GOVTECH

Join us in our mission to re-design public services in Egypt, create impactful solutions, and become a proud member of the thriving GovTech and CivTech community.

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Call for Citizens

Want your voice to be heard? Express your viewpoints, share your insights, and become part of the decision-making process.

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About Us

Powered by the MCIT, and supported and implemented by GIZ, the GovTech Innovation Lab aims to give access to the innovative minds of Egypt to ease the digital transformation of public administration services with a citizen-centric and innovative approach.

Our primary purpose is to implement creative solutions offered by well-established startups to initiate an entire e-Government system and lead the way toward digitalization.

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qualification

Understand citizens and their concerns using Human-centered Design mindset to generate ideas

civic

Co-Design services with citizens and create citizen journeys around it

apps

Build Mini-Apps and deploy them in the SuperApp environment

data

Analyze data to create policy recommendations

assistive technology

Ensure the inclusion of the solution by testing them with latest technologies

latest challenges

  • Social Protection

    Addressing social vulnerability through enhanced services aligns with Egypt Vision 2030 for better citizen well-being.

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  • Employment

    Addressing job seeker challenges requires digital solutions, crucial as Egypt improves from 13% to 7% unemployment.

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  • Justice

    Egypt faces justice challenges due to case volume and traffic violations, but technology offers potential solutions.

     
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  • Health

    Egypt, post-2014 constitution, aims for accessible healthcare, but poor public facility standards and non-digital communication persist.

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  • Business Entities (SMEs)

    MSMEs are vital to Egypt's economy, but founders face hurdles without digital tools; MSMEDA offers support but faces digitization challenges.

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solutions

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The GovTech Innovation Lab is an initiative led by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) which aims to build impactful government service applications by fostering and enabling an environment for Egyptian startups to design citizen-centric public services.

The lab is powered by the MCIT, and supported and implemented by GIZ, the GovTech Innovation Lab aims to give access to the innovative minds of Egypt to ease the digital transformation of public administration services with a citizen-centric and innovative approach.

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