The leading international ICT fair and forum in Africa & the Middle East, Cairo ICT, has already become a must-attend event for telecom, IT, satellite and media professionals in the region.

It provides the exhibitor with an unparalleled marketing opportunity to get meet the industry decision-makers. More than 50,000 attendees from all facets of CIT and different vertical markets to learn about the newest solutions and network with their peers. It’s everyone from engineers to C-level executives to technology operators to network administrator to decision makers. It’s where they come to make decisions about where they want to take their business in the years to come — and what they’ll buy to make those plans happen.

The 19^th round took place with much fanfare and glory, seeing for the first time Egypt’s President Abd el-Fattah Al-Sisi leading dignitaries to the opening of the event and concluding with a record number of experts past the 70,000 visitors mark from all over the region, declaring that Cairo ICT has become a can’t-afford-to-miss conference and expo.

A new map of the expo grounds, covering more than 30,000 square meters, provides the clear distinction of the sectors presented within Cairo ICT 2016, namely:

• Telecommunications, Satellite Communications and IoT
• Information Technology and Enterprise Solutions
• Smart Cites and Smart Communities (Smart Communities)
• Payment and Innovative Financial Inclusion (PAFIX)
• Defense, Security and Public Safety Technology (DSS)

Cairo ICT 2016 Highlights

• The Advent of Disruptive Digital Era

This being the main theme of Cairo ICT 2016, speakers at the conference will talk to specialized attendees and regular visitors about the phenomenon that is changing the face of business, living and even playing. We need not explain how Uber, Airbnb and their likes are changing the way we do things. This is not a new concept, but simply a new model of doing business. Technologies in the past have consistently been disruptive in their simplest forms, though we do not remember. Remember how personal computers displaced typewriters? How digital cameras ended decades of depending on film?  How email transformed the way we communicate, and Cell phones disrupted the telecom industry? More recent, for the younger generation, do you remember how Smartphones largely replaced cell phones, PDAs, pocket cameras, MP3 players, GPS devices and even laptops? [more http://cairoict.com/cairo-ict-2016-highlights/]

• loT at the heart of next generation enterprise

At Cairo ICT 2016 we shall see the turning of IoT into a reality, and not just a jibber by technology leaders that remains within their labs, unconvincing to clients and incapable of reaching out within the region because customers cannot see it. IoT is truly reinventing enterprise and the consumer experience by creating value from connecting “things” with the ensuing monetization of IoT in the different industries; improving efficiency, enabling innovation and driving business transformation. We shall also examine at Cairo ICT the best IoT practices for manufacture, supply chains, utilities, trade, transportation, housing and others.