التكنولوجيا وأخبارها بوابة مصر لأخبار تكنولوجيا المعلومات والإتصالات وفي أفريقيا كما تعتبر مصدر رئيسي للمعلومات حول تكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات والفرص الاستثمارية المرتبطة بالاقتصاد الرقمي في المنطقة بالكامل
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA)
has issued news licenses for local companies to provide
e-signature services.
The licenses that will be awarded for up to 3 companies will allow
them to provide e-signature certificates, e-seal, and time stamp
services for both individuals, and businesses.
ITIDA stated that the statement of work will be available at its
premise at the smart village starting Wednesday 24th of February
till Tuesday 9th of March, for an amount of EGP40k.
The bidders, are to closely view the general and financial
regulations and conditions stipulated by the statement of work for
registration. For its part, the agency obliges the awarded entities
with all substantive and technical conditions and all the regulations
specified by the law no.15 for the year 2004 and its executive
regulations.
The release of extra e-signature services licenses is one of a series
of initiatives and policies led by ITIDA that aim at supporting
Egypt’s digital transformation.
ITIDA’s CEO, Amr Mahfouz, commented:
“The step comes as a response to the fast development witnessed in the local IT sector
and to further enhance Egypt’s digital readiness”. He added “The
new licenses will enable spreading high-security e-signature
services’ usage to meet the increasing and unprecedented demand across all sectors”.
“Egypt has made great strides on its DX journey thanks to MCIT’s
comprehensive Digital Egypt strategy that accelerates the adoption
of emerging technologies in almost all aspects of life,” Mahfouz
said. “Likewise, we have an ambitious plan to digitize all public
services that require a vast expansion of e-signature services
nationwide.”
ITIDA stated that the applicant must be a local company working
inside Egypt, and meeting all conditions and guarantees mentioned
in law number 15 of 2004 and its executive regulations; in addition
to providing all necessary and required documents.
Next March, ITIDA will host a series of Q & A sessions to answer all
applicants’ queries. After the deadline for bids submission, ITIDA
will commence reviewing and evaluating all bids by a committee of
specialists and experts, and results will be officially announced
afterwards.
ITIDA is committed to awarding the licenses in a period not
exceeding 60 days from the date of submitting the license
application, and after the submission of all required documents,
unless ITIDA furtherly extended this period.
The duration of the licensing is 3 years, to start from the date of
the operation permit and the issuance of the license from the
Egyptian Root Certificate Authority (Root CA), subject to renewal for
another similar period or periods, per the decision of ITIDA.
The e-Signature Law, issued in 2004 and upon which the
Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) was
established, supports Egypt’s e-commerce industry by securing the
Internet as a legally viable medium for digital transactions and aims
to support digital transformation in all state sectors.
It is worth noting that the executive regulations of the e-signature
law have been amended under the decision of the Minister of
communications and information technology No. 361 of 2020, to
accelerate Egypt’s digital transformation adoption; and the central
role of e-signature in developing the efficiency of administrative
work; and improving the government services, and adding to
Egypt’s competitiveness globally.
In 2020, Egypt was ranked among the top 10 improvers in Roland
Berger’s Digital Inclusion Index. The index measures and analyses
levels of digital inclusiveness in 82 countries across the globe,
based on their scores across four digital inclusion levers:
accessibility, affordability, ability, and attitude.
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