Egyptian, US, Greek, Spanish navies carry out joint drills
This comes as a continuation of joint exercises conducted by the Egyptian Naval Forces with their global peers.
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Egypt, Yemen discuss cooperation in areas of development, rehabilitation of cadres
El-Said stressed that the two countries have strong strategic relations, referring to the current visit of the Yemeni Prime Minister and his accompanying delegation to Egypt to discuss bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries.
Egypt beat Libya home & away to maintain FIFA World Cup qualifiers group lead
Queiroz brings to mind ‘golden generation’ of Egyptian football
Egypt’s pop megastar Amr Diab to play exclusive concert at Expo 2020 Dubai on 30 October
Egypt’s Amr Diab, one of the Arab world’s biggest and best-loved music stars, will play an exclusive concert at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Jubilee Stage on 30 October. The show coincides with Egypt’s National Day at Expo 2020 and is being presented by PepsiCo – Official Beverage & Snack Partner of Expo 2020 and for whom …
Visa Foundation supports Egyptian micro, small businesses with $250k in funding
Micro, small businesses account for more than 90% of global businesses, and nearly 60% of global employment
Financial Brokerage Group leads market ranking in 9M 2021
Company accounts for 12.1% market share, with EGP 81.5bn transactions
UEFA to appeal to punish Barca, Real Madrid, Juventus
Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are among the 12 founding clubs of the so-called European Super League which was declared to be set up in April to challenge UEFA’s Champions League, but failed within 48 hours as the other nine clubs all announced their withdrawal.
Egypt’s Doctors Syndicate to hold midterm elections on 8 October
Syndicate clarifies rules for casting votes in polls
12.19% decline in Egypt’s manufacturing, extractives index in July 2021
Manufacturing, extractive industries, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, reach 103.09 in July, compared to 117.39 in June
More flexible storage conditions for BioNTech/Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
The changes described will be included in the publicly available information on Comirnaty and will be implemented by the marketing authorisation holder in updated product labelling
President Al-Sisi asserts Egypt’s support for political solution to Yemen crisis
Egypt will spare no effort to help Yemen through its crisis, says Al-Sisi
Egypt discovers ancient tools used in religious rituals in Kafr El-Sheikh
Archaeological mission discovers huge building of polished limestone from inside, which was used for storing holy water
Opinion| Socialism defeats capitalism in the time of coronavirus
A few months ago, the question of the prospects for the return of socialism seemed ludicrous and irrational. Nevertheless, especially in the aftermath of the fierce battle of coronavirus, socialism has reappeared, even if it is in different forms than it was in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Indeed, the coronavirus pandemic made people hope once again …
Egypt expands stimulus to maximize private sector role in development: Finance Minister
EGP 28bn disbursed in export subsidy from March 2020 to June 2021, with additional EGP 8bn allocated in FY 2021/22 to support exports, says Maait
Youth Love Egypt Foundation participates in workshop on climate change in Kenya
The Youth Love Egypt Foundation has participated in a climate change workshop at Kenyatta University in Kenya. The event lasted for two weeks until 13 September. Over the two weeks, the Foundation joined sessions discussing several topics including causes of climate change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. President of the Youth Love …
Qalaa Holdings topline recovers from 1Q slump, margins improve, losses narrow
Qalaa Holdings reported 2Q21 results, recording net loss post minority at EGP 402m in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) vs net loss of EGP 479m in 1Q21 and EGP 712m in 2Q20. Revenue hit EGP 10.178bn, increasing by 27% quarter over quarter (q-o-q) and 37% year-over-year (y-o-y). The expansion in topline was …
Indian Navy Ship Tabar visits Egypt as part of goodwill tour
Visit aims to strengthen relations between Egypt, India
US forces participate in Bright Star exercise in Egypt
The US, along with forces from partner nations, has joined Egypt for the Operation Bright Star 2021 at Egypt’s Mohamed Naguib Military Base, on 2-16 September. This exercise will build on the success of Bright Star 2018. Approximately 600 US military personnel will participate in the exercise, which was originally scheduled for 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “This exercise is an …
USAID offers $17m to conserve archeological sites, promote tourism in Luxor
US to establish archaeology school in cooperation with Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Egypt unearths remains of suburb from Greek, Roman eras in Alexandria
Suburb was used for long period from 2nd Century B.C to 4th Century A.D
Tourism Minister participates in weekly meeting of “Tourism Promotion Experts” committee
The meeting started by highlighting the main features of the Ministry’s media strategy for tourism promotion in Egypt, which was delivered last week by the Canadian-English alliance, tasked with preparing a three-year plan starting by the end of this year.
3rd Future Leaders Camp to kick off on 30 August
Future Leaders aims to train Egyptian youth on being active in society, says Sports Minister
Egypt’s SME Development Agency partners with young politicians to support sector
Agency cooperates with all political, societal forces to encourage young people to invest in small enterprises: Nevine Gamea
Health Minister briefs cabinet on pandemic situation, COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Vaccination centres increase to 657 nationwide
Egypt’s intelligence chief visits Ramallah, Tel Aviv to push peace process forward
Egypt previously mediated ceasefire between Israel, Hamas ending 11-day assault on Gaza in May
Qalaa Holdings expects Egyptian Refining Co. to achieve EBITDA of $500-600m by 2022-end
Taqa Arabia’s potential IPO plans have been shelved at least for 3 quarters
Egyptian-German band Naheli releases ‘Reign’ ahead of thrilling double album
‘Chemistry and Re-evaluation’ album will be released on 10 October
Egypt’s Health Minister discusses J&J vaccine supply plan through AVAT
Plan comes in cooperation with Afreximbank
Thanaweyya Amma Dynamics exam leaked on social media: Education Ministry
Egypt’s Ministry of Education and Technical Education has revealed that some social media accounts circulated questions from Wednesday’s Dynamics exam in the Thanaweyya Amma (high school-leaving). The ministry has tracked a student in Qena governorate who was involved in leaking the exam. It has also detected three cases of cheating in the Dynamics exam, including …
Egyptian PropTech startup Nawy raises 7-figure investment led by Sawiris Family Office
The company was founded by: Mohamed Abou Ghanima; Abdel-Azim Osman; Ahmed Rafea; Aly Rafea; and Mostafa El Beltagy, who has since left his role as Vodafone Romania’s CCO to lead Nawy as its CEO.