When Cairo opens its doors to AI Everything Middle East and Africa this February 11–12, the city won’t just be hosting another tech event — it will be positioning itself as a central hub in the region’s conversation about how artificial intelligence can reshape economies, governance, and everyday life.
Organized by GITEX GLOBAL and hosted by Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in partnership with the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), the event marks a deliberate shift away from pure theory. This is about applied AI — where strategy meets execution, and ambition turns into infrastructure.
The launch also aligns with Egypt’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025–2030, which places AI at the heart of national planning. Egypt isn’t just adopting AI; it’s looking to embed it across everything from economic policy to digital sovereignty.
From Chips to Sovereignty
A key theme of the conference, AI Semicon, tackles an often-overlooked backbone of AI innovation: semiconductors. The discussions will dig into the entire chip ecosystem — design, production, commercialization, and supply chain resilience — as countries around the world compete for control of this critical technology.
Paired with AI Data Center & Infrastructure, this track explores the physical layer of the digital world — from data centers optimized for AI processing to the energy systems and connectivity that power them. Together, these themes underscore one reality: there’s no AI revolution without robust infrastructure to sustain it.
Governing with Algorithms
Another major focus, AI Government, brings the conversation to the public sector — exploring how AI can improve efficiency, policy decisions, and citizen services.
From smart city management to data-driven security, the sessions aim to unpack how governments can innovate responsibly while preserving trust, accountability, and ethical safeguards. For countries across the Middle East and Africa, where public digital transformation is surging, this is becoming a defining issue.
Health and Data-Driven Care
AI’s role in healthcare will also take center stage through AI DigiHealth and Biotech. Experts will dive into applications such as AI-assisted diagnostics, predictive analytics in hospitals, drug discovery, and biotech innovation.
In regions where healthcare systems are still unevenly distributed, these technologies promise not just efficiency but access — turning data into a tool for better care. But with opportunity comes complexity: privacy, ethics, and medical-data regulation will all be up for discussion.
Finance, Risk, and the Digital Economy
Under the AI Digital Finance track, the spotlight turns to money, markets, and trust. Banking and fintech leaders will explore how algorithms power fraud detection, automatic credit scoring, and personalized customer service — while confronting regulatory challenges that arise from speed and automation.
Especially in emerging markets, AI’s role in financial inclusion, cross-border payments, and digital infrastructure could unlock new economic potential, making this one of the most dynamic sectors represented.
Cybersecurity as a Foundation
As organizations embrace AI, they must also secure it. The AI Cybersecurity track focuses on how AI itself is being used to detect threats, defend networks, and ensure compliance. With rising digital dependence across government and enterprise, the message is clear: no digital expansion is sustainable without resilience.
The Quantum Leap for Enterprises
Enterprise AI and AI Quantum together explore transformation at scale — showcasing how companies are embedding AI into every operation, from analytics to logistics. As quantum computing moves from theory to application, it promises to redefine what’s computationally possible, opening breakthroughs in finance, logistics, and scientific research.
Creativity in the Age of AI
AI’s influence goes well beyond code and data; it’s reshaping how we create. The AI Creative Economy theme will spotlight the ways algorithms are now tools for artists, musicians, and storytellers. From generating new forms of media to redefining authorship and copyright, the debates promise a rare blend of creativity and caution — a glimpse into how AI might rewrite the cultural economy.
Machines, Mobility, and Connected Intelligence
Through AI Physical, the conference will bring AI’s impact quite literally into motion — from humanoid robots and autonomous machines to AI-driven logistics hubs. Meanwhile, AI Intelligent Connectivity emphasizes the infrastructure that binds all these technologies together: 5G, IoT, and the intelligent networks that make “smart everything” possible.
It’s a reminder that even the most advanced AI still relies on the invisible threads of connection.
From Vision to Action
Across two days, AI Everything MEA will gather policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors from over 60 countries — turning Cairo into a crossroads of global innovation. This isn’t about distant possibilities; it’s about real deployment, framed by local realities and strategic collaboration.
For Egypt, it represents a crucial step in turning national AI strategy into concrete outcomes. For the wider Middle East and Africa, it’s a symbol of a continental shift: understanding AI not just as a tool, but as a foundation for governance, creativity, and competitiveness.
Artificial intelligence is no longer just shaping the future — it’s becoming the structure that the future will be built on.
