Only 10% of Egypt’s micro and small handcraft enterprises use internet -UNCTAD

Only one in 10 micro and small handicraft enterprises, defined as those with 10 workers or fewer, use the Internet in Egypt, according to a survey conducted by UNCTAD and the government as part of a project to develop of a national e-commerce strategy. “Among those that do use the internet to market their products, social media is by far the most popular channel, with only 2% using an online marketplace… 3% of the micro and small enterprises that used the Internet had made online purchases, while only 5% had received orders online for their products.”