Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that the government is keen to unify and integrate state efforts in directing support to eligible citizens by inventorying and digitizing all subsidized services. He pointed out that steps have already been taken regarding the unified card system so as to allow citizens to access various services like health insurance, ration commodities, Takaful and Karama pensions, and subsidized fertilizers through a single card.
The Prime Minister chaired a meeting to follow up on the status of the unified government services card system, in the presence of the Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, the Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Sherif Farouk, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hindy, and a number of ministry officials.
During the meeting, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology presented the objectives of the unified card, which include providing a package of citizen services to complete the digital transformation, adding flexibility to support mechanisms between cash and in-kind aid, governing access to government services and achieving financial inclusion by linking the card to Egypt Post accounts.
Assistant Minister of Communications for Digital Transformation Mahmoud Badawy outlined the card issuance phases, starting with data availability, application development, payment activation and account creation with Egypt Post, ending with delivery.
Badawy noted that the first phase was implemented in Port Said, followed by Ismailia and Luxor in the second phase, and encompassing all remaining governorates in the third phase, highlighting positive results achieved in Port Said.
He added that the data update form service was launched via the Digital Egypt portal and a mobile application in September 2025, alongside activating services for replacing lost cards, suspension, reactivation, and changing mobile numbers, noting that beneficiaries in Port Said reached 41,500 ration-card families.
The Minister of Supply and Internal trade emphasized the importance of providing a package of services in one card that can accept future services and function as a banking payment card, stressing its vital role in shifting between in-kind and cash support.
He said the ministry prioritizes the unified card as a qualitative leap in improving the subsidy system and ensuring it reaches beneficiaries, noting that continued follow-ups and coordination with the various bodies to implement state directives regarding digital transformation expansion and overcoming application challenges.
Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar raised a number of observations pertaining to the system to help achieve national goals, stressing its importance in inventorying, monitoring, and guaranteeing the delivery of services required by citizens.
Concluding the meeting, the Prime Minister directed the completion of necessary studies regarding the system’s application to beneficiaries and addressing the observations raised before expanding the Port Said model nationwide, while also studying the possibility of increasing the services provided through the system.
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