After he had sworn as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology in Sherif Ismail’s Cabinet,Yasser ElKady was commenced, the duties of his post at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) by meeting with the former ICT Minister Khaled Negm.
In this meeting, Negm briefed the fresh ICT minister over all the developments that the sector has witnessed during the recent period and wished him success in his work through the coming period which needs a lot of effort and time to meet the expectations of citizens in this vital sector.
For his part, ELKady expressed his deep appreciation to Negm who took office in a critical period, and exerted a lot of efforts for serving the sector and its employees. He pointed out that Negm undertook his duties showing patriotism and efficiency, and his first concern was the sector and the citizen’s benefit. ElKady affirmed, at the same time, his intention to maintain those efforts that are in favour of the sector and citizens.
ElKady met also with a number of the sector officials and discussed, as well, a number of important issues associated with ICT industry. He asked them to prepare a comprehensive report containing the outlines of MCIT plan in the next phase to raise the level of services provided by ICT sector to the citizens, accelerate completing the current projects, and monitor the challenges and the most pressing requirements needed to complete these projects.
Elkady has been in the IT and Telecom industry for over 25 years with solid experience in strategic planning, technology integration, business development and organisational transformation.
ElKady assumed a number of leading positions throughout his career including the position of the Regional Director for HP Networking in the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa (MEMA) Region and the Managing Director for HP Egypt. He was also the CEO of the Egyptian Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA).
He spearheaded a number of national developmental initiatives. As a First Deputy to the Minister of Investment, he led Egypt Investment promotion efforts and supervised strategic investment projects. ElKadi also contributed to developing the national ICT and innovation strategy, as a board member of ITIDA, and a member of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Advisory Board.
