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Egypt’s first mobile-based charity auction raised EGP 26,000 for renowned heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub’s tie, which he donated to raise funds for the Aswan Heart Hospital that he founded to treat thousands of cardiac patients for free in the country.
Read MoreMobile innovation can save the field of development years of efforts, said TA Telecom’s MegaKheir Product Manager Maissera Ellaithy at Egypt’s leading Corporate Social Responsibility Forum.
Read MoreDriven by passion to create an impact, TA Telecom strives to advance the MEA region’s tech ecosystem in which we are proudly rooted.
Our efforts over the past year were crowned with awards, recognitions and accomplishments.
Read MoreOur charity arm and mobile donations platform MegaKheir raised more than EGP 25.3 million in 2015 compared to 20.2 million the year before, helping 29 charitable organizations in their fight against cancer, heart and liver disease, hunger and other vital causes.
Read MoreRecognized for technological innovation in the analytics and mobile industry, TA Telecom is the only African and Arab company to win the Red Herring Top 100 Global Award after competing with hundreds of private companies in three continents.
Read MoreRecognized as an entrepreneurial leader for business excellence, profitability and innovation, the Egypt-based analytics and mobile technology company, TA Telecom, is chosen among 3 finalists for the Mature Business category of the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE).
Read MoreTurning tales of hardship into progress, passionate Africans innovatively use technology to improve life on the continent, fueling future human progress and development especially on the continent’s hard-hit rural areas where access to electricity, clean water and landlines is still a luxury.
Read MoreHandicapped by economic constraints, millions of unprivileged people in the developing world continue to be deprived of sufficient access to communication technology, creating strata of information haves and haves-not that widens the digital divide and knowledge gap in today’s tech-centered world.
Read MoreIn the World Press Freedom Day, we would like to recognize African Journalists...
Read MoreAfrica’s mobile revolution continues to spur innovations and fuel economies, uplifting employment and exposing developing countries to a new realm of economic opportunities.
As the world celebrates this year’s Worker’s Day to commemorate trade unions and labour movements, the mobile industry in Africa is expanding to fulfill the continent’s growing needs for mobile solutions and create more opportunities for its workforce.
Read MoreCompeting with hundreds of innovative companies, TA telecom is the only African-headquartered tech company to win the Red Herring Top 100 Europe award – a prestigious recognition of the year’s most promising private technology ventures.
Read MoreAt the Kidovation Command Center, 4-year-old Hassan Ahmed monitors big data dashboards to pick out trends in mobile user consumption among children.
Read MoreHarnessing collective human power to alter climate change, millions of people all over the world will turn off the lights for 60+ minutes on March 28 at 8:30 p.m. as part of Earth Hour – an annual event that aims at raising environmental awareness, achieving an impact and changing policy.
Read MorePessimism, frustration and suffering paint a gloomy image of Africa, depicting the mood of the continent’s more than 1 billion population. TA telecom’s Data Scientist Mahmoud Abdrabo conducted a sentiment analysis of 1.5 million tweets over a 20-day period in 50 countries, finding the African mood on Twitter mostly negative.
Read MoreCarrying heavy containers for miles to deliver water to their families, Sub-Saharan African women and girls spend an estimated 40 billion hours annually collecting water.
“Around 748 million people today still do not have access to an improved source of drinking water,” says the UN World Water Development Report released on March 20, two days ahead of World Water Day. The report also forecasts a 40 percent global water deficit by 2030.
With weight-related complications claiming the lives of around 3.4 million adults annually, demand is rising for thousands of mobile applications used daily to track calories, activity levels and vital health signs such as heartrate and blood pressure.
Read MoreMore African women are taking the lead in the tech space, building meaningful innovations that impact the world around them while bridging the gender gap in a field that has been long dominated by men. TA telecom compiled a list of women tech pioneers that are changing the tech ecosystem on the continent:
Read MoreExponential growth of data created a new buzz in recent years, coined "Big Data." Humans have produced more data in the last couple years more than any other time in the history of mankind – a volume that is expected to multiply in ways we can only imagine.
Read MoreMobile phone subscribers are expected to surge by 1 billion over the next five years, going up from 3.6 to 4.6 billion by 2020, says a new GSMA report expecting the boom to significantly contribute to global GDP, public funding and jobs.
Read MoreTA Telecom has become a trusted partner to major operators, brands and NGOs alike, continuously relied upon to deliver mobile services and applications that provide a seamless combination of innovation, service and value. Our success is the result of an unwavering commitment to providing the latest and most comprehensive level of information and services available.
Founded in 2000 by our CEO, Amr Shady, we proudly serve clients operating in some of the most rapidly developing markets within the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere throughout the world. We’ve earned a reputation for creative and consistently lucrative entrepreneurship.
