Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has stated that his ministry is keen on stabilising tax policies in the structural reform package, to create a business climate, and attract more investors.
The policies aim to: control the country's budget (...)
The Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) has said that the recent decision to increase fuel prices will not affect the prices of food commodities or the flow of goods in the Egyptian market.
FEDCOC President Ibrahim Mahmoud Al Araby (...)
The Mallawi Museum in Minya governorate organised, last Thursday, a workshop for children, to teach them the method of creating pencil cases in the shape of a lamb from environmentally friendly materials.
The workshop, which took place as part of (...)
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games kicked off officially in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, on Friday, following the event's 12-month delay due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The opening ceremony highlighted the country's rich culture, while (...)
The United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has recently announced the selection of Egypt's Sherifa Sherif as one of 24 experts on its Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) for a four-year term.
Hala El-Said, Minister (...)
Nevine Gamea, Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry and CEO of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), has said the country has broad ambitions for economic and investment cooperation with Africa.
Gamea pointed out that (...)
Sudan has declared a state of emergency in the Merowe Dam area, located in the north of the country, in anticipation of floods occurring.
The move comes after the dam's lake received large quantities of water beyond the lake's capacity.
Sudan (...)
Orange Egypt is constantly keen to provide its customers with innovative and distinctive services believing in the power of Digital Content & transformation & how it's shaping the future; hence it has teamed up with Amazon to offer Orange pre-paid (...)
Insite Ooh, which specialises in analysing external advertising campaigns in Egypt and the Middle East, has revealed that the Talaat Moustafa Group's (TMG) Noor city has the strongest advertising campaign in the Egyptian market.
In a report (...)
Ethiopia has announced that it is ready to resume talks to reach a profitable agreement on filling and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), without signing a final agreement, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson (...)
Tourists have been turned away at borders because countries don't have common list of internationally recognised COVID-19 vaccines
The restart of international travel could be seriously delayed without worldwide reciprocal recognition of all (...)
Head of parliamentary committee of human rights Tarek Radwan has praised President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi's decision to pardon 2,075 prisoners on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha and the 23 July Revolution anniversary.
In a statement on Wednesday, Radwan, (...)
Egypt's Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has showcased its promotional activities for the entrepreneurship sector and emerging technology companies presented at the global "4 Years From Now" (4YFN) exhibition.
The (...)
Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Atty received, on Sunday, his South Sudanese counterpart Manawa Peter Gatkuoth, who is currently visiting Cairo.
The meeting discussed various issues of common interest between the (...)
Ahmed Youssef, CEO of the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board (ETPB) at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, has participated in an international summit on the recovery of tourism, held in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Youssef attended the event on (...)
UN Women Egypt has commended the Egyptian parliament's approval of amendments advancing more legal rights for Egyptian women who have suffered from sexual harassment.
Through the amendment to the Penal Code, sexual harassment is now classed as a (...)
The 52nd edition of the Cairo International Book Fair concluded its activities last Thursday, having received over 1 million visitors.
The event achieved a world record as the first during the pandemic to be attended by such a huge number. (...)
The Cairo Opera House has announced that it is accepting entries from contestants wishing to participate in the upcoming Ratiba El-Hefny Arab Music and Singing Competition.
The event is taking place as part of the 30th edition of the Arab Music (...)
Egyptian underground rock band Massar Egbari is set to celebrate the Eid Al-Adha holidays with a live concert on 21 July at Cairo's Zamalek Theatre.
The band was founded in 2005, and became one of the leading independent bands in Egypt with their (...)
Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has announced that EGP 500m has been allocated to pay salaries of contractual workers in the public sector outside Cairo on the scheduled dates, starting this July.
Overdue payments will also be disbursed (...)
Kuwaiti businessperson Abdullah Al-Shaheen, the first ambassador of the Tahya Misr Fund, has announced the injection of EGP 250m in new investments to the Egyptian market, through the investment bank, FEP Capital.
Al-Shaheen said that this is a new (...)
Sudan announced, early on Saturday, that the water supply from the Blue Nile to the Roseire Dam reservoir has declined by up to 50%.
The country warned that the delay in resuming negotiations on Ethiopia's controversial dam will affect the Roseires (...)
The first batch of Muslim pilgrims arrived at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, on Saturday, to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, amid precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In a break from the practice of previous years, (...)
Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar participated, on Saturday, at a high-level meeting on the side-lines of the 44th World Heritage Committee.
The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Higher (...)
Egypt's Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad witnessed, on Saturday, the signing of the "Formulation and Development of the National Adaptation Plans Process in Egypt" (NAP) document.
Fouad said that the document's signing sets the cornerstone for (...)
