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Lately, innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) has been pervasive. That necessitated the development of the participatory urban process by connecting citizens and their city government using the latest ICT technology. This connection is defined well in responsive urban governance (RUG). On the other hand, it is noticeable that Egypt is exerting efforts in its digital transformation by utilizing the latest ICT technology. This paper aims to realize to what extent Egypt's digitization efforts go beyond applying RUG to fulfil citizens' participation in their city's governance via ICT tools. Responsive urban governance (RUG) principles came to light from the analysis of successful international examples. Therefore, a comparative analytical study is conducted between the previously concluded principles of RUG and Egypt's digitization efforts. The results of the SWOT analysis aim to conclude a proposed framework of responsive Egyptian urban governance. Furthermore, experts' semi-structured interviews are conducted to investigate the previously proposed framework from experts' viewpoints within the Egyptian context. The conclusions revealed that, although Egypt's government works on speeding its digital transformation, it needs more attention to activate the responsive tools, not the smart tools, with its citizens, who are the backbone of the responsiveness concept, besides promoting RUG mechanisms as well. Eventually, it is crucial to announce Egypt's Digital efforts through various media to encourage its citizens to participate in the governance of their cities, in case the exitance of societal awareness, which could be available through Egypt's Digital Strategy towards building a digital society.