Google to hire a team for its Cairo’s office
Looks to strengthen its presence in the Egypt.
Sahar Nasr, Egypt’s investment minister and international cooperation, met with Lino Cattaruzzi, Google’s managing director for Middle East and North Africa (MENA), to discuss Google’s future investments in Egypt and Africa, especially in the fields of entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, and education.
According to Enterprise, Cattaruzzi revealed that Google is planning to hire a team for its Cairo office while simultaneously furthering its business in the country.
“For over a decade, Google has served Egyptian users and businesses with its products, services, and digital skills training. In the coming months, we will begin hiring for a team to be based in our Cairo office.”Google
Google also announced the appointment of Hisham El Nazer as Country Manager for Egypt, who has been serving as Google’s Director of Agencies for MENA since January 2018.
Ghana becomes home to Google’s first African AI labLino Cattaruzzi, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa with Google, said, “We are trying to accelerate the work on the quality of our products and engagement with our partners on the content creation side and ecosystem and how to develop all these businesses so they can sell more online inside and outside Egypt.”
While Google never really closed its Cairo offices, it didn't have a massive full-time staff in the country. The offices were used by executives when travelling to Egypt. Big tech companies from the US are looking to strengthen its reach within Africa and we are looking forward to how Google's presence in Cairo will help the SMEs and startups in the region.
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