Egypt remains the most active venture capital market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the first half (H1) of 2020, MAGNiTT, MENA's most comprehensive startup data platform, has announced.
According to MAGNiTT's H1 2020 MENA (...)
After 11 days of online talks over the disputed Nile dam, the concerned parties failed to reach consensus on the undecided points, according to Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
On Monday, water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and (...)
The African Union-sponsored technical and legal committees will resume their discussions on the disputed points related to filling and operation of the Ethiopia Nile dam on Monday.
The announcement came during the Sunday meeting between the (...)
The Egyptian Businessmen's Association (EBA) will meet with Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said, on Tuesday, to discuss the framework of Egypt's Vision 2030.
The meeting will be held with the participation of the Egyptian (...)
Negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia regarding disputed points relating to the filling and operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have concluded its ninth day without reaching an agreement.
During Saturday's online (...)
Negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are ongoing for the seventh day in a row but a breakthrough has yet to be reached.
Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation said, on Thursday, (...)
Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat and Lasheen Ibrahim, President of the National Election Authority (NEA), have signed a cooperation protocol to develop the NEA's information infrastructure.
The protocol will last for (...)
The Swvl Group Transport Company revealed that its platform was exposed to a security breach on Friday evening targeting some customers' data, although all bank details were safe.
The company added that as soon as the breach was discovered, its IT (...)
Electronic payment company, Aman for E-payments, has announced it has contracted with electronic payment solutions provider, e-finance, to offer electronic water utility bill payment in Cairo. The introduction of Aman's service to Cairo follows a (...)
The El–Shaheed Amr Moustafa Industrial Secondary School for Girls in Nasr City will be developed and renamed to become the WE Joint School of Applied Technology for Communication and Information Technology.
The school's development was put into (...)
Negotiations on the Ethiopian hydroelectric dam continued on Tuesday for a fifth day, with still no agreement on issues regarding its filling and operation. Egypt declared that Ethiopia's insistence on its rigorous stance regarding technical issues (...)
Startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have attracted investments of $659m during the first half (H1) of 2020, despite the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The latest figures for this year are equivalent to (...)
The prices of some mobile phones have increased by 10%, due to the recent development fees and the US dollar appreciation against the local currency.
Mobile prices are expected to witness a further 5% increase due to fees approved by the National (...)
The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has completed, at the end of June, a due diligence study in its potential acquisition of Vodafone Group's stake in Vodafone Egypt.
STC financial advisors will review the study in preparation for a final decision on (...)
The ministers of water resources and irrigation from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan resumed, on Monday, their online trilateral meetings to address the disputed points related to the Ethiopian hydroelectric dam.
During the meetings, the delegations (...)
Personal freedom, with respect to the boundaries of society, is a forever a debatable and tension-filled topic. The advocates of freedom, libertarians me being one, would argue that the limit of individual freedom is nonexistent.
We were born free (...)
The ministers of water resources and irrigation of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan continued their virtual meetings on the disputed points regarding the Ethiopia's mega Nile dam on Sunday.
As negotiations continue on technical and legal issues related to (...)
Egypt has resumed talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), in the hopes that the other parties involved share their good faith in the process.
The statement was made by Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation spokesperson, (...)
Egypt saw a total of 13.5 million users of electronic wallets for mobile phones at the end of May, according to the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA).
The figures were published in an NTRA report on indicators for mobile wallet (...)
Negotiations over the disputed Nile dam between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, continued online, on Saturday. The parties have reached no agreement on the disputed points, as several technical and legal issues remain unsolved.
Each country reviewed its (...)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue on Saturday under supervision of African Union headed by current African Union Presidency holder South Africa.
Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and (...)
The Ministry of Communication and Information and Technology and the Egyptian Space Agency have signed a cooperation protocol to equip a computer centre and integrated information system for the Egyptian Space Agency.
The protocol's signing was (...)
For years we never truly felt that we have any say in the governance of our nation, Mubarak's regime installed few men in power, they were untouchable and were given the power to control our fates. On the 25th of January 2011, a spark was ignited. (...)
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) relayed new instructions, on Sunday, on the new working hours for mobile operator outlets after lifting the curfew as of Saturday.
The work hours during which outlets can serve customers, (...)
Disruptech, the $25m fintech fund launched by Fawry co-founder and former managing director Mohamed Okasha, has been in advanced stages of negotiations for an investment injection into an emerging fintech company.
Okasha added that the deal is (...)
