The tactic helps Egypt”s broader ambition to change into a regional hub for IT offshoring and virtual services and products.
Egypt is ramping up efforts to toughen its place within the world offshoring marketplace by means of increasing its virtual freelance team of workers, as the rustic seeks to develop virtual exports and seize emerging global call for for generation services and products.
Talking on the WorkShift Summit 2026, Mahmoud Sofrata, Vice President for Marketplace Building on the Data Era Trade Building Company (ITIDA), stated freelancing has change into a key driving force of the virtual financial system somewhat than an alternate type of employment.
He famous that Egypt ranks 9th globally in freelancing, in keeping with the Global Financial institution, with an estimated 850,000 virtual freelancers. The rustic additionally advantages from a powerful ability pipeline, generating round 750,000 college graduates every yr, together with roughly 50,000 engineers, serving to construct one of the crucial greatest generation ability swimming pools around the EMEA area.
Sofrata stated world call for for virtual talents continues to upward push, making festival amongst offshoring locations more and more intense. To toughen Egypt’s place, ITIDA is increasing coaching programmes via projects akin to Egypt FWD and ITIDA Gigs, whilst growing new incentives to assist freelancers compete the world over and building up their contribution to virtual exports.
The tactic helps Egypt’s broader ambition to change into a regional hub for IT offshoring and virtual services and products. The sphere recently contributes greater than 6% of the rustic’s GDP, with the federal government concentrated on an building up in virtual services and products offshoring revenues from $5.2 billion in 2025 to $6 billion in 2026.
The WorkShift Summit 2026 introduced in combination govt companies and trade leaders to speak about increasing virtual employment and accelerating Egypt’s transition to a knowledge-based financial system.
