of the same event in the 24 years before, and breaking all records of local, regional and international technology fairs in the past two difficult years, infested with Covid-19 scare around the world.

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, accompanied by top officials and international dignitaries, was present and his presence along global leaders and top technology experts paved the way to a record number of visitors, with an actual unprecedented figure of visitors from the different walks of life.

The messages the world received during the 4 days of Cairo ICT 2021 and the incorporated events were:

“Egypt continues to be open for business”,
“Africa is seeking to quench its thirst for progress”,
“The Middle East is far from covering its technology needs”,
“The world will not be stopped with the current global status”

And

“Cairo ICT is the true technology gem of the Region”.

Cairo ICT 2021 lived up to the slogan it chose for its Silver Jubilee round: “The Digital Challenge… Transform to 2030”. It highlighted the challenge we face with technology and the challenge we face to adopt technology to transform ourselves towards SDG goals of 2030. Discussions among experts spanned around some of the well-known challenges and tackled previously unscathed challenges and opportunities.

Egypt: The Land of Opportunities

The primary market exhibitors sought to explore and build stronger bases in, is certainly Egypt. Unmatched government investments and a growing market, where transformation – foremost digital transformation – were among the reasons why exhibitors from more than 20 countries showed up to display their state-of-the-art technologies and solutions. Accordingly, almost all of them achieved their objectives.

Cairo ICT 2021 was not merely a place to meet and greet but was rather a place for “let’s do business now”. And that was realized in the form of MoUs, contracts and agreements.

CAIRO ICT 2020

THE BIG RESET

President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, accompanied by top officials and international dignitaries, opened yet another phenomenally successful round of Cairo ICT – the 24^th version. Held under slogan “The Big Reset”, Cairo ICT 2020, came as the world exercised a full shut-down and cancelled all physical events. Cairo ICT showed resilience by attracting local, regional and international players to an audience of +80,000, making Cairo ICT 2020 The World’s 1^st Hybrid Technology Event.

The presence of H.E. President Al Sisi and global leaders for more than two hours among exhibitors sent strong messages to the world: “Egypt is Open for Business” and “Cairo ICT Continues to be Star of the Region”.

CAIRO ICT 2021

THE DIGITAL CHALLENGE

2021 slogan is significant on many fronts. Cairo ICT has had slogans along the years that cried out the essence of the industry, hammering the state-of-the industry year after another. We are facing a digital challenge; and the digital world itself is facing its own challenges. Vendors, developers and innovators will come to a standoff at Cairo ICT in competitions that juries will determine the best of the best of each product, service or solution.

Cairo ICT 2021 Topics

Cairo ICT 2021 continues to bring topics it has unveiled in previous rounds, but their continued significance and growth in today’s tech world, makes them incumbent – with a twist – namely:

5-G or Multi-G: 5G is more than just a fast 4G. Network core provides the critical services and features providing the expected added value of 5G. The mobile core is the multi-service hub for mobile networks, supporting 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G services. Multi-G support drives support 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G services, instead of 4G and 5G integration.
The Hyperscale Revolution: Large and expandable data centers are used to enable businesses to rapidly enter new markets, by building hyperscale data centers. How does it happen? What technologies are employed? What conditions to attract hyperscalers?
Cloud-Tech & DevOps: How do organizations develop, operationalize and monitor software and applications at scale. Hybrid cloud computing and the need for digital intellectual property is driving demand for tools and services to improve software development and operation capabilities.
IoT & IIoT: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is expected to transform industries and open new markets. However, IoT adoption faces the challenge of simplifying complexities. The lack of standards in interfaces, protocols and architectures is slowing down IoT applications implementation.
Robotics & Drones: Mechanical devices automated or remote controlled for manufacturing, for surgery or semiconductor production and unmanned vehicles.
AR & VR: Hardware and software that create content and distribute AR-related products. VR software and hardware that immerse users in a three-dimensional, virtual world. Wearable devices, environments where users can interact through avatars are target here.
Zero-Trust Architecture & Cybersecurity: Vendors are moving towards built-in security models. Automated verification is a key tenet of zero trust models enabling built-in security, while encryption is increasingly important to ensure systems are capable of maintaining data confidentiality, where data and executables are protected at all points.

CAIRO ICT: THE UNIQUE TECH SHOW

What made Cairo ICT unique is a magical blend of technologies, industries, audience, spearheaded with a far-sighted vision about what we need in the Middle East & Africa. Cairo ICT is the Tech event that serves national objectives, businesses, development, and human resources. Cairo ICT 2021 will continue to amaze as a leading Tech event with 10 new domains converged into the tech world; making the 21st round duly dubbed as the Tech Event of the year; namely:

Health-Tech: Mobility and other information technologies improve healthcare delivery, while technology services, optimize patient-centric healthcare. Other untraditional technologies are involved in Health-Tech, noting the Covid-19 effect.
Agri-Tech: Technologies to automate, manage and promote farming, including: wireless sensors to monitor soil, air and animal health, as well as remote-controlled irrigation systems, biotech platforms for crop yields, data-analysis software to augment planting, herd, poultry and livestock management.
Ed-Tech: The adoption of app-based services and personalization with focus on AI/ML. Classrooms have become tech-infused with tablets, interactive online courses and even robots. EdTech tools are changing classrooms and education at large.
Space-Tech: Space technology companies provide services, and technologies to improve life and most significantly communications. This includes micro-satellites, ground station networks, satellite imagery, satellite telecommunications, and space-based data.
Retail-Tech: Products and services to improve consumer experiences. It targets, hypermarkets and retailers at large. It also covers the entire supply chain from factory to consumer. Also, restaurant customer-based technologies help owners increase profitability, efficiency and customer engagement, acquisition and retention.
Ad-Tech: Advertising technology including software and services that deliver, control and target online advertising, create targeted advertisements based on user interest and behavior.
Entertain-Tech: This is not only about changing user consumption, but is also about creating new channels and devices to engage with content. Also, gaming is bigger than ever, where 2021 is another year of disruption for media and entertainment.
Sport-Tech: Technology has transformed the field of sports training and advanced technology has become smaller and more resilient, bringing new opportunities. Wearable tech conveys real-time information and can prevent injuries; GPS pinpoints motion; live metrics help trainers determine aspects each athlete needs to focus on.
Prop-Tech & Construct-Tech: Prop-Tech is changing the way we buy, sell, and interact with properties. Big data, property management software, (IoT) devices, data analysis tools, A/R and V/R applications, and crowdfunding are some subsectors. And with the boom in the construction, efficiency and productivity is much needed. This includes project management software, job-site survey tools, building information modeling, modular and pre-fabrication solutions, and risk management tools.
Museum-Tech: The region is seeing a boom in building museums, not only in countries with long heritage, but also in countries wanting to own artifacts from the world to establish their own culture attraction. Technologies in this domain are endless

Fintech, Insure-Tech, Mortgage-Tech, E-commerce, digital currencies and blockchain are covered within PAFIX – the 8th Payment & Digital Inclusion Expo (Part of Cairo ICT)

THE SILVER JUBILEE

25 YEARS & STILL FORGING AHEAD

Looking back at 24 years of success. Cairo ICT was launched in 1996 as a single technology fair and forum in North Africa, and rapidly became the success story of MEA. With expert knowledge of Tradefairs International team, long years of experience and a keen understanding of the latest disruptive technology trends, Cairo ICT established itself as the leading technology platform.

Revolutions, economic crunches and downturns, fierce competition, Covid-19 and other challenges were never show-stoppers as the team always took upon themselves that: “The Show Must Go On!”

As we celebrate with our partners the SILVER JUBILEE special features, gifts and ideas will be revealed to celebrate this very special year for Cairo ICT.

THE SILVER JUBILEE

25 YEARS & STILL FORGING AHEAD

Revolutions, economic crunches and downturns, fierce competition, Covid-19 and other challenges were never show-stoppers as the team always took upon themselves that: “The Show Must Go On!”

As we celebrate with our partners the SILVER JUBILEE special features, gifts and ideas will be revealed to celebrate this very special year for Cairo ICT.

In the Loving Memory

of a Heart of Gold

This round of Cairo ICT is dedicated to the soul of Mrs. Amani Ghanem – co-founder of Cairo ICT – who gained the love and respect of the entire industry along many years. Mrs. Ghanem last celebrated with us the 20th Anniversary Success 5 years ago, and today we dedicate the coming round to her loving soul. To those who joined us along the pathway to 25 years of success, her name has been carved in her memory.

In the Loving Memory

of a Heart of Gold

Dr. Abdel Rahman Al Sawi

The leading telecom figure in the region

Was the one who gave the go-ahead for Cairo ICT to take place, announcing the support of the Telecom Industry Committee of the IDSC 25 years ago. The last public appearance of the veteran Dr. Al Sawi was while moderating one of the most important panels of Cairo ICT 2020. Shortly after his heart gave away to the grief of an entire community. We remember and honour this noble man of knowledge in 2021

WHY CAIRO ICT?

One show, extra-ordinary exhibit experience, countless opportunities

4 Days of High-level Networking Events with Endless Opportunities

Cairo ICT is built around creating targeted exposure with theme-specific technologies to enable exhibitors showcase products/services to a highly motivated targeted audience in a unique business environment.

Discover new opportunities in virgin markets
Understand how core industry themes will affect your business
Exhibit next to a conference featuring top tier regional industry speakers
Use a strong cross-border PR campaign, where next-generation innovations are introduced
Find new partners
Consolidate existing customer relations
Grow your network and get competitive edge over your competition

Unique Campaign

Cairo ICT has one of the largest campaigns in the region, using all vehicles that lead to the widest exposure. Regional specialized media, TVs and the internet are our field of action.

Over the past 24-year Cairo ICT continues to attract a growing number of regional leaders, decision-makers from within the ICT and respective industries, alongside key decision-makers from important sectors including government, finance, health, education, tourism, real state, transport, aviation, and armed forces. Networking events include: