Digital trade regulatory integration: country profile Egypt

Abstract

This country profile presents the key findings for Egypt. In February 2016, the Egypt tian government launched the Sustainable Development Strategy, widely known as “Egypt 2030.” A key initiative of the strategy is to “transform Egypt into a Global digital hub,” and one of its main pillars is to “promote e-commerce through the provision of an enabling and legislative environment.” In 2017, the government launched the National e-Commerce Strategy for Egypt, in cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.3 Since the adoption of these strategies, Egypt has been actively developing and adopting e-commerce-related legislation, including Law No. 75 of 2018 Regulating Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes4 and Law No. 151 of 2020 on Personal Data Protection. The government has also submitted a draft e-commerce act to Parliament.