Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi issued on Thursday a package of decrees approving several agreements signed by the government in different fields.
Among those agreements, two financial and technical cooperation deals with Germany for the (...)
Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation removed 484 illegal constructions and encroachments on the Nile in 16 governorates, of which 102 violations were in Qena governorate, during the holy month of Ramadan.
Minister of Water Resources and (...)
With antiseptics becoming a staple household item due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and the convergence of people across the world, Egyptians being no exception, on sterilisers, it seemed a good idea to embark on a quest to purchase (...)
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad announced that EGP 29m will be allocated to purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for 11,000 waste workers with the National Solid Waste Management Program (NSWMP) in four governorates.
Fouad's (...)
Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy announced on Saturday that authorities have removed about 3.3 million tonnes of solid waste from Egypt's since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in March.
Shaarawy said that Greater (...)
Orange Egypt has partnered with the Misr El Kheir Foundation to provide food supplies and sanitizers to the families of thousands of irregular workers during Ramadan.
The new initiative is part of Orange's continuous efforts to support Egyptian (...)
The cement industry's sales volumes for April, excluding exports, have dropped 9.7% m-o-m and 13.4% y-o-y. Moreover, local sales witnessed almost the same level of drop of 9.2% and 12.6%, m-o-m and y-o-y, respectively.
The cement demand has been (...)
In an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the Ministry of Environment has been implementing a four-pronged plan since 31 March: the safe disposal of medical waste, getting rid of solid waste, tracing pollution epicentres, and increasing (...)
Egypt witnessed a significant decline in daily coronavirus new cases compared to recent days, recording 346 new cases and 8 new deaths on Monday. The country's total Covid-19 figures now stand at 9,746 cases, 533 deaths, and 2,172 recoveries, (...)
According to latest dispatch indications, total cement industry sales, including exports, amounted to 4.33mt during March 2020, down by 3% m-o-m and 2% y-o-y, Naeem Research has reported.
The big surprise comes in local cement sales, which dropped (...)
On 30 April, 570,850 grade 11 students started their final-year exams by logging onto mobile phones, laptops and desktops, forced to do so after the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Students who took the exams, which will last until 17 May, were divided (...)
The High Dam Electrical and Industrial Projects Company (Hideleco) aims to complete the 220kV overhead transmission line between El-Owainat and Gabal Al-Kamel in New Valley governorate before the end of the year, in cooperation with the Military (...)
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat have met to discuss the ongoing project overseeing digital transformation in universities.
During the (...)
The Ministry of Local Development will sign a cooperation agreement with the United Nation's World Food Program (WFP), to support the country's most vulnerable families through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Minister of Local Development (...)
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the first-ever coronavirus cases detected among its clergymen after two priests tested positive for the virus, church officials confirmed to Ahram Online on Monday.
Church spokesman Boulis Halim told (...)
The Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF, 6-12 March) became the first major film festival to face coronavirus preventative measures when, on its fourth day, 9 March, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli suspended all large gatherings. The festival promptly (...)
A nurse at Marsa Matrouh's El Negelah quarantine hospital died on Monday morning from the coronavirus (Covid-19), Dr Mohamed Allan, the hospital's deputy manager has announced.
The nurse, identified as Al-Sayed Mohamed Al-Mohsenawi, is the second (...)
Egypt's real estate developer City Edge has signed a cooperation protocol with Egyptians for Marketing Services, “Tazkarti”, one of United Media Services Companies, to develop entertainment services in New Alamein City, Egypt Today reported on (...)
The city of El Tur has confirmed its first cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the South Sinai Health Directorate announced in a statement on Sunday. A banker and his family have been placed in quarantine in the city after they tested positive for (...)
With lockdowns due to coronavirus, however, many Muslims across the world are trying to celebrate a very different Ramadan to ones they usually have.
This photo takes place in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena, a day before the Holy month of Ramadan (...)
Egypt's Dar Al-Ifta, the body responsible for issuing religious edicts, is set to observe the crescent moon of the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday, a statement by the religious authority said.
The holy month comes this year amid worries that the (...)
Egypt's Armed Forces said it has carried out disinfection procedures in the Red Sea governorate's Hurghada and Upper Egypt's Assiut amid the coronavirus outbreak, a statement by the Armed Forces spokesman said on Sunday.
Armed Forces spokesman Tamer (...)
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly received a report Monday from Social Solidarity Minister Niveen el Qabbaj on efforts exerted to equip new medical isolation facilities to receive coronavirus (Covid-19) cases.
Qabbaj said that a plan was prepared in (...)
Egypt's Armed Forces said it has carried out disinfection procedures in the Red Sea governorate's Hurghada and Upper Egypt's Assiut amid the coronavirus outbreak, a statement by the Armed Forces spokesman said on Sunday.
Armed Forces spokesman Tamer (...)
The Software Engineering Competence Center, affiliated to the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), has offered an online training entitled Digital Transformation for Government Leaders.
The intensive course, which has taken (...)
