Ahmed Elzaher (LinkedIn) has been named acting CEO of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), succeeding Amr Mahfouz who retired last month, the agency said in a statement (pdf) yesterday. Elzaher is also assistant minister for ecosystem development at the Communications Ministry, and has more than 27 years of experience in the IT industry in several countries, including Egypt, UAE, Kenya and Algeria. Elzaher spent most of his professional career at IBM, where he held several executive posts. He joins ITIDA from the Abu Dhabi-based Digital14, where he was the chief commercial officer.

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