Egypt's exports to African Union (AU) countries rose 27.4 percent to $4.736 billion in 2018 from $3.716 billion in 2017, Egypt's state-owned statistics agency CAPMAS said on Monday.
The majority of exports were concentrated in 10 African countries, (...)
Qualifying for the Olympic Games is the dream of any athlete. Tomorrow, Friday 22 November at Cairo International Stadium, three young national football teams will see their dreams come true after they book their tickets to Japan where they will (...)
Nigeria's rising star Victor Osimhen scored twice as the Super Eagles claimed an easy 4-2 away win over Lesotho in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
Masoabi Nkoto netted an early goal for the hosts after 11 minutes but Alex Iwobi leveled (...)
Holders Nigeria waved goodbye to the U23 African Cup of Nations after failing to break down South Africa in a 0-0 draw on Friday, with the Bafana Bafana setting up a semi-final meeting with hosts Egypt.
Cote d'Ivoire finished on top of the group (...)
Oil rose on Thursday after industry data showed a surprise drop in U.S. crude inventories while comments from an OPEC official about lower-than-expected U.S. shale production growth in 2020 also provided some support for oil.
However, prices were (...)
Nigeria opened their 2021 Nations Cup qualifying campaign with a narrow 2-1 win at home to Benin on Wednesday.
The Super Eagles came from behind to score twice and go top of Group L with three points.
Benin attacking midfielder Stephane Sessegnon (...)
In a report on what they described as a “forgotten epidemic”, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF, the international charity Save The Children and four other health agencies urged governments to step up investment in vaccines to prevent the (...)
El Rashidy El Asly, Egypt's leading confectioner, is seeking to export 30 percent of its products by 2023,according to Managing Director Abdel Naby Madkour.
He further told Amwal Al Ghad during the inauguration of the first phase of its factory in (...)
Nigeria atoned for an opening loss to Cote d'Ivoire by coming from behind to claim a convincing 3-1 victory over Zambia in the U23 African Cup of Nations in Cairo on Tuesday.
Zambia took a 12th-minute lead when Patson Daka drilled past the advancing (...)
A delightful free-kick from Teboho Mokoena gave South Africa a thoroughly deserved 1-0 victory over Cote d'Ivoire in the U23 African Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
Mokoena's curling free kick from 30 yards went over the wall and into the top corner off (...)
Egypt's football team took a big step towards qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after it defeated Ghana 3-2 in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, coming from behind twice in a thrilling encounter.
The win gave Egypt a perfect record of six points (...)
Two short films by Egyptian filmmakers will take part in the upcoming 4th edition of the Africa International Film Festival, taking place between 13 and 20 November in Lagos, Nigeria.
Both films – Intense Practice To Improve Performance and Doors Of (...)
A second-half penalty earned Cote d'Ivoire a well deserved victory against defending champions Nigeria on Thursday in the opening game of Group B in the U23 Africa Cup of Nations at Cairo's Al-Salam Stadium.
Silas Gnaka made no mistake from the spot (...)
Zambia and South Africa kicked off their U23 African Cup of Nations campaign with a 0-0 draw in Cairo on Saturday in which both sides were guilty of missing some easy opportunities.
Both sides had their fair share of chances in an end-to-end first (...)
Egypt's U23 coach Shawky Gharib stressed that all Africa U23 Cup of Nations teams are very tough at the pre-game press conference held on Thursday.
"All the tournament teams are good and tough and each team aspires to qualify for the 2020 Olympics. (...)
Confederation of African Football secretary-general Moaz Hajji announced Thursday that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will release an official statement to clear the details of the ongoing dispute with French Lagardere group over the (...)
افتتح قسم سينما نيجيريا تحت المجهر "Focus Nigeria" ضمن فعاليات أيام قرطاج السينمائية 2019، دورة نجيب عياد، وذلك بنزل أفريكا وبحضور ضيفين من "نوليوود"، هما المخرج والمنتج النيجيري "أبّا تي. ماكاما" صاحب الفيلم "Green White Green" والمخرج "سي.جي (...)
No sooner had Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed celebrated his Nobel Peace Prize than his country was mired in religious and ethnic conflict that killed dozens of Ethiopians.
Sixty-seven people from the Oromia region were killed during two-day (...)
The news from the White House confirming the death of Islamic State (IS) group leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in a commando operation carried out in coordination with Iraqi intelligence, Syrian Kurds and some Arab states in Idlib, Syria, on the night (...)
Egypt coach Shawki Gharib has announced his final 21-man squad for the U23 Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Egypt from 8 to 22 November.
Ahly star winger Ramadan Sobhi leads the Pharaohs squad for this tournament alongside with (...)
Egypt revealed on Tuesday the ticket prices for next month's U23 African Cup of Nations, which range from EGP 20 ($1.2) to EGP 200.
Ticket for the so-called third tier costs EGP 20 for all games apart from the final's, which costs EGP 50, the (...)
Neymar has been left out of Brazil's squad for next month's friendlies against Argentina and South Korea.
The injured striker hurt his left thigh during a 1-1 draw against Nigeria on Oct. 13. Brazil coach Tite says he will return to training with (...)
Egypt has jumped six places to 114th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's 2020 business rankings, from 120th in the 2019 report.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt made starting a business easier by abolishing the requirement to obtain a certificate of (...)
Egypt U23 coach Shawky Gharib announced on Wednesday a 27-man list for the next month's U23 Africa Cup of Nations.
The eight-team tournament will take place from 8-22 November at Cairo's International Stadium and Al-Salam Stadium in the (...)
Andrei Slipov, director of the Russian Export Centre, tells Sara Eissawi the Russian-African economic forum that kicked off yesterday in Sochi will see the launch of the Russian Industrial Zone in Egypt as well as a new mechanism to finance (...)
