Played in the searing heat of the Egyptian summer, against a backdrop of chaos in the regional governing body CAF and enlarged to an unwieldy 24 teams, this year's Africa Cup of Nations defied logic and, on the pitch at least, turned into a (...)
Two more coaches have lost their jobs and another is expected to depart in coming days as the fallout from the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt continues for the sides who did not live up to expectations.
Paul Put was fired by Guinea on Monday despite (...)
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) journey was over for several coaches whose teams exited early from the tournament, either from the group stage or the round of 16, some of them were even favourites for winning the title.
Javier Aguirre – (...)
Two-time Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Herve Renard accepted responsibility for Morocco's shock exit and hinted he might quit after one of the pre-tournament favourites were bundled out of the competition.
“I'm responsible for this defeat. I (...)
Hesham Tawfik, minister of public enterprise sector, inaugurated today the conference of “Bridges of Foreign Trade for the East and Central African Markets”, in the presence of the Minister of Industry and Trade, Amr Nassar, and the Chairperson of (...)
في الصيف ومع ارتفاع درجات الحرارة، يتوافد السياح على البلدان الساحلية للاستجمام والاستمتاع بأجواء الشواطئ، بينما يفضل الآخرون الهروب من الحر وقضاء وقت ممتع مع العائلة والأصدقاء على حمامات السباحة التي يبدع في تصميمها مهندسي ومصممي الفنادق والمنتجعات (...)
Egypt winger Amr Warda has been given the green light to rejoin the national football team squad for the ongoing African Cup of Nations after the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) lifted his ban, the EFA vice president Ahmed Shobier announced (...)
The implementation of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Industrial Strategy has officially begun following the approval of an action plan and regional guidelines on local content policy.
Ministers responsible for industry (...)
Morocco manager Herve Renard said on Thursday there is no contact concerning a possible job with the Pharaohs, stressing that he is now with Morocco and is focusing with the Atlas Lions.
Reports suggested that the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) (...)
Egypt winger Amr Warda has been excluded from the team's camp for the current African Cup of Nations for disciplinary reasons, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) revealed on Wednesday's morning.
"EFA president Hani Abou-Rida decided to exclude (...)
Guinea Bissau are hoping to go one better than their Africa Cup of Nations debut two years ago and have targeted a place in the second round now that they have more experience under their collective belt.
The small west African country, a former (...)
Africa Cup of Nations debutants Burundi faced Nigeria as equals and were able to show that they had quality, their captain Saido Berahino said after his side went down to narrow 1-0 defeat in their opening match.
Saturday's Group B game appeared to (...)
Claiming the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy a record seven times has made Egypt the most winning team in the history of the No 1 sports competition in the continent.
Egypt's record includes the inaugural Sudan 1957 edition and the Egypt 1959 (...)
The Azerbaijani National Aviation Company (AZAL) announced the resumption of its charter flights from Baku to Cairo starting from July 8 and from Sharm El-Sheikh from July 18, on Saturday evening in the presence of Egyptian Minister of Tourism, (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Youth and Sports received a number of young people from African countries participating in the Nasser Fellowship for African Fellowship, launched by the ministry under the auspices of Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly, held from 8 (...)
Egypt's of Public Business Enterprise is planning to carry out a maritime line between Ain Sokhna Port and one of the ports in the East of Africa in order to boost the Egyptian exports in Africa, Hisham Tawfik said.
The new maritime line will be (...)
Zamalek vs. Etoile du Sahel
Match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT +2)
Venue: Petro Sport stadium (Cairo)
Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
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Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond – a Reuters analysis has found.
Customs data shows that (...)
Egypt's Pharco Pharmaceuticals targets a 37 percent growth in its exports to the African markets to reach $11 million in 2019 from $8 million in 2018, said a senior official in the firm on Saturday.
"The African markets captured 26 percent share of (...)
African football fans are anticipating the quarter-final draws of the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, scheduled to take place at CAF's headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday 20 March, in the presence of qualifying clubs' representatives.
The (...)
Ceramica Royal, Egypt's largest Ceramics and sanitary-ware trading group, announced that the company's exports have recorded $12 million during 2018 according to Planning and Sales Manager Amir Mohsen.
He added on the side lines of a press (...)
Oil Tec For Oils & Detergents aims to increase its exports to $25m by the end of 2019, compared to $17m in 2018 with a growth of 47%.
“Oil Tec For Oils & Detergents achieved 30% growth over last year compared to 2017 thanks to the modernisation of (...)
FIFA says its ethics judges banned a soccer official from Mozambique for 15 years in a bribery case.
Sidio Jose Mugadza, who is currently media spokesman for the Mozambican Football Association, is the third African official banned this week for (...)
World soccer body FIFA imposed a lifelong ban on Wednesday on the former deputy boss and head of finance of Zambia's football association, Boniface Mwamelo, for having accepted bribes.
"The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee (...)
The business community in COMESA is set to benefit from €10m kitty provided by the European Union (EU) to support increased private sector participation in regional and global value chains.
This follows the signing of a financing agreement between (...)
