10/12/2016 - The Suez Canal Authority is exploring a possible deal with shipping company Global Maritime that would see the company paying in advance for ships traveling through the Suez Canal, according to inform... |
10/13/2016 - Orange Egypt has submitted a request for a licence to operate fourth-generation mobile phone services in the country, the telecom regulator said, the latest twist in a standoff between operators and t... |
10/13/2016 - Agriculture Minister Essam Fayed had a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Kouyialis on means of promoting bilateral cooperation in fish farming. The meeting was also attended by Ch... |
10/13/2016 - An official source has confirmed that the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has called upon the Ministry of Finance to sell it a portion of the Public Treasury’s stock of gold to bolster Egypt’s foreign res... |
10/13/2016 - Egypt has received a $2 billion deposit from Saudi Arabia, an Egyptian Central Bank official said, moving closer to securing several billions of dollars needed to seal a prospective $12 billion loan.<... |
10/15/2016 - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz to discuss strengthening economic cooperation and bilateral trade in Vienna. According to a statement ... |
10/15/2016 - Egypt's supply ministry said that it will set the commercial price of subsidised sugar at EGP 6 per kilogramme (kg) to be available at the ministry's sales outlets in a move that aims to regulate the ... |
10/15/2016 - Egypt and Japan will sign soon two deals to fund the construction of the Grand Egyptian Museum and rehabilitate power plants in Cairo, International Cooperation Minister Sahar Nasr said. Nasr... |
10/15/2016 - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has said in press statements that the government will finalize the investment law amendments soon. Intensive meetings will be held to review the amendments whic... |
10/16/2016 - The sale of the 4G licences to Egypt's mobile operators has generated around $1.1 billion in addition to EGP 10 billion ($1.1 billion) for the state’s public treasury, the Minister of Communications a... |
10/16/2016 - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail asserted that the new investment draft law comes on top of the government’s legislative agenda. The bill will be reviewed in the Cabinet’s next meeting, he further said. |
10/16/2016 - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Egyptian scientist Farouk el-Baz who reviewed the latest geological survey photos of some Egyptian areas to make use of their groundwater storage. T... |
10/16/2016 - Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat have requested fourth-generation mobile phone service licenses in Egypt, an official at the telecom regulator said. Egypt is selling four 4G licenses as part of a ... |
10/17/2016 - Vodafone Egypt will pay half of the fee for its 4G mobile license in dollars, a company official told Reuters, satisfying a condition that initially held up final agreements for the spectrum sale. ... |
10/17/2016 - The Central Bank of Egypt’s (CEB) foreign reserve will reach $20.6 billion by the end of November 2016 after the three mobile service companies (Etisalat, Vodafone, and Orange) will pay $1.1 billion, ... |
10/17/2016 - The Egyptian Ministry of Finance will put forward, via the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), a total of 2 billion EGP in treasury bonds (T-bonds), according to the CBE data. The auction is divided... |
10/17/2016 - Transport Minister Galal Saeed met with Togolese Infrastructure and Transport Minister Ninsao Gnofam on the sidelines of his visit of the country on October 14 and 15. Saeed was in Togo lead... |
10/17/2016 - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail chaired a meeting on the prerequisites for imported grain from other countries. Attending the meeting were the ministers of agriculture, housing and supply, Cabi... |
10/17/2016 - Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Essam Fayed asserted that the government was deeply interested in working to overcome the impact of climate change to avoid its negative impact on developm... |
10/18/2016 - Egyptian Finance Minister Amr El Garhy said his country would gather an additional $6 billion in bilateral funding required to secure a $12 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan within one or... |