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Nagwa ElShenawiThe Cabinet Information & Decision Support Center
(IDSC) -Egyptnagwash@idsc.gov.eg
May 2001
eCommerce in Egypt
INTERNET
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Table of Contents
Profile of Electronic Commerce in
Egypt
Egyptian Electronic CommerceInitiative
Analysis of Barriers of EC in Egypt and
the way forward
Factors affect the diffusion of
Electronic Commerce in Arab world
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Internet/Telecom Environment in Egyptin numbers...
Teledensity in 99/00 11 line/100 person
ISPs in 2001 60
Users 99/00 400k
Total Bandwidth in 2000 4Mbit/s
Source: Ministry of Telecommunication& Information Technology,
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Electronic Commerce Activity in Egypt
B2C
B2B
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Online catalogs
GMC
h d il /
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Phone and email contact /Cash on delivery
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International payment
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EDI Environment
DAMIETTA CASE STUDY
THE PROBLEM
REQUIREMENTS
DSC
Non-EDI environment
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DSC CASE STUDYEDI TECHNICAL SOLUTION
INSIDE THE COMPANY
C
O
M
M
EDI Software
EDI
APPLICATION
INTERFACE
Internet
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Method of communicating business documents
electronically. Documents include purchase orders,
invoices, shipping instructions and notifications.
Used mainly in business to business Electronic
Commerce. Using the Internet as a transfer media.
EDI
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Business Cycle EDI
EDI No Paper Work
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EDI environment
DSC CASE STUDYA SUCCESS STORY
DSC
EDI
OVER INTERNET
EDI environment
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EC Initiative :
National EC committee founded in October1998
All key ministries (Foreign Affairs, Justice,
Economy, Trade,Financeetc
Set up Egypts electronic Commerce initiative.
Launched in Sept. 1999
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EC Progress-To-Date
Legal &
Regulatory
Financial
Market
Access
Government
Role
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Legal & Regulatory Issues
Egyptian EC Law
Technology DevelopmentCommittee
14 Governmental bodies
12 chapters 38 articles
Consumer protection, Taxes, IPR, DSCustoms, contracts, Security
Unicetral, Europe, Japanese
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Financial IssuesGovernment stated aim cash-less society
Issuer & Acquirer
Personalisation
Authorisation
Clearing, settlement,reconciliation
Terminal installation &
Maintenace
Establishment of Smart Card Processing Co.
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Governments Role
Policy
National Plan for ICT
Electronic government
Business Rules
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Access Issues
Telecommunication Infrastructure
Bandwidth Cost
Tele-density Infrastructure
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Barriers to EC in Egypt
Awareness & Education
Social & Psychological
Ecommerce InfrastructureAssociated Cost
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Awareness & Education
Consumer Awareness
Corporate Awareness
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Ecommerce Infrastructure
Lack of a Certificate Authority
Lack of SET Compliance
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Social & Psychological
Resistance to Change
Territorial Behavior
Generation Gap
Language Barriers
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Associated Cost
Individual Spending on IT
Hosting Cost
Website design and
implementation
Internet Access
Computers
Individual spending on IT is $5/year,
while 1000$/year in Switzerland. Per
capita income in Egypt is 1200 $/year,
while $20 k in Switzerland.
Egypt = 60$ USA= $25
$500 - 35 000
$20/month in Egypt , $10/month in USA
In developing Countries is approximatel
10 times more expensive than in USA
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Arab World
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0
50
100
150
200
250
1985 1995 2005
millionusers
Internet Growth
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Tele-density in Arab Countries
(1998)389
245
236
143
95 9286
81
60 5453
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Emirates
Bahrain
Algeria
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Kuwait
Saudi
Arabia
Oman
Morocco
Tunisia
Telephone Line/000
Source : World Bank , Country at a Glance Data
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DNS in Arab Countries
(2000)19718
46404069
2828
612
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
United
Arab
Emirates
Egypt
Kuwait
Saudi
Arabia
Jordan
Source : NW,Internet Domain Survey
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Internet Users in Arab Countries
(1999)7.7
5
3.73.3
1.7
0.6 0.3
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
UnitedArab
Emirates
Bahrain
QUAR
Kuwait
Oman
Saudi
Arabia
Egypt
% Of Population
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Number of PCs in Arab Countries
106 93
50
2115
9 4 3 2
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Syria
Source : World Bank , Country at a Glance Data
PC 000
Tunisia
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Factors affecting diffusion of E-BusinessWithin the Arab World
Economic:
Average Income
Cost of using IT
Managerial & Administrative: Lack of Legal Framework
Lack of Financial Institutions
Lack of Consumer Protection Laws
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Factors affecting diffusion of E-Business
Within the Arab World- Contd Infrastructure:
Weakness of Technological Status
Weakness of Communication Network
Socio-Culture :
Illiteracy
Arabic Language
Content Resistance to the Westernization Culture
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Challenging the Barriers of Convertingto E-Business
Role of Government:
Pioneer
Facilitator
Private Sector :
Pioneer
Partner
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Challenging the Barriers of Converting
to E-Business- Contd Role of NGOs:
Support
Development
Role of International Org. :
Providing Expertise
Finance
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SO IS THERE ANYHOPE? !!
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Conclusion
Future...
Hope.. & Work..
Hope ..that tomorrow will be better then
Today..
Ongoing Work to transfer Hope to a Reality
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THANK YOU
Nagwash@idsc.gov.eg