The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) has signed a cooperation protocol with the Egyptian Countryside Development Company (ECDC) to finance investors benefiting from the national project to reclaim, cultivate, and develop 1.5 million feddan.
The land is (...)
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) has signed a cooperation protocol with the Egyptian Countryside Development Company (ECDC) to finance investors benefiting from the national project to reclaim, cultivate, and develop 1.5 million feddan.
The land is (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed on Sunday to ensure financial flow sustainability for the Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) — one of the Egyptian projects that have been in progress since 2018.
El-Sisi said, during a meeting with top (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has received the first batch of mobile technology service vehicles that will be distributed to eight governorates across Egypt.
The hand-over was witnessed, on Tuesday, by Minister of Planning (...)
The British University in Egypt (BUE) and the Egyptian Countryside Development Company signed a protocol for cooperation on installment of wind turbines to generate electricity, and provision of technical support in new and renewable energy and (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced that 15 citizens were injured in a train accident that took place in Minya Al-Qamh, Sharqeya Governorate.
Ministry Spokesperson Khaled Mogahed said that as soon as the train's derailment occurred, (...)
The National Bank of Egypt's (NBE) microfinance and electronic payment arm, Al Ahly Tamkeen, has started to provide its services at certain branches in Upper Egypt.
Dalia Al-Baz, Vice-Chairperson NBE and Chairperson of Tamkeen, said the company aims (...)
The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square to its World Heritage Tentative List.
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (...)
With Ramadan only a few days away, people are beginning the tradition of buying different kinds of nuts ahead of the holy month in order to use them in traditional dishes, whether savoury or desserts.
These include rice with nuts, or roz (...)
My column is usually devoted to the state of things in the Arab world, inter-Arab relations, the Arabs' relations with the rest of the world, or else the world itself, with all its ups and downs. Rarely am I driven to write about Egypt except in the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat has met with graduates of the "Our Future is Digital" initiative, to review the initiative's impact on their career paths.
The meeting, which took place at the ministry's (...)
Egypt's Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) has allocated EGP 76m of financing to youth training programmes in 11 governorates, according to Minister of Trade and Industry, and MSMEDA Executive Director Nevine (...)
A new mega land-reclamation project dubbed the New Delta received a boost this week during a meeting between President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli, and Minister of Agriculture and Land reclamation Al-Sayed Qoseir.
The (...)
Alaa Farouk, Chairperson of the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE), has announced that the bank's Bab Rizk programme for microfinance will be available in 150 of the bank's new branches.
These will be added to the 26 branches where the programme has (...)
The Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE) has commenced a restructure plan to develop the Egyptian Company for Agricultural and Rural Development has commenced, the bank's chairperson Alaa Farouk revealed.
The comprehensive plan aims to enhance the (...)
Egypt has opened bidding process for implementing EGP 1.9 billion in water projects to provide access to potable water to 192 villages in Minya governorate as part of the second phase of the Decent Life presidential initiative, the housing ministry (...)
Egypt has launched a bid for the establishment water projects with total cost of 1.9 billion Egyptian pounds in 192 villages in Minya governorate as part of the second phase of the Decent Life presidential initiative, the housing ministry said.
The (...)
Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea has announced that the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) began signing final contracts and handing over ready industrial units to investors on Wednesday.
The units being handed over are in (...)
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi urged the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Sunday to formulate and launch a new mortgage program for low- and middle-income citizens so that they can get housing units at a low interest rate.
Meeting with Governor of the (...)
On 8 March, the world celebrated International Women's Day, highlighting the theme "Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world".
To mark this important day, Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW),the Central Bank of Egypt (...)
The National Council for Women (NCW), the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), the European Union (EU), the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and UN Women in Egypt have announced the launch of the project of Women's Empowerment and Financial and (...)
Egypt on Thursday began its Covid-19 vaccination programme for the elderly and those with chronic illnesses who registered with the Ministry of Health's designated website.
The number of people getting the vaccination on the first day was 1,141, (...)
Journalists released
BUSINESS news company owner Mustafa Saqr and journalists Islam Al-Kalhi and Hassan Al-Qabbani were released on Monday after spending between six and 18 months in detention. Saqr, Al-Kalhi and Al-Qabbani returned home after the (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has said that the country's sustainable development plan for fiscal year (FY) 2020/21 has attached great importance to the development of Upper Egypt.
This comes with the aim of ensuring real, (...)
Public investments directed to Upper Egypt during FY2018/2019 through FY2020 / 2021 amounted to EGP 104 billion, with a growth rate of about 27 percent, compared to the three previous years, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said (...)
