Gaza ceasefire under strain amid regional diplomacy, renewed Israeli threats    Health Ministry, Veterinarians' Syndicate discuss training, law amendments, veterinary drugs    Egypt completes restoration of 43 historical agreements, 13 maps for Foreign Ministry archive    Egypt's credit default swap spreads sharply narrow as economy looks up: FinMin    Egypt reaches staff-level agreement with IMF on fifth and sixth reviews    TMG nears completion of Phase 1 concrete works at SouthMed project    Non-bank financing in Egypt surpasses EGP 1trn for first time, FRA data shows    Egypt Post to launch mobile platform for investment funds as part of digital expansion    Oil prices rise on Wednesday    Egypt's "Decent Life" initiative targets EGP 4.7bn investment for sewage, health in Al-Saff and Atfih    Egypt, Spain discuss cooperation on migration health, rare diseases    Gaza death toll rises as health crisis deepens, Israel's ceasefire violations continue    Egypt, Armenia sign cooperation protocol to expand trade and investment    Egypt, Viatris sign MoU to expand presidential mental health initiative    Egypt sends medical convoy, supplies to Sudan to support healthcare sector    Egypt's PM reviews rollout of second phase of universal health insurance scheme    Egypt sends 15th urgent aid convoy to Gaza in cooperation with Catholic Relief Services    Al-Sisi: Egypt seeks binding Nile agreement with Ethiopia    Egyptian-built dam in Tanzania is model for Nile cooperation, says Foreign Minister    Egypt flags red lines, urges Sudan unity, civilian protection    Al-Sisi affirms support for Sudan's sovereignty and calls for accountability over conflict crimes    Egypt unveils restored colossal statues of King Amenhotep III at Luxor mortuary temple    Egyptian Golf Federation appoints Stuart Clayton as technical director    4th Egyptian Women Summit kicks off with focus on STEM, AI    UNESCO adds Egyptian Koshari to intangible cultural heritage list    UNESCO adds Egypt's national dish Koshary to intangible cultural heritage list    Egypt recovers two ancient artefacts from Belgium    Egypt, Saudi nuclear authorities sign MoU to boost cooperation on nuclear safety    Australia returns 17 rare ancient Egyptian artefacts    Egypt warns of erratic Ethiopian dam operations after sharp swings in Blue Nile flows    Egypt golf team reclaims Arab standing with silver; Omar Hisham Talaat congratulates team    Egypt launches Red Sea Open to boost tourism, international profile    Sisi expands national support fund to include diplomats who died on duty    Egypt's PM reviews efforts to remove Nile River encroachments    Egypt resolves dispute between top African sports bodies ahead of 2027 African Games    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Ghada Raafat
Shielding agriculture from climate change
For the past few years, many people in Egypt have increasingly complained of unfamiliar weather patterns, including bitterly cold winters with temperatures dropping to unprecedented lows and summers becoming longer with Gulf-like heat. While many (...)

10 - 03 - 2020
Egyptian civil engineer Hani Azer is awarded Germany's Order of Merit
On 14 June civil engineer Hani Azer was awarded the first-class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his services to the German nation. Azer, an adviser to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and honorary president of the (...)

22 - 06 - 2019
Building bridges
On 14 June civil engineer Hani Azer was awarded the first-class Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of his services to the German nation. Azer, an adviser to President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and honorary president of the (...)

20 - 06 - 2019
Waiting for the bills: Egypt's anticipated hike in electricity prices
Electricity prices in Egypt will increase by an average of 15 percent in July, the minister of electricity announced last week. Electricity prices for the commercial sector will increase by an average of 14 percent, while prices for the industrial (...)

29 - 05 - 2019
Waiting for the bills
Electricity prices in Egypt will increase by an average of 15 per cent in July, the minister of electricity announced last week. Electricity prices for the commercial sector will increase by an average of 14 per cent, while prices for the industrial (...)

23 - 05 - 2019
Electricity ministry phasing out old meters, improving network coverage
A joint team from the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electrical Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency is currently working on plans to gradually phase out electricity subsidies. A plan has been in place (...)

08 - 02 - 2019
Electricity updates
A joint team from the Ministry of Electricity and renewable energy and the Egyptian Electrical Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency is currently working on plans to gradually phase out electricity subsidies. A plan has been in place (...)

31 - 01 - 2019
Connecting Egypt and Sudan
The start of an experimental run of the electricity connection between Egypt and Sudan is scheduled for the end of the next month, Gamal Abdel-Rahim, chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), told Al-Ahram Weekly. The (...)

10 - 01 - 2019
Minya finding ways of using waste
In a move to make the most of its solid waste and prevent environmental pollution, a waste-recycling plant was recently inaugurated in the Minya governorate. At a cost of LE32 million, the Al-Edwa Waste-Recycling Plant will process 300 tons of (...)

16 - 12 - 2018
Egypt: Meeting the demands of the mining sector
The government took steps to amend Egypt's 2014 mining law some weeks ago by sending an amended version of the law to parliament for approval in answer to calls that had long been made by investors in the sector. The legislative measures are being (...)

09 - 12 - 2018
Finding ways of using waste
In a move to make the most of its solid waste and prevent environmental pollution, a waste-recycling plant was recently inaugurated in the Minya governorate. At a cost of LE32 million, the Al-Edwa Waste-Recycling Plant will process 300 tons of (...)

06 - 12 - 2018
Mining demands
The government took steps to amend Egypt's 2014 mining law some weeks ago by sending an amended version of the law to parliament for approval in answer to calls that had long been made by investors in the sector. The legislative measures are being (...)

29 - 11 - 2018
Making start-ups succeed
The number of entrepreneurs and start-ups do not match the potential of the Egyptian economy, businessmen and experts said at a recent seminar, entitled “Entrepreneurship in Egypt: From Local Individual Successes to Becoming an African Hub”, on the (...)

29 - 11 - 2018
Reinventing consumer rights?
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ratified Egypt's new consumer protection law some months ago, but the law can only go into effect once its executive regulations are published, a process which can take three months from ratification. In the meantime, (...)

15 - 11 - 2018
Waste into energy
Best practices in the management and recycling of waste and its conversion into energy were the themes of a discussion hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Cairo last week entitled “Green Talks: Sustainable Approaches to Waste Management”. The event (...)

15 - 11 - 2018
Waste conversion into energy
Best practices in the management and recycling of waste and its conversion into energy were the themes of a discussion hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Cairo last week entitled “Green Talks: Sustainable Approaches to Waste Management”. The event was (...)

15 - 11 - 2018
More competitiveness needed
Egypt is the 94th most-competitive nation out of the 140 countries ranked in the 2018 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report published by the World Economic Forum. The country's ranking averaged 93.5 from 2007 until 2018, and it scored its (...)

25 - 10 - 2018
Strong renewables potential
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its Renewable Energy Outlook report on Egypt has praised the Egyptian government for its Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy (ISES) 2035 that emphasises the need to ensure the country's energy (...)

25 - 10 - 2018
East Mediterranean opportunities
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi flew to Greece on 10 October for a trilateral summit with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexi Tsipras. The tripartite meeting is the sixth to be held since 2014. Presidential (...)

11 - 10 - 2018
Changing tactics on the dam
The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa last week for more talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with the ministerial meeting being attended for the first time by the tripartite scientific committee (...)

07 - 10 - 2018
Changing tactics on the dam
The irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa last week for more talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), with the ministerial meeting being attended for the first time by the tripartite scientific committee (...)

04 - 10 - 2018
A burst of fresh energy
Petroleum Minister Tarek Al-Molla announced this week that Egypt will no longer import liquefied natural gas (LNG), saving the government the LE3 billion it earmarked annually to meet local demands. The savings are due, in large measure, to the Zohr (...)

04 - 10 - 2018
Supporting renewables
Hani Al-Nokrashy is an international energy expert and member of the scientific advisory council to the president of Egypt. In 2009 he was co-founder of the DESERTEC Foundation in Germany, which aims at creating a global renewable energy strategy (...)

19 - 09 - 2018
Solar power in Egypt: Key renewable energy for mega-projects
Some 98 per cent of Egypt's population is concentrated in the Nile Valley and Delta, which represent only four per cent of the country's total area, with only two per cent of the population living in the vast desert areas east and west of the River (...)

22 - 08 - 2018
'When the wind is blowing': Egyptian renewable energy attracts investment
Investors are looking forward to the announcement of the winning company for the tender to construct a 250 MW wind-power plant in the Gulf of Suez. The company that will execute the project will be selected from a short list of three including the (...)

21 - 08 - 2018
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